Dr Alexander Deisting

General information
Contact: I prefer mail or visit me in 04-621, Staudingerweg 7
Pronouns: he/him; Languages: German, English, French; CV as pdf

ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5372-9944

I am a post-doctoral research associate (PDRA) in Prof.
Oberlack's group working on the development of the next
generation of dark matter detectors. Looking for a BSc,
MSc, or PhD thesis topic? Please get in touch!

Research interests
Development of particle detector instrumentation, in particular:
- Gas filled time projection chambers (TPCs) with high spatial resolution
- Single phase liquid TPCs with low energy threshold
- Optical readout of TPCs
- Development of amplification stages for TPCs
Scientific Activities & Service to the Community: Task leader in the preparation group of DRD2 "Liquid detectors"
Darwin WG6 "Liquid Xenon Properties and Calibration"
I review regularly for JINST, ESPJ C, NIM A, and MDPI instruments and MDPI sensors
Experiments and collaborations: Main work: XENONnT, Darwin; Furthermore: DUNE, WarTPC, TRACE
Past experiments and collaborations: AIDA innova, ALICE, ALICE TPC upgrade collaboration, Ariadne+, RD51
Curriculum Vitae
2022 PRDA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
2018-2022 PRDA, Royal Holloway University of London
2018 PDRA, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung / Ruprecht-Karls-Universtität Heidelberg
2018 Dr. rer. nat. (Physics); Ruprecht-Karls-Universtität Heidelberg (Heidelberg, DE / CERN, CH); Thesis title: “Measurements of ion mobility and GEM discharge studies for the upgrade of the ALICE time projection chamber”, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Masciocchi
2014-2017 Permanent phase of residence at CERN (Geneva, CH), working for the ALICE TPC upgrade project and the maintenance of the ALICE TPC
2014 Master of Science in Physics; Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Bonn, DE); Thesis title: “Readout and Analysis of the Induced Ion Signal of an InGrid Detector”, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Desch
2012 Bachelor of Science in Physics; Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Bonn, DE); Thesis title: “Reconstruction of charge depositions due to primary electrons in a GEM-Pixel-TPC with an algorithm used for applications in astrophysics” (translation, the thesis is written in German with the title: “Rekonstruktionen von Ladungsdepositionen in einer GEM-Pixel-TPC mit einem Algorithmus aus der Astronomie”, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Desch
pdf version of my CV
Ten selected publications
A more detailed list of my selected publications can be found in the pdf version of my CV as well as on my ORCID page: ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5372-9944
A. Deisting: Commissioning of a hybrid readout TPC test set-up and gas gain simulations, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2374 012145; DOI: [10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012145], arXiv: [2201.02464]
A. Ritchie-Yates, et al.: First operation of an ALICE OROC operated in high pressure Ar-CO2 and Ar-CH4, Eur. Phys. J. C 83, 1139 (2023); DOI: [10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12297-x], arXiv: [2305.08822]
A.Lowe, et al.: ARIADNE+: Large scale demonstration of fast optical readout for dual-phase LAr TPCs at the CERN Neutrino Platform Phys. Sci. Forum 2023 8(1) 46; DOI: [10.3390/psf2023008046], arXiv: [2301.02530]
The DUNE collaboration: A Gaseous Argon-Based Near Detector to Enhance the Physics Capabilities of DUNE'' 2022 Snowmass Summer Study; arXiv: [2203.06281]
A. Deisting et al.: Commissioning of a High Pressure Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout, Instruments 2021, 5(2), 22; DOI: [10.3390/instruments5020022]
J. Adolfsson et al: The upgrade of the ALICE TPC with GEMs and continuous readout'' 2021 JINST 16 P03022; DOI: [10.1088/1748-0221/16/03/p03022], arXiv: [2012.09518]
A. Aguilar-Arevalo et al: Dosimetry and Calorimetry Performance of a Scientific CMOS Camera for Environmental Monitoring'' Sensors 2020, 20(20), 5746; DOI: [10.3390/s20205746], arXiv: [2009.11227]
A. Deisting et al: Secondary discharge studies in single and multi GEM structures'' NIM A, 2019, 937, pp. 168-180; DOI: [10.1016/j.nima.2019.05.057], arXiv: [1901.06035]
A. Deisting, C. Garabatos and A. Szabo: Ion mobility measurements in Ar-CO2, Ne-CO2, and Ne-CO2-N2 mixtures, and the effect of water contents'' NIM A, 2018, 904, pp. 1-8; DOI: [10.1016/j.nima.2018.07.008], arXiv: [1804.10288]
A. Deisting and C. Garabatos: Discharge and stability studies for the new readout chambers of the upgraded ALICE TPC, 2017 JINST 12 C05017; DOI: [10.1088/1748-0221/12/05/C05017], arXiv: [1705.02150]

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