Ravi Shekhar, Entered 2005/06
Office Location: 294 Physics
Office Phone: 919-660-3547
Email Address: rs68@phy.duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rs68
Research Description: I have previously done research as part of two High Energy Physics groups.
The first is the High Energy Astrophysics group at Case Western Reserve University under Dr. Corbin Covault from January 2003 through May 2005. As part of the Pierre Auger Project,
I participated in testing and calibrating nanosecond level timing
devices. I also designed an atmostpheric Cherenkov detector and
performed high energy air shower computer simulations using CORSIKA to estimate the
feasibility of the design.
The summer of 2005, I worked with the Neutrino Group
here at Duke University on the T2K experiment. My tasks included becoming
proficient with C++, working on some Geant4 simulation code, and working with
the analysis package ROOT.
I am currently working with Professor Ashutosh Kotwal here in the department. Our group is a member of the CDF collaboration at Fermilab and involved in ATLAS at the LHC.