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Membership Proposal for the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ João R. T. de Mello Neto Beatriz Si ff ert

UFRJ Astroparticle group • Faculty • João R. T. de Mello Neto - professor (Auger, DAMIC) • Beatriz Siffert - associate professor (J-PAS, S-PLUS) • Post-docs • Diego Torres Machado (DAMIC) • Phd Students • Victor Mello (DAMIC) • Xiaohao You (DAMIC) • Cynthia Viscaya (Auger) • Clara Watanabe (DAMIC)

Group experience • Previous projects: particle physics experiments (E769, E791, D0, LHCb) (J.M.) • LHCb muon ID • LHCb first multivariate particle ID algorithm • LHCb sin(2beta) from Bd -> J/Psi Ks asymmetry • Pierre Auger Observatory (J.M., B.S.) • Large anisotropy task force coordination (2008-2014) • Use of statistical tools to quantify anisotropies in the data, search for astronomical sources of the highest energy events.

Group experience • Direct detection of dark matter with CCDs (DAMIC) (J.M.) • Monte Carlo simulation • WIMP search in the data • Search for millicharge particles • Cosmology and astrophysics (B. S.) • Dark matter indirect search in nearby galaxies • Theoretical studies of cosmological models with bounces • Development of the pipeline for detection of supernovae in the J-PAS, J-PLUS and S-PLUS survey

UFRJ group interest in DUNE • Monte Carlo simulation • General and photon detection (Campinas) • Pattern recognition and event reconstruction • Neutrino physics • Supernova detection with DUNE Resources • Search for funds in the Brazilian agencies • Travel money, post-docs and graduate students • Access to two supercomputing centers