Field of Interest:hep-ex
Experiments:STEREO
Deadline: 2016-09-01
Region: Europe
Job description:
The CNRS LAPP (Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules) is opening a 2-year long post-doctoral position on experimental neutrino physics, to work on the STEREO experiment. STEREO will search for sterile neutrinos in the Δm2 ~ 1 eV2 range by looking for distortions in the energy spectrum of nuclear reactor antineutrinos at very short baselines. LAPP is in charge of the radioactive source calibration system, whose input will be crucial to understand any possible distortion in the energy spectrum. Successful applicants are expected to take part in the calibration of the experiment, analysis of the antineutrino data, and detector shifts.
The Neutrino group at LAPP has been involved in neutrino oscillation experiments, such as OPERA at Gran Sasso and Bugey-3, and is now engaged in an R&D programme on Liquid Argon detectors (WA-105) for future long baseline oscillation experiments (DUNE). Our group also participates in neutrino-less double beta decay searches through the SuperNEMO demonstrator, and in the search for sterile neutrinos with the STEREO detector.
STEREO is being installed at the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble (France), 10 m away from one of the most compact nuclear reactors in the world. It utilizes a gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator technology to precisely study the energy spectrum of the antineutrinos produced by the reactor. Oscillation into a possible sterile neutrino will leave an unmistakable imprint on the energy spectrum. Our group is in charge of the radioactive source calibration system, that will allow a precise control of the energy scale, as well as a characterization of the detector response in a broader sense (non uniformities, non-linearities, response to fast and slow neutrons, etc).
Data taking is expected to start in the Autumn of 2016 and last for 2 years. The successful candidate will have the chance to take part in the very first antineutrino data analysis. Furthermore, he/she will operate and exploit the calibration system, study the calibration data, and derive the relevant calibration quantities and corrections. Participation in detector operation shifts is also expected. Repeated trips to Grenoble (130 km away from LAPP) are thus foreseen.
More Information:http://lapp.in2p3.fr/spip.php?article1969
Experiments:STEREO
Deadline: 2016-09-01
Region: Europe
Job description:
The CNRS LAPP (Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules) is opening a 2-year long post-doctoral position on experimental neutrino physics, to work on the STEREO experiment. STEREO will search for sterile neutrinos in the Δm2 ~ 1 eV2 range by looking for distortions in the energy spectrum of nuclear reactor antineutrinos at very short baselines. LAPP is in charge of the radioactive source calibration system, whose input will be crucial to understand any possible distortion in the energy spectrum. Successful applicants are expected to take part in the calibration of the experiment, analysis of the antineutrino data, and detector shifts.
The Neutrino group at LAPP has been involved in neutrino oscillation experiments, such as OPERA at Gran Sasso and Bugey-3, and is now engaged in an R&D programme on Liquid Argon detectors (WA-105) for future long baseline oscillation experiments (DUNE). Our group also participates in neutrino-less double beta decay searches through the SuperNEMO demonstrator, and in the search for sterile neutrinos with the STEREO detector.
STEREO is being installed at the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble (France), 10 m away from one of the most compact nuclear reactors in the world. It utilizes a gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator technology to precisely study the energy spectrum of the antineutrinos produced by the reactor. Oscillation into a possible sterile neutrino will leave an unmistakable imprint on the energy spectrum. Our group is in charge of the radioactive source calibration system, that will allow a precise control of the energy scale, as well as a characterization of the detector response in a broader sense (non uniformities, non-linearities, response to fast and slow neutrons, etc).
Data taking is expected to start in the Autumn of 2016 and last for 2 years. The successful candidate will have the chance to take part in the very first antineutrino data analysis. Furthermore, he/she will operate and exploit the calibration system, study the calibration data, and derive the relevant calibration quantities and corrections. Participation in detector operation shifts is also expected. Repeated trips to Grenoble (130 km away from LAPP) are thus foreseen.
More Information:http://lapp.in2p3.fr/spip.php?article1969