Welcome to
my blog.
A few
classmates suggested writing a blog while I’m doing a research internship at Kansas State
University (K-State). So
here it is.
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| My home base "Mainhattan" |
The
University is located in Manhattan in Kansas. But before I
start my internship, I’m going to visit the “real” Manhattan
in New York
for a week. Thus my itinerary goes from Mainhattan to Manhattan to Manhattan.
At the end
of my internship I planned to spend 5 days at Miami Beach
before my flight goes back to Frankfurt.
The
internship is intended to become topic of my Bachelor Thesis. The current
project title is “Imaging of ultrafast light-induced molecular dynamics” and
involves measurements with the well known COLTRIMS spectrometer which was mainly
invented at Goethe
University and became a
specialty of my Professor – Prof. Dörner. First experiments in 1978/9 about
measuring the recoiled target took place at K-State. Unfortunately these
experiments failed. Thus physicists in Frankfurt
thought of a new approach of kinematic measurements which led to the development
of COLTRIMS (COLd Taget Recoil Ion Momentum Spectroscopy).
K-State has
always played a big role in atomic, molecular and optical physics. I’m glad to
have the chance to be part of a substantial research group at JR Macdonald
laboratory.
To realise
this research internship, I’m receiving a scholarship of the DAAD Rise program
which is issued by the German Academic Exchange Service.
At this
point I want to thank Professor Dörner and my K-State supervisor Professor
Rudenko for their huge efforts. They made it all possible and helped me to
apply for the scholarship and to get my J1 visa.
More
details are coming soon.
If you have
any questions, feel free to leave a comment.
