PROF. DR. HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHULTZ-COULON

Research

Experimental particle physics; research work in the framework of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC, CERN) and development of new detector technologies. The main focus of the experimental work is on the development and operation of trigger and data acquisition systems, the analysis of ATLAS data and the conception of novel detector systems for future particle physics experiments. Concerning the analysis of LHC data the HEP group at the Kirchhoff-Institute works on the measurement of rare processes and the search for new phenomena beyond the Standard Modell; special emphasis is on searches for the production of dark matter candidates at the LHC. The research work concerning detector R&D focuses on the application of Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM) for the readout of light produced by scintillating detectors. In this context the application of SiPMs is investigated concerning both particle physics experiments (CALICE, Mu3e) and medical imaging applications  (EndoTOFPET US); recently the group has also started development work on SiPMs for potential use in the DARWIN experiment to directly search for dark matter.

Selected Publications

Technical Design of the Phase I Mu3e Experiment
Mu3e Collaboration, NIM A 1014 (2021) 165679.

Evaluation of the KLauS ASIC at Low Temperature
Wang et al., NIM A 996 (2021) 165110.

Operation of the ATLAS Trigger System in Run 2
ATLAS Collaboration, JINST 15 (2020) P10004.

Performance of the Upgraded PreProcessor of the ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger
ATLAS Collaboration, JINST 15 (2020) P11016.

Suche nach Dunkler Materie
M. Linder, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, F.-K. Thielemann, Physik Journal 11/2019, 32.

Search for low-mass dijet resonances using trigger-level jets with the ATLAS detector
in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV
, ATLAS Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121 (2018) 081801.

A Silicon Photomultiplier Readout ASIC for Time-of-Flight Applications
Using a New Time-of-Recovery Method

W. Shen, T. Harion, H. Chen, K. Briggl, V. Stankova, Y. Munwes, and H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, IEEE TNS 65 (2018) 1196.

Measurement of detector-corrected observables sensitive to the anomalous production of events with jets
and large missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV using the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration, EPJ C 77 (2017) 765.

Characterization Measurement Results of MuTRiG - A Silicon Photomultiplier Readout ASIC with High Timing Precision and High Event Rate Capability
H. Chen, W. Shen, K. Briggl, V. Stankova, Y. Munwes, D. Schimansky, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, PoS (TWEPP-17) 008.

Measurement of differential cross sections and W+/W- cross-section ratios for W boson production
in association with jets at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration, JHEP 1805 (2018) 077.

Study of WWγ and WZγ production in pp collisions at ?s=8 TeV and search for anomalous quartic gauge couplings with the ATLAS experiment
ATLAS Collaboration, EPJ C 77 (2017) 646.

Performance of the ATLAS Trigger System in 2015
ATLAS Collaboration, EPJ C 77 (2017) 317.

Evidence of Wγγ production in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV and limits on anomalous quartic gauge couplings with the ATLAS detector 
ATLAS Collaboration, PRL 115 (2015) 031802.

Search for the direct production of charginos, neutralinos and staus in final states with at least two hadronically
decaying taus and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration, JHEP 10 (2014) 096.

Measurement of the Inclusive Jet Cross Section in pp Collisions at √s = 2.76 TeV and Comparison to the Inclusive jet
Cross Section at √s = 7 TeV Using the ATLAS Detector

ATLAS Collaboration, EPJ C 73 (2013) 2509.

Towards Testing a Two-Higgs-doublet Model with Maximal CP Symmetry 
at the LHC: Monte Carlo Event Generator Implementation

J. Brehmer, V. Lendermann, M. Maniatis, O. Nachtmann, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, R. Stamen, EPJ C 73 (2013) 2380.

ATLAS Search for New Phenomena in Dijet Mass and Angular Distributions Using pp Collisions at √s = 7 TeV
ATLAS Collaboration, JHEP 1301 (2013) 029.

Hadronic Energy Resolution of a Highly Granular Scintillator-Steel Hadron Calorimeter
CALICE Collaboration, JINST 7 (2013) P09017.

Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC
ATLAS Collaboration, Phys. Lett. B716 (2012) 1.

The ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger: PreProcessor Implementation and Performance
A. Asman et al., 2012 JINST 7 P12008.

Study of the Response and Photon-counting Resolution of Silicon Photomultipliers using a Generic Simulation Framework
P. Eckert, R. Stamen and H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, 2012 JINST 7 P08011.

Characterisation Studies of Silicon Photomultipliers
P. Eckert, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, W.Shen, R. Stamen, A. Tadday, NIM A620 (2010) 217.

Combining Triggers in HEP Data Analysis
V. Lendermann, J. Haller, M. Herbst, K.Krüger, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, R. Stamen, NIM A604 (2009) 707.

Teaching

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Current Lectures & Seminars
Experimentalphysik 2 (PEP2)   SoSe 2024
Earlier Lectures
Experimentalphysik 1 (PEP1)   WiSe 2023/24
Physics of Particle Detectors SoSe 2023
The Standard Model of Particle Physics   SoSe 2022
Particle Physics WiSe 2021/22
Particle Physics WiSe 2020/21
The Standard Model of Particle Physics   SoSe 2019
The Standard Model of Particle Physics   SoSe 2018
Experimentalphysik 2 (PEP2)   SoSe 2017
Experimentalphysik 1 (PEP1)   WiSe 2016/17
Experimentalphysik 2 (PEP2)   SoSe 2016
Experimentalphysik 1 (PEP1)   WiSe 2015/16
The Standard Model of Particle Physics SoSe 2015
Particle Physics WiSe 2014/15
The Standard Model of Particle Physics SoSe 2014
Lecture on Higgs Physics                     WiSe 2013/14
Experimentalphysik 2 (PEP2)                               SoSe 2013
Experimentalphysik 1 (PEP1)                               WiSe 2012/13
Experimentalphysik 2 (PEP2) SoSe 2012
Experimentalphysik 1 (PEP1) WiSe 2011/12
Physics of Particle Detectors SoSe 2011
LHC Physics WiSe 2010/11
Physics of Particle Detectors SoSe 2010
The Standard Model of Particle Physics WiSe 2008/09
Experimentalphysik 3 WiSe 2006/07
Experimentalphysik 3 WiSe 2005/06
Advanced Particle Physics SoSe 2006
Exp. Probes of Fundamental Interactions WiSe 2004
Seminars/Journal Clubs
Seminar: New SI-Units WiSe 2022/23
Seminar: Präzisionsexperimente SoSe 2022
Präzisionsexperimente SoSe 2021
Moderne Techniken der Teilchenphysik WiSe 2020/21
The Invisible Universe: Dark Matter and Neutrinos WiSe 2019/20
Moderne Techniken der Teilchenphysik WiSe 2018/19
Signal or no Signal? 2-3 Sigma Effects in Particle Physics                     SoSe 2015
Moderne Technologien der Teilchenphysik                     WiSe 2013/14
Schlüsselexperimente der Teilchenphysik SoSe 2011
Precision Experiments in Particle Physics SoSe 2010
The Physics of Quarks WiSe 2008/09
Physik an Hadron-Beschleunigern SoSe 2008
Experimental Signatures of Physics beyond the Standard Model                                WiSe 2007/08
Schlüsselexperimente der Kern- und Teilchenphysik SoSe 2007
Hochenergiephysik an Hadron-Kollidern SoSe 2006
Experimentelle Tests der Grenzen des Standardmodells SoSe 2005