Field of Interest:hep-ex
Experiments:KEK-BF-BELLE-II
Deadline: 2017-06-16
Region: North America
Job description:
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellow in particle physics. The expected start of employment is August 1, 2017. The position is renewable annually for up to three years, depending on federal funding and satisfactory performance.
Duties: The successful candidate will participate in the commissioning and physics calibration of the iTOP particle identification detector for the Belle-II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric e+e- collider at the KEK laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan. The University of Hawaii has responsibilities for the readout of this detector using innovative "oscilloscope on a chip" fast waveform sampling ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) technology. Details of the waveform are recorded in order to isolate Cerenkov photons in pixelated micro-channel PMTs (photomultipliers). The large data flow is reduced to manageable levels with the use of real-time fast feature extraction.
Timing at or below the 100 picosecond level is required for the readout of the TOP detector. Travel and extended stays in Japan will be required for commissioning and calibrating the detector readout. The primary goals of the Belle II experiment are to investigate CP violation in the decays of B mesons and search for physics beyond the Standard Model in B, D, and tau decays. KEKB is the world highest luminosity collider, and Belle, the preceding experiment, has already accumulated an unprecedented dataset of 1000 $fb^{-1}$ (or 1 $ab^{-1}$).
The Belle-II experiment at SuperKEKB will explore new physics in the flavor sector with a luminosity about 40 times greater than in Belle. This international project, which is an upgrade of KEKB and Belle, is under construction. SuperKEKB operated February-June 2016 for background commissioning with the BEAST detector and beampipe scrubbing. In mid-April 2017, Belle II rolled-in to the SuperKEKB collision point. Data taking with the Belle II outer detector and first collisions will start in February 2018. We expect the successful candidate to play a strong role in the hardware commissioning and calibration of the iTOP particle identification detector for Belle-II, which is a critical component of the new detector and is used to separate pions and kaons.
Qualification: We seek an outstanding, highly motivated candidate who is strong in hardware, software and electronics and who enjoys working as part of a larger team. A PhD in experimental high energy physics or astro-particle physics is required to begin employment; some experience with modern particle detectors and data analysis techniques is also required. Previous experience with FPGA's (field programmable gate arrays) and modern electronics is highly desirable.
Compensation: We offer a competitive stipend, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
For more information, please contact: Prof. Gary Varner (varner@phys.hawaii.edu) To apply: Please submit a curriculum vitae, list of references, description of past research, and a list of publications, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to Prof. Gary Varner c/o Ms. Janet Bruce, HEP Postdoctoral Search Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. Electronic submission of both application material and letters is strongly encouraged. All material should be sent to varner@phys.hawaii.edu, cc jan@phys.hawaii.edu. Please combine all your application material into a single pdf file, and use the subject your application material into a single pdf file, and use the subject line "Belle II iTOP Postdoctoral Search". Recruitment will remain open until position is filled; however, applications received after June 16, 2017 may not receive full consideration.
More Information:https://www.belle2.org/
Experiments:KEK-BF-BELLE-II
Deadline: 2017-06-16
Region: North America
Job description:
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellow in particle physics. The expected start of employment is August 1, 2017. The position is renewable annually for up to three years, depending on federal funding and satisfactory performance.
Duties: The successful candidate will participate in the commissioning and physics calibration of the iTOP particle identification detector for the Belle-II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric e+e- collider at the KEK laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan. The University of Hawaii has responsibilities for the readout of this detector using innovative "oscilloscope on a chip" fast waveform sampling ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) technology. Details of the waveform are recorded in order to isolate Cerenkov photons in pixelated micro-channel PMTs (photomultipliers). The large data flow is reduced to manageable levels with the use of real-time fast feature extraction.
Timing at or below the 100 picosecond level is required for the readout of the TOP detector. Travel and extended stays in Japan will be required for commissioning and calibrating the detector readout. The primary goals of the Belle II experiment are to investigate CP violation in the decays of B mesons and search for physics beyond the Standard Model in B, D, and tau decays. KEKB is the world highest luminosity collider, and Belle, the preceding experiment, has already accumulated an unprecedented dataset of 1000 $fb^{-1}$ (or 1 $ab^{-1}$).
The Belle-II experiment at SuperKEKB will explore new physics in the flavor sector with a luminosity about 40 times greater than in Belle. This international project, which is an upgrade of KEKB and Belle, is under construction. SuperKEKB operated February-June 2016 for background commissioning with the BEAST detector and beampipe scrubbing. In mid-April 2017, Belle II rolled-in to the SuperKEKB collision point. Data taking with the Belle II outer detector and first collisions will start in February 2018. We expect the successful candidate to play a strong role in the hardware commissioning and calibration of the iTOP particle identification detector for Belle-II, which is a critical component of the new detector and is used to separate pions and kaons.
Qualification: We seek an outstanding, highly motivated candidate who is strong in hardware, software and electronics and who enjoys working as part of a larger team. A PhD in experimental high energy physics or astro-particle physics is required to begin employment; some experience with modern particle detectors and data analysis techniques is also required. Previous experience with FPGA's (field programmable gate arrays) and modern electronics is highly desirable.
Compensation: We offer a competitive stipend, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
For more information, please contact: Prof. Gary Varner (varner@phys.hawaii.edu) To apply: Please submit a curriculum vitae, list of references, description of past research, and a list of publications, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to Prof. Gary Varner c/o Ms. Janet Bruce, HEP Postdoctoral Search Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. Electronic submission of both application material and letters is strongly encouraged. All material should be sent to varner@phys.hawaii.edu, cc jan@phys.hawaii.edu. Please combine all your application material into a single pdf file, and use the subject your application material into a single pdf file, and use the subject line "Belle II iTOP Postdoctoral Search". Recruitment will remain open until position is filled; however, applications received after June 16, 2017 may not receive full consideration.
More Information:https://www.belle2.org/