Ahmet Ilker Topuz

Personal Information

Summary

• Radiation physics: Particle transport, source definition/setup, particle detectors, muon tomography, space applications, and shielding/dosimetry
• Computational methods: Monte Carlo simulations, probabilistic approaches, and statistical/deterministic numerical methods

Professional Experience

• 02/2024 - 02/2025: Postdoctoral fellow - MAHE/MCNS, India
• 10/2022 - 08/2023: Junior research fellow in physics - University of Tartu, Estonia
• 11/2021 - 04/2022: Researcher - SilentBorder/University of Tartu, Estonia
• 02/2016 - 07/2020: Editorial staff - VGSworld, Turkey
• 09/2011 - 01/2015: Researcher - M2i, Netherlands
• 06/2010 - 08/2010: Summer Student Programme - CERN, Switzerland

Education

• 2023: PhD in Physics, University of Tartu
  Dissertation: Quantitative and qualitative investigations for muon scattering tomography via GEANT4 simulations: A computational study
• 2019: Pedagogical formation in Physics, Canakkale 18 Mart University
• 2010: MSc in Nuclear Energy, Istanbul Technical University
  Dissertation: Cubic nodal expansion method for the radial solution of the neutron diffusion equation in cylindrical geometry.
• 2006: BSc in Physics, Isik University
• 2001: Lycée Saint-Benoît d'Istanbul, High School

Journal Papers

1. Implementation of atmospheric proton spectrum in GEANT4 simulations for space applications, Communication in Physics, 2024, doi:10.15625/0868-3166/21860
2. Unveiling secondary particle generation in a SONTRAC detector through GEANT4 simulations, Journal of Nuclear Sciences, 2024, doi:10.59474/nuclear.2023.62
3. Effect of hydrogen on albedo neutrons in lunar surface: A computational investigation by means of GEANT4 simulations, London Journal of Physics, 2024, doi:10.69710/ljp.v1i2.10901
4. A multi-particle generation scheme through energy discretization in GEANT4 simulations for atmospheric applications, London Journal of Physics, 2024, doi:10.69710/ljp.v1i2.10823
5. COME: Cylindrical oriented muon emission in GEANT4 simulations, London Journal of Physics, 2024, doi:10.69710/ljp.v1i1.10085
6. Particle generation through energy discretization and restrictive planes in GEANT4 simulations for potential applications of cosmic ray muon tomography, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2438/1/012150
7. Non-destructive interrogation of nuclear waste barrels through muon tomography: A Monte Carlo study based on dual-parameter analysis via GEANT4 simulations, Journal of Instrumentation, 2022, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/12/P12005
8. DOME: Discrete oriented muon emission in GEANT4 simulations, Instruments, 2022, doi:10.3390/instruments6030042
9. Unveiling triangular correlation of angular deviation in muon scattering tomography by means of GEANT4 simulations, Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science, 2022, doi:10.31526/jais.2022
10. Effect of passive metallic layers on muon energy estimation by means of deflection angle for muon scattering tomography: A comparative study based on GEANT4 simulations, Journal of Instrumentation, 2022, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/02/C02008
11. Investigation of deflection angle for muon energy classification in muon scattering tomography via GEANT4 simulations, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2022, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012185
12. Enabling microstructural changes of FCC/BCC alloys in 2D dislocation dynamics, Material Science and Engineering: A, 2015, doi:10.1016/j.msea.2015.01.016
13. Dimension reduction of defect properties for application in 2D dislocation dynamics, Computational Material Science, 2014, doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2014.06.049

Proceedings

1. On muon energy group structure based on deflection angle for application in muon scattering tomography: A Monte Carlo study through GEANT4 simulations, RAP Proceedings 2021, 2021, doi:10.37392/RapProc.2021.06
2. 3D Surface Radiation Dosimetry of a Nuclear-Chicago NH3 Neutron Howitzer, AMNT2018, 2018, arXiv:1806.02387
3. Neutronic Analysis of a Nuclear-Chicago NH3 Neutron Howitzer, AMNT2018, 2018, arXiv:1806.05255

Posters

1. On discrimination of nuclear waste barrels subject to in-drum mixing by muon scattering tomography: A characterization study based on GEANT4 simulations, ACS Spring 2022, March 21, 2022, doi:10.1021/scimeetings.2c00098

Selected Pre-prints

1. Estimation of energy deposition via detector sections in muon scattering tomography: Attestation based on GEANT4 simulations, Archive ouverte HAL, 2025, hal-05083316
2. Linear/Gaussian approximation of millimetric spatial uncertainties in particle detectors: A showcase about muon tomography based on GEANT4 simulations, Zenodo, 2025, doi:10.5281/zenodo.15622671
3. Thermal/epithermal neutron detection via LiO₂-doped fiber bundles: A computational study through GEANT4 simulations, arXiv:2406.15462, 2024, arXiv:2406.15462
4. Preliminaries for muon tracking in GEANT4 simulations, ESS Open Archive, 2022, doi:10.1002/essoar.10512190.1

Internal Note

1. Analytical variation of opening angle and path length integral of horizontal and vertical diamond detector, CMS Internal Detector Note - ID Number: CMS DN-2010/015, 2010, CMS Beam and Radiation Monitoring Group.

Skills