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Aspects of micro black hole evaporation

The dissertation investigates an alternative way to calculate grey-body factors in the large D-limit of general relativity for non-rotating micro black holes. Properties of possible signals of micro black hole decay that might be seen in the detectors were also investigated using the most recent Monte Carlo micro black hole event generators.

D.09 Tutoring for postgraduate students

COBISS.SI-ID: 4073723

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Solar cycle modulation of cosmic rays observed with the low energy modes of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The low energy modes of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory record variations in the flux of low energy secondary particles with extreme detail. In this work, after including a long-term correction to the response of the detectors, we present the first long-term analysis of the flux of cosmic rays using scalers and two energy bands of the calibration histograms. We show its sensitivity to the solar cycle variation and its relation to the solar modulation of cosmic rays for an 8-year period.

B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference

COBISS.SI-ID: 4153339

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Update of the neutrino and photon limits from the Pierre Auger Observatory

Ultra-high energy neutrinos and photons, with energies above 1 EeV and 10 EeV respectively, can be detected with the Surface Detector array (SD) of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Stringent limits are set to the diffuse flux of ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrinos and photons, using data collected between 2004 and mid-2013, under the hypothesis of an E2 spectrum for signal primaries.

B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference

COBISS.SI-ID: 4151803

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Silicon photomultiplier research and development studies for the large size telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the the next generation facility of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes; two sites will cover both hemispheres. Each CTA array will include four Large Size Telescopes (LSTs), designed to cover the low-energy range of the CTA sensitivity. We present the development of a SiPM-based module as the candidate for the LST camera.

B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference

COBISS.SI-ID: 4037627

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Prospects for indirect dark matter searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will have a unique chance of discovery for a large range of masses in Weakly Interacting Massive Particles models of dark matter. The principal target for dark matter searches with CTA is the centre of the Galactic Halo. Assuming a cuspy dark matter density profile for the Milky Way, 500 hours of observations in this region will provide sensitivities to and below the thermal cross-section of dark matter annihilations, for masses between a few hundred GeV and a few tens of TeV.

B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference

COBISS.SI-ID: 4147707