About us
We are a research group at the Physics Department of the Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN). Our research interests are focused on the study of nature of Dark Matter, Neutrino physics, and the study of astroparticles. We are located at the beautiful city of Antofagasta in Chile.
We also contribute with the training of students belonging to the academinc programs associated to the Physics Department:
- Bachelor in Physics mention in Astronomy: Licenciatura en Física con mención en Astronomía
- Master in Science mention in Physics: Magíster en Ciencias con mención en Física
- Ph.D. in Science mention in Physics: Doctorado en Ciencias con mención en Física
Research Lines
Dark Matter
Dark Matter is one of current puzzles at the frontier in physics.
Neutrino physics
Neutrino oscillation are a proof of new physics laying beyond the reach of the Standard Model of particle physics.
Astroparticle physics: Analysis for SWGO Gamma-ray observatory
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Members
- Roberto A. Lineros: Professor at UCN
- Matías González: UCN Master student
- Jose Sebastián Molina: UCN Master student
- Matías Muñoz: UCN Master student
- Luis Junoy: UCN Bachelor student
- Eduardo Salazar: UCN Bachelor student
Thesis
List of thesis carried within the activities of the group.Master thesis
- (2023) N. Stefanía Mite, Efectos de la escala de Planck en un Modelo Majorón Seesaw Tipo-II modificado. Advisor: Enrique Muñoz (PUC). Co-advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN).
- (2025) José Rivadeneira, Sensitivity Analisys for Dark Matter Indirect Detection with SWGO. Advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN). Co-advisor: Sebastián Tapia (UTFSM).
- (2025) Matias Toledo, Studying the Vacuum Stability of a Potential with Two Real Scalar Fields. Advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN).
Bachelor thesis
- (2021) Andrés Layana, Modelo Escotogénico generado espontáneamente por una simetría U(1)Lµ-Lτ. Advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN).
- (2021) Hugo Videla, Modelo de Seesaw Inverso Espontáneo con Simetría Local U(1) Leptónica. Advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN).
- (2022) Matias Toledo, Modelo Scotogénico con una fase CP. Advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN).
- (2022) Vicente Villegas, Expansión del Universo Temprano en Cosmología No Estándar. Advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN).
- (2023) Marcelo Rios, Límites para Detección Indirecta de Matéria Oscura a través de Rayos Gama y Neutrino. Advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN). Co-advisor: Cesar Bonilla (UCN).
- (2024) Matias González, Estudio de la Materia Oscura en el Modelo Escotogénico Tipo I. Advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN).
- (2025) Luis Junoy, Caracterización de Lluvias de Rayos Gamma: Estudio de los Espectros de Muones generados por CORSIKA. Advisor: Roberto A. Lineros (UCN).
Repository
We store some of our codes in a gitlab repository: https://gitlab.com/dnagroup_ucn
- Pythia 6.4 spectra
- SWGO Software instalation via Docker
- Tutorials of gamma-py