Experiments:SUPER-KAMIOKANDE, HYPER-KAMIOKANDE
Deadline: 2016-10-31
Region: Asia
Job description:
The experimental neutrino physics group at Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo is seeking applicants for a postdoctoral researcher position on the Hyper-Kamiokande project and the Super-Kamiokande (SK) experiment. SK is a large water Cherenkov detector with 50kton (22.5kton) total (fiducial) mass. It has been producing world-leading results in a wide range of science over 20 years, such as the discovery of atmospheric neutrino oscillation which led to Nobel Prize in Physics 2015, most stringent limits on nucleon decays, precise measurements of solar neutrinos, and indirect dark matter searches. The SK detector is also used as the far detector of long baseline experiment, T2K. Hyper-Kamiokande is a proposed next-generation large water Cherenkov detector in Japan, with one order of magnitude larger mass than SK. Intensive R&D is ongoing worldwide, under porto-collaboration which consists of about 250 people from 11 countries. UTokyo group is one of leading groups of HK project in Japan.
The successful candidate is expected to work on the hardware R&D of Hyper-Kamiokande, as well as the physics sensitivity studies of Hyper-Kamiokande project and/or the analysis of data from ongoing experiments using the Super-Kamiokande detector (SK/T2K), under a supervision of Prof. Masashi Yokoyama.
A PhD in experimental particle physics or a related field is required. The appointment will be on yearly basis with the possibility of renewal until March 31, 2019. Salary will be about 300,000 JPY per month, detail depending on qualifications and experience. The successful applicant will be enrolled in health insurance through the MEXT Mutual Aid Association and will receive a commuting allowance.
Screening of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Applicants should submit
curriculum vitae
research experience
statement of research interests
publication list
and arrange to have two letters of reference sent to: masashi@phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
or
Prof. Masashi Yokoyama
Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
Further inquiries should be addressed to Prof. Masashi Yokoyama, the University of Tokyo, at masashi@phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
The University of Tokyo is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from international and female scientists.
More Information:http://hep.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/news/PD-SKHK-en.pdf