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CURSO 2026/27
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Física Teórica TEO PROPUESTAS TRABAJO FIN DE MASTER EN FÍSICA AVANZADA (Curso 2026-2027)
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Física Nuclear y de Partículas FNyP
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PROPUESTAS TRABAJO FIN DE MASTER EN FÍSICA AVANZADA (Curso 2026-2027)
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1 Angular Response Modelling under Variable Attitude in Gamma-Ray Astronomy F. Albiol kiko@ific.uv.es ASTRO Study of directional response in gamma-ray astronomy to improve the detection, localization and temporal characterization of rare cosmic transient events under changing observation conditions.
2 Weighing galaxy clusters with accretion shocks: testing the mass–shock radius–Mach number relation in the TNG-Cluster simulations David Vallés, Vicent Quilis david.valles-perez@uv.es ASTRO Using publicly available data from the TNG-Cluster simulation, the student will identify and characterise cluster accretion shocks and test whether the mass-shock radius-Mach number fundamental plane (Vallés-Pérez+24, NatAstron) holds with AGN/stellar feedback and at masses up to ~2x10^15 Msun.
3 The youth of the intracluster medium: how galaxy clusters build their hot atmospheres David Vallés david.valles-perez@uv.es ASTRO The hot gas of galaxy clusters is born in high-z protoclusters, where it is nearly invisible to X-ray telescopes. Using cosmological simulations, the student will either trace how this proto-ICM assembles and heats up, or test whether different simulation models agree on its properties.
4 Vientos de supergigantes rojas y curvas de luz tempranas Michael Gabler michael.gabler@uv.es ASTRO ¿Cuánto importa el medio circunestelar? A partir de explosiones 3D de 13 supergigantes rojas continuadas en sus vientos, analizarás la dinámica del choque y la mezcla, calcularás curvas de luz tempranas y comprobarás si las  observaciones distinguen entre tasas de pérdida de masa.
5 ¿Puede un colapso rebotar dentro de un agujero negro ? Michael Gabler michael.gabler@uv.es ASTRO ¿Puede una nube en colapso rebotar dentro de su radio de Schwarzschild? Escribirás un código 1D de Misner-Sharp en relatividad general, lo validarás con el colapso de Oppenheimer-Snyder y explorarás qué materia permite el rebote controlando su inestabilidad.
6 Moléculas en eyecciones 3D de supernovas Michael Gabler, Gerard Navó michael.gabler@uv.es ASTRO ¿Dónde se forman CO y SiO en las eyecciones 3D de una supernova? Validarás la red química WinNet_M, la aplicarás a trazadores de modelos 3D de explosión y compararás los mapas de moléculas con las imágenes de ALMA de SN 1987A.
7 Resistive and Viscous Growth of Parasitic Instabilities in Magnetized Accretion Discs Miquel Miravet Tenés miquel.miravet@uv.es ASTRO With a local perturbative analysis, we will study the linear growth of parasitic instabilities that feed off magnetorotational channel modes, in the presence of finite resistivity and viscosity, extending an existing ideal MHD analysis to dissipative regimes.
8 Hunting for Extreme Emission-Line Galaxies in the Early Universe with JWST Mauro Stefanon mauro.stefanon@uv.es ASTRO Extreme emission-line galaxies (EELGs) host intense, recent bursts of star formation. Their young, massive stars produce copious ionizing radiation, making them key contributors to cosmic reionization. We will identify and characterize the most extreme EELGs at z>4 using JWST photometric catalogs.
9 Desentrañando el universo oscuro con deep learning Guillermo Franco Abellán g.francoabellan@ific.uv.es ASTRO Este TFM explorará modelos de materia oscura y energía oscura que buscan explicar discrepancias clave entre observaciones cosmológicas. Se combinarán métodos analíticos y numéricos, incluyendo técnicas estadísticas avanzadas de deep learning para facilitar la comparación entre modelos y datos.
10 Where do galaxies hide their star formation? Monu Sharma and Mauro Stefanon monu.sharma@uv.es ASTRO Most of the stars in the Universe were born hidden inside dust clouds, invisible to optical telescopes. Using Herschel infrared images of hundreds of galaxies seen 5 to 8 billion years ago, we will find out whether it is the big galaxies or the small ones that hide the most star formation.
11 Where do galaxies hide their star formation? Monu Sharma and Mauro Stefanon monu.sharma@uv.es ASTRO Most of the stars in the Universe were born hidden inside dust clouds, invisible to optical telescopes. Using Herschel infrared images of hundreds of galaxies seen 5 to 8 billion years ago, we will find out whether it is the big galaxies or the small ones that hide the most star formation.
12 Dust at the dawn of galaxies: how much can one colour tell us? Monu Sharma and Mauro Stefanon monu.sharma@uv.es ASTRO Galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang already contain dust, seen by ALMA in a single wavelength band. How much can one band tell us? Using our much richer Herschel data on nearer galaxies, we will test the assumptions behind these early Universe results.
13 Quantum Computing applications for Gravitational Wave experiments Miriam Lucio Martínez, Bryan Zaldívar milumar@ific.uv.es ASTRO Gravitational wave experiments like LIGO and the Einstein Telescope present a major computational challenge in the amount of data that has to be analyzed. This TFM explores potential benefits of using quantum computing in areas such as signal reconstruction, characterisation, and template matching.
14 Exploring the Higgs boson with neural networks: a search for H->mu+mu- at ATLAS Josu Cantero and Miguel Villaplana josu.cantero@ific.uv.es FNyP This Master’s thesis will investigate the use of neural networks to distinguish Higgs boson decays into muon pairs H->mu+mu- from background processes in final states with three or four leptons at the ATLAS experiment. 
15 Search for Cosmic Flaring Sources with Neutrino Telescopes Francisco Salesa Greus, Agustín Sánchez Losa, Juan Zúñiga Román sagreus@ific.uv.es FNyP Cosmic neutrinos offer a new way to explore the Universe. While some sources are steady, others emit powerful flares concentrated in short time windows. Using data from the ANTARES and KM3NeT telescopes, this project aims to hunt for cosmic sources missed by traditional time-integrated searches.
16 Proton therapy range verification with prompt gamma-ray detectors Fernando Hueso González fernando.hueso@uv.es FNyP Measurements of prompt gamma-rays with scintillation detectors in the context of proton therapy will be analyzed to establish the viability of range verification in a coxial geometry with a single-channel monolithic crystal operating at high count rates.
17 Neon time projection chambers for CEnuNS detection at nuclear reactors Ander Simón Estévez y Gonzalo Martínez Lema ander.simon@ific.uv.es FNyP This master’s project will assess novel neon-filled time projection chambers for reactor CEνNS detection, using expected recoil spectra and detector response, based on simulations, to estimate sensitivity and define energy thresholds and experimental requirements.
18 Neutrino-nucleus interaction models and their impact on atmospheric oscillation analyses Júlia Tena Vidal, Juan de Dios Zornoza julia.tena-vidal@ific.uv.es FNyP Hadronization, the formation of hadrons from quarks, is modified by the nuclear medium. Well studied with electrons, it remains unexplored with neutrinos, despite its importance on atmospheric oscillation analyses. This thesis assesses measuring with NuSCOPE, a tagged neutrino beam at CERN..
19 Probing nuclear hadronization with neutrinos at NuSCOPE Júlia Tena Vidal, Juan de Dios Zornoza Gómez julia.tena-vidal@ific.uv.es FNyP Hadronization, the formation of hadrons from quarks, is modified by the nuclear medium. Well studied with electrons, it remains unexplored with neutrinos, despite its importance on atmospheric oscillation analyses. This thesis assesses measuring it with NuSCOPE, a tagged neutrino beam at CERN.
20 Estudio y optimización del transporte de haces de partículas en el acelerador ALMA del IFIC. Nuria Fuster Martinez, Marçà Boronat Arevalo, Maria Moreno LLacer boronat.arevalo@ific.uv.es FNyP El proyecto estudiará la propagación de haces en la línea de transporte del acelerador ALMA del IFIC, con el objetivo de maximizar la intensidad transmitida y mejorar la uniformidad del haz a la salida. Se combinarán cálculos de óptica de aceleradores y simulaciones con Xsuite para optimizarla.
21 Estudio comparativo de la interacción de fotones y protones con nanopartículas de oro para su uso en terapias contra el cáncer Nuria Fuster-Martínez y Marçà Boronat Arévalo nuria.fuster@ific.uv.es FNyP Se realizarán simulaciones Monte Carlo con Geant4-DNA para comparar la probabilidad de interacción de fotones y protones con nanopartículas de oro bajo distintas configuraciones de haz. Se estudiará también la distribución de dosis en el entorno de las nanopartículas.
22 Neutrino-nucleus interaction models and their impact on oscillation analyses Júlia Tena Vidal, Juan de Dios Zornoza Gómez julia.tena-vidal@ific.uv.es FNyP This project investigates how neutrino–nucleus interaction models affect atmospheric neutrino reconstruction and oscillation analyses. It aims to identify dominant interaction-related uncertainties across 1–100 GeV and assess their impact on neutrino mass ordering measurements.
23 A New Observable for Flavor Identification of Ultra-High-Energy Neutrinos Alfonso Garcia-Soto alfonso.garcia@ific.uv.es FNyP This project will investigate a new observable to distinguish ultra-high-energy muons from tau leptons producing track-like signatures in neutrino telescopes such as IceCube and KM3NeT
24 Diseño, implementación y caracterización de un clúster de computación de altas prestaciones (HPC) Miguel García Folgado migarfol@ific.uv.es FNyP El estudiante descubrirá la otra cara de la computación científica diseñando y desplegando un clúster HPC desde cero. Configurará su infraestructura y analizará cómo la paralelización, las comunicaciones y la gestión de recursos condicionan el rendimiento de las aplicaciones científicas.
25 Design study and evaluation of a molecular imaging system for radioguided surgery Luis Caballero luis.caballero@ific.uv.es FNyP The student will participate in the performance optimization (from simulation to experimental measurements) of a detection system prototype intended for medical imaging in cancer radioguided surgery.
26 DMAPS characterisation for Belle II VTX  James Iddon, David Galacho james.philip.iddon@ific.uv.es, david.galacho@ific.uv.es FNyP Characterise cutting edge silicon sensors (named TJ-Monopix2 and OBELIX, types of DMAPS) in the context of the Belle II tracker upgrade, VTX. Perform measurements in the lab of critical chip parameters to explore the capability of this technology in the context of Belle II and beyond, through FCCee.
27 KM3NeT calibration with Nanobeacons Agustín Sánchez Losa, Francisco Salesa Greus Agustin.Sanchez@ific.uv.es FNyP Neutrino Telescopes, recently awarded with the Nobel prize for the discovery of cosmic neutrinos, have still to uncover the sources of the cosmic neutrinos. KM3NeT will confirm their origin, for what calibration plays a crucial role, like the one Nanobeacons can carry out with this work.
28 Machine Learning techniques for data selection for cosmic neutrino source discovery in KM3NeT Agustín Sánchez Losa Agustin.Sanchez@ific.uv.es FNyP Neutrino Telescopes, recently awarded with the Nobel prize for the discovery of cosmic neutrinos, have still to uncover the sources of the cosmic neutrinos. KM3NeT will confirm the first sources, where data selection methods thrust by ML techniques will play a crucial role, including this work.
29 Taus para explorar los límites del MS y diseñar los detectores del futuro Adrián Irles, María Moreno adrian.irles@ific.uv.es FNyP TFM en física de partículas: explora con taus la precisión electrodébil y la decoherencia cuántica en el Future Circular Collider (FCC), y participa en el diseño y evaluación de rendimiento mediante simulación del detector ILD.
30 Identifying Galactic cosmic-ray sources through gamma rays and neutrinos Francisco Salesa Greus, Agustín Sánchez Losa sagreus@ific.uv.es FNyP Our Galaxy has been observed both with gamma rays and high-energy neutrinos. However, the cosmic ray sources that produce them in the same hadronic process have not yet been identified. In this project we will combine the data from HAWC and KM3NeT to constrain potential cosmic ray source candidates.
31 Shell evolution around 48Ca  J.J. Valiente Dobon  valiente@ific.uv.es FNyP To investigate how the shell structure evolves an experiment was with the gamma-ray tracking array AGATA. The aim of the experiment was to identify several excited states in Ca isotopes and measure their lifetimes to access and investigate the wave function of the excited states.
32 Impact of strain and temperature on FBG fibres for DUNE Nadia Yahlali and Sara Benitez nadia.yahlali@uv.es FNyP A Temperature Monitoring System based on Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) is being developed at IFIC for DUNE. The student will study the impact of strain and temperature on FBGs. Due to the novelty of the study, the results could be subject to a scientific publication (https://neutrinos.ific.uv.es/).
33 Commissioning of the DUNE optical cryostat for measurements in the VUV and liquid argon.   Nadia Yahlali and Anselmo Cervera nadia.yahlali@uv.es FNyP The student will be involved in the commissioning of an Optical Cryostat System for the spectral characterization of DUNE optical elements in the VUV and in Liquid Argon. Due to the novelty of the study, the results could be subject to a scientific publication (https://neutrinos.ific.uv.es/).
34 Angle- and wavelength-resolved reflectance measurements of detector materials Anselmo Cervera and Michel Sorel sorel@ific.uv.es FNyP You will characterize the reflectance of materials across the Vacuum Ultraviolet to Visible wavelength range to understand DUNE’s photon detector response. You will use a state-of-the-art optical laboratory at IFIC and detailed optical models. More info at https://neutrinos.ific.uv.es/.
35 Atmospheric neutrino oscillations at DUNE Justo Martin-Albo and Michel Sorel sorel@ific.uv.es FNyP You will establish DUNE’s neutrino oscillation reach using simulated atmospheric neutrino events. Focus areas will include the use of photon detector system information and strategies for separating neutrino from antineutrino interactions. More info at https://neutrinos.ific.uv.es/.
36 R&D on fast timing light detection for proton decay searches Anselmo Cervera and Justo Martin-Albo justo.martin-albo@ific.uv.es FNyP DUNE can investigate the yet-unobserved proton decay, which would revolutionize fundamental physics. You will lead an ambitious R&D program to prove nanosecond-scale light detection to identify proton decay products, using ultrafast lasers and light detectors (https://neutrinos.ific.uv.es/).
37 Cristalografia a altas presiones Daniel Errandonea daniel.errandonea@uv.es FOTO Este TFM estudia la estructura cristalina y las transiciones de fase de materiales sometidos a altas presiones mediante técnicas de difracción de rayos X. El objetivo es comprender cómo la presión modifica sus propiedades estructurales y físicas.
38 First-Principles Study of the Optical Properties of Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskites Alejandro Molina Sánchez alejandro.molina@uv.es FOTO Exploration of hybrid perovskites with quantum simulations and discovery of how their atomic structure shapes colour, absorption and excitons with the target of designing next-generation solar cells and LEDs.
39 Estudio del potencial superficial en materiales para aplicaciones espaciales en función de la temperatura Rafael Mata Sanz rafael.mata@uv.es FOTO Se ha observado que los materiales dieléctricos adquieren un estado de saturación de carga, o potencial superficial, bajo un cierto nivel de radiación electrónica. Se propone estudiar su comportamiento para las temperaturas en órbita y ver sus efectos en la emisión secundaria de electrones. 
40 Simulations of Photonic Crystal Devices for Light Management Jose Marques Hueso y Alejandro Molina Jose.marques@uv.es FOTO We aim to design photonic crystal structures to guide light in an optical chip. You will use COMSOL, a leading software in industry, to perform simulations using FEM in a CPU cluster.  The optimal parameters will be obtained at optical wavelengths, and the devices fabricated in a next stage.
41 Exciton Spectroscopy of Two-dimensional Materials Andrés Granados del Águila  andres.granados@uv.es FOTO In this TFM, the student will develop an optical setup for spatially resolved photoluminescence measurements using lasers, microscopes and spectrometers. The project combines hands-on fabrication of 2D materials, optical characterization to explore the photophysics of quantum semiconductors.
42 Energy Transport in Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots Solids Andres Granados del Águila, Juan Martínez Pastor andres.granados@uv.es; juan.mtnez.pastor@uv.es FOTO This TFM investigates energy and exciton migration in self-assembled perovskite nanocrystal superlattices. Students will develop optical microscopy techniques using lasers and spectrometers, and perform data analysis to investigate how energy propagates, and how fast, through the superlattice
43  2D materials and hybrid acousto-optic Cavity-QED for quantum polaritonics Mauricio Morais de Lima and Guillermo Muñoz mmlimajr@uv.es FOTO The investigation of strong exciton–photon coupling in open microcavities with perovskites and its control by surface acoustic waves (SAWs) covers exfoliation, cavity design, simulation, fabrication, optical spectroscopy and basic modelling, targeting emerging quantum technologies.
44 Estudio estructural y morfológico de semiconductores de banda prohibida ancha con potencial aplicación en emisores térmicos plasmónicos. Prof. Said Agouram Ouhtit, Vicente Muñoz Sanjosé said.agouram@uv.es FOTO La caracterización estructural y morfológica de semiconductores de banda prohibida ancha permite comprender sus propiedades y evaluar su potencial para aplicaciones fotónicas y emisores térmicos plasmónicos.
45 Atom interferometers for fundamental physics  Maria Moreno Llácer (IFIC-UV), Clara Murgui (CERN) Marcel Vos (IFIC-CSIC) marcel.vos@ific.uv.es, maria.moreno TEO En este trabajo entre teoria y experimento exploraremos el potencial de interferometros de atomos para física fundamental. Estudiaremos la sensibilidad del proyecto AICE en el CERN a materia oscura y ondas gravitacionales, y las oportunidades que ofrece para entender el proceso de medidas cuantico.
46 Orbital Bell nonlocality from wave-packet scattering Wanqiang Liu and Manuel Gessner manuel.gessner@uv.es TEO Scattering events in colliders can create entangled outgoing states, but their nonlocality also depends on how they are measured. This project develops wave-packet models for two-particle scattering, and studies CHSH Bell nonlocality tests and their robustness based on orbital angular momentum.
47 Gluon mass gap through the Schwinger mechanism Joannis Papavassiliou Joannis.Papavassiliou@uv.es TEO  Gluons, while massless at the level of the fundamental QCD Lagrangian, acquire an effective mass through the non-Abelian implementation of the classic Schwinger mechanism.  In the proposed TFM we will overview this fundamental problem, and explore certain open questions.
48 Modern approach to the physics of mesons Joannis Papavassiliou Joannis.Papavassiliou@uv.es TEO Recent developments enable  a bona-fide description of the meson dynamics by means of fundamental QCD inputs, such as propagators and fully-dressed vertices. In the proposed TFM we will review this new formalism and explore some of its possible applications
49 Scalar dark matter and radiative neutrino masses in light of the LZ nuclear-recoil event Juan Herrero Garcia juan.a.herrero@uv.es TEO LZ has observed a candidate ~250 keV nuclear recoil, a signature of inelastic dark matter that arises naturally in scotogenic models of neutrino masses. We will test whether variants of the model explain it while satisfying relic density, detection, neutrino, flavour and electroweak bounds.
50 Long-lived sterile neutrino Dark Matter in flavour models Andrea Donini - Simone Marciano simone.marciano@ific.uv.es TEO This thesis will explore whether a third sterile neutrino can serve as long-lived Dark Matter in a minimal seesaw, linking neutrino masses and leptonic mixing to Dark Matter constraints and identifying mechanisms that naturally suppress active-sterile mixing.
51 Diseño, implementación y caracterización de un clúster de computación de altas prestaciones (HPC) para física de partículas Miguel García Folgado migarfol@ific.uv.es TEO El estudiante descubrirá la otra cara de la computación científica diseñando y desplegando un clúster HPC desde cero. Configurará su infraestructura y analizará cómo la paralelización, las comunicaciones y la gestión de recursos condicionan el rendimiento de las aplicaciones científicas.
52 Higgs boson signal background interference Leandro Cieri lcieri@ific.uv.es TEO Measuring the Higgs width requires precise signal-background interference models. This TFM computes this effect in the $Z\gamma$ channel at NLO QCD and full EW accuracy to extract the Higgs width. Final calculations will be encoded directly into DYTURBO.
53 Effective field theory and the indirect hunt for new physics Luca Mantani luca.mantani@uv.es TEO How do we test theories of new physics we cannot probe directly? Effective field theory maps high-energy models onto precise collider predictions. This phenomenology project grows in stages, from known results to original research, drawing on modern collision simulations and machine learning.
54 Generalized effective actions from higher-order Legendre transforms Jorge Portolés Jorge.Portoles@ific.uv.es TEO We consider the construction of effective actions that describe non-perturbative quantum field theories through a second-order Legendre transform of the generating functional of connected vacuum-vacuum amplitudes.
55 Tuning Particle Collision Simulations with Neural Networks Roberto Ruiz de Austri Bazan rruiz@ific.uv.es TEO Can AI improve simulations of particle collisions? This project will develop neural networks to tune simulation parameters to experimental data, testing whether they improve accuracy and efficiency for studies at the Large Hadron Collider.
56 New physics for charged lepton flavour violation Claudia Hagedorn claudia.hagedorn@ific.uv.es TEO We explore extensions of the Standard Model (SM) that can lead to processes absent in the SM itself. We focus on signals of charged lepton flavour violation, e.g. the decay of a muon to an electron and a photon. We also study possible correlations among different signals and neutrino masses.
57 Buscando materia oscura ligera en el sector escalar Emilie Passemar passemar@ific.uv.es TEO Estudiamos partículas escalares ligeras asociadas a la materia oscura. Dada la dificultad de tratar la interacción fuerte a baja energía en su régimen no perturbativo, mejoramos los modelos de sus desintegraciones hadronicas usando métodos dispersivos para restringirlas con datos experimentales. 
58 Unveiling the mystery of the X(3872) and its isospin partner.  Raquel Molina Peralta Raquel.Molina@ific.uv.es, ramope3@uv.es TEO The resonance X(3872) is one of the first exotic particles observed. Its decay properties point out to sizeable isospin violating contributions, however, no charged partner has been established. We propose to extract the compositeness of the  X(3872) through its decay pattern testing its partner.
59 Gravitational interactions from scattering amplitudes in high-energy colliders Germán RODRIGO german.rodrigo@csic.es TEO Recently, QFT techniques originally developed to predict observables in high-energy colliders, have been applied to classical observables relevant to gravitational wave physics. The project consists in determining the deflection of massive objects using Worldline QFT for classical scattering.
60 Quantum Machine Learning Approaches to Multi-Loop Feynman Integrals Germán RODRIGO german.rodrigo@csic.es TEO Multiloop Feynman Integrals (MFI) are the computational backbone of perturbative QFT, underpinning all LHC phenomenology predictions. The objective of the TFM is to develop QML integrand representations for MFIs using quantum feature maps encoding kinematic invariants and loop momenta.
61 False vacua and scalar masses in multi-Higgs models Miguel Nebot Miguel.Nebot@uv.es TEO In the context of beyond the Standard Model extended scalar sectors, the project addresses the exploration of properties of the spectrum around the lowest minimum of the potential, "the vacuum", in connection with the existence of other local minima, "false vacua", neutral or charge-breaking. 
62 Spontaneous CP Violation in the Zee model of neutrino masses Miguel Nebot Miguel.Nebot@uv.es TEO The Zee model gives one loop Majorana neutrino masses with an extended scalar sector including two Higgs doublets. The goal is to analyse how spontaneous CP violation can be accommodated and to explore implications such as relations among Dirac and Majorana phases of the PMNS matrix.
63 CPT violation in neutral meson-antimeson oscillations Miguel Nebot Miguel.Nebot@uv.es TEO Neutral meson-antimeson systems are a privileged playground to test potential violations of the fundamental CPT symmetry. The goal of this project is to assess the sensitivity on this respect for different meson systems and experimental facilities, following a fully consistent approach.