Roberto Bruschini (with certificate) received the PANDA Theory
PhD Prize 2024 during the PANDA Collaboration Meeting.
(Photo: U. Kurilla, GSI)
For his doctoral thesis "Unified Study of Spectrum and Properties of Heavy Mesons at Energies below and above Meson-Meson Thresholds" Dr. Roberto Bruschini has received the Panda Theory PhD Prize 2024.
The award was announced at the most recent Panda Collaboration meeting at GSI, Darmstadt and handed over to Dr. Roberto Bruschini (with certificate) by the spokesperson of the Panda Collaboration Prof Klaus Peters (left) and the chair of the Theory Adisory Group Prof Christian Fischer (right), University Giessen, Germany, during a dinner ceremony.
Dr. Bruschini used Coupled-Channel Schrödinger Equations in adiabatic and diabatic forms for Charmonium-like Mesons below and above threshold. The diabatic Born-Oppenheimer approximation allows for a unified study of conventional and exotic charmonium-like mesons, which has a great impact to the PANDA physics program.
The Panda Collaboration awards the Theory PhD Prize to specifically honor students’ contributions related to the Panda project. Candidates for the PhD Prize are nominated by their doctoral advisors. In addition to being directly related to the Panda Experiment, the nominees’ doctoral degrees must have received a rating of “very good” or better. Up to three candidates are shortlisted for the award and can present their dissertations at the Panda Collaboration meeting. The winner is chosen by a committee that is appointed for this task by the Panda Collaboration.
