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Zum Marienhäuschen 9
35041 Marburg (DE)
phone: +49 (0) 6421 8867702
e-mail: claude.krantz 'at' zwergenschaenke.net
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Personal Details |
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| Name | Claude Krantz, Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Phys. |
| born | on 14th May 1980 in Luxembourg. |
| Citizenship | Luxembourgian |
| Civil status | married, one child |
| Employer | GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy-Ion Research, Darmstadt |
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Professional Career |
| since April 2020 | Staff scientist in the "Beam Cooling" department of GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy-Ion Research, with focus on electron cooling. |
| since 2017 | Guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics. |
| 2015 - 2020 | Accelerator physicist at the Marburg Ion-Beam Therapy Centre (MIT). Research on synchrotron beam extraction. |
| 2017 - 2020 | Deputy Head of Accelerator Operations at MIT. |
| 2018 - 2019 | Head of Accelerator Controls group at MIT. |
| 2009 - 2015 | Postdoctoral scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK). |
| 2011 - 2015 | Co-development and commissioning of the cryogenic heavy-ion storage ring CSR of MPIK. Development of the electron cooler and related particle detectors. |
| 2012 - 2015 | Teaching at Heidelberg University (tutorials on atomic and quantum physics). |
| 2009 - 2012 | Operation of an electron cooler at the heavy-ion storage ring TSR of MPIK. Realisation of many experiments on electron cooling and atomic physics. |
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Education |
| Doctoral Studies | |
| 28th October 2009 | Graduation with great honour ("magna cum laude") to a Doctor of Natural Science (Dr. rer. nat.) of the University of Heidelberg. |
| 2006 - 2009 | PhD work at the heavy-ion storage ring TSR of MPIK on the topic of "Intense Electron Beams from GaAs Photocathodes as a Tool for Molecular and Atomic Physics", under supervision by Prof. Dr. Andreas Wolf. |
| Graduate and Undergraduate Studies | |
| 3rd March 2006 | Graduation in physics ("Diplom-Physiker", Dipl.-Phys.) with overall verdict very good ("sehr gut"). |
| 2000 - 2006 | Studies in physics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. |
| 2005 - 2006 | Master work ("Diplomarbeit") on the topic of "Quantum States of Neutrons in the Gravitational Field" at the Institute of Physics in Heidelberg, under supervision by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Abele. |
| March 2005 | Research at Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France. |
| 15th April 2002 | Intermediate graduation ("Vordiplom") in physics with overall verdict very good. |
| College and School Education | |
| 29th June 1999 | Award of the higher education qualification ("Diplôme de fin d’études secondaires") of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, with overall verdict very good ("très bien"). |
| 1992 - 1999 | Secondary education at the high school "Lycée de Garçons" in Esch/Alzette, G.-D. of Luxembourg. |
| 1985 - 1992 | Elementary education at the primary school of Pontpierre, G.-D. of Luxembourg. |
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Notable Skills |
| Languages | |
| Native language | Luxembourgish |
| Fluent in | German, English, French |
| Basic knowledge | Latin |
| Information Technology | |
| Software | MS Office, LibreOffice, LaTeX, Mathematica, SolidEdge, Origin, QtiPlot, GnuPlot, MAD/X, MIRKO, SIMION, BetaCOOL. |
| Programming | C/C++, Mathematica, Python, ROOT, bash. |
| Operating Systems | GNU/Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSuse), FreeBSD, Windows, Windows Server. |
| Special Qualifications | |
| Radiation protection | Qualified radio-protection officer according to the German technical qualification guideline S6.4. |
| Cranes | License to operate remote-controlled overhead cranes. |
| Non-Professional Activities | |
| Leisure | Running, cycling, archery. |
| Memberships | German Physical Society (DPG), Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU), Schnelle Ionen. |
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Publications |
| Dissertation | C. Krantz, Intense Electron Beams from GaAs Photocathodes as a Tool for Molecular and Atomic Physics, University of Heidelberg, 2009. [ http ] |
| Articles | (Selection, complete list of publications at http://findus.zwergenschaenke.net/∼puma/publist.html) |
| C. Krantz, H. Buhr, M. Grieser, M. Lestinsky, O. Novotný, S. Novotny, D. A. Orlov, R. Repnow, A. S. Terekhov, P. Wilhelm, and A. Wolf, Transverse electron cooling of heavy molecular ions, Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24 (2021) 050101. [ doi ] | |
| C. Krantz, T. Fischer, B. Kröck, U. Scheeler, A. Weber, M. Witt, R. Cee, F. Faber, E. Feldmeier, M. Galonska, S. Scheloske, C. Schömers, A. Peters, and Th. Haberer, Slow Extraction Techniques at the Marburg Ion-Beam Therapy Centre, Proc. 9th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., 2018, pp. 1084. [ pdf ] | |
| C. Krantz, O. Novotný, A. Becker, S. George, M. Grieser, R. von Hahn, C. Meyer, S. Schippers, K. Spruck, S. Vogel, and A. Wolf, Single-particle detection of products from atomic and molecular reactions in a cryogenic ion storage ring, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 851 (2017) 92-102. [ doi ] | |
| C. Krantz, N. R. Badnell, A. Müller, S. Schippers, and A. Wolf, Recombination of open-f-shell tungsten ions, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 50 (2017) 052001. [ doi ] | |
| C. Krantz, F. Berg, K. Blaum, F. Fellenberger, M. Froese, M. Grieser, R. von Hahn, M. Lange, F. Laux, S. Menk, R. Repnow, A. Shornikov, A. Wolf, The Cryogenic Storage Ring and its application to molecular ion recombination physics, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 300 (2011) 012010. [ doi ] | |
| C. Krantz, K. Blaum, M. Grieser, Yu. A. Litvinov, R. Repnow, A. Wolf, Enhanced Schottky signals from electron-cooled, coasting beams in a heavy-ion storage ring, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 629 (2011) 1-5.[ doi ] | |
| C. Krantz, D. A. Orlov, A. Wolf, F. Herfurth, and O. Kester, A Pulsed Electron Source for the HITRAP Cooler Trap. GSI Scientific Report, 2009:375, 2010. [ http ] | |
| C. Krantz, D. A. Orlov, J. Hoffmann, M. Lestinsky, O. Novotný, A. S. Jaroshevich, A. S. Terekhov, A. Wolf, An Ultra Cold Photoelectron Gun for the Heidelberg TSR Target Section, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 192 (2009) 012025. [ doi ] |