The discovery of the Standard Model Higgs boson in 2012 is undoubtedly a bright success for the Standard Model of particle physics. This discovery however does not bring any answer to many of the questions that are still open in cosmology and particle physics. Among others, there is the nature of dark matter and dark energy, the origin of the Higgs potential, and the fact that the Standard Model does not provide an explanation for the very small masses of the neutrinos. Natural solutions to these problems could come from the existence of new interaction types or new particles.

This is why, since the discovery of the Higgs boson, efforts are focused on the search for new phenomena, beyond the Standard Model. One of the important aspects of the comparison between experimental measurements and theory is the need to normalize as precisely as possible experimental results to theory. This means in practice being able to measure as precisely as possible the luminosity of the LHC. The goal is to reach a precision better than 1% within the next few years. This is a factor two or three better than the precision that has been reached up to now.

LHC experiments are equipped with dedicated luminosity measurement subsystems, and several observables can be used to measure the luminosity. However, the techniques used have various stability and linearity issues, that complicate their exploitation.

Master 2, engineering school or university, looking for a master thesis or 6-month internship

Skills:

- VHDL, C/C++ language, TCL scripting.
- Linux environment,
- Firmware implementation on FPGA,
- Some experience with versioning software (gitLab) is a plus.
- ModelSim knowledge is not required but would be a plus.
- Knowledge of Quartus is not required but would be a plus.
- English (spoken and written) is a plus.

References or links to project realizations will be strongly appreciated.