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Membership Proposal for the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ

João R. T. de Mello Neto Beatriz Siffert

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