Field of Interest:hep-ex
Experiments:DUNE
Deadline: 2017-06-30
Region: Europe
Job description:
The University of Sussex Experimental Particle Physics group plays a critically important role in a number of experiments at the frontiers of our knowledge of particle physics, with main involvement in: the ATLAS experiment and its upgrades at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, the SNO+ neutrinoless double beta decay experiment at SNOLAB (Canada), the NOvA and DUNE neutrino oscillation experiments at Fermilab (USA), and the Neutron EDM experiment at PSI (Switzerland).
A fully funded studentship on the DUNE experiment is available to UK and international/overseas students for a September 2017 start. The studentship includes a tax-free bursary (averaging to £14.5k per annum) and all university fees for 3.5 years, as well as funding for research training and travel, including a six-month period at Fermilab.
Liquid argon based TPC detectors are an increasingly important part of short and long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. Detection of scintillation light in the detector from neutrino events can potentially provide access to better energy reconstruction, timing resolution, and position determination, allowing access to additional physics. This project would involve making high voltage compatibility measurements on wavelength shifting foils that are proposed to be installed on the cathode plane of the Short Baseline Neutrino Detector (SBND) detector at Fermilab, and if successful in SBND, the DUNE long baseline experiment far detector. The successful applicant would have the opportunity to spend an extended time at Fermilab at the time that the SBND detector is commissioned and begins taking data, and will be involved in analysis of light collection data for energy reconstruction in neutrino cross section measurements for SBND.
For additional information about the project, please contact Dr Clark Griffith at: W.C.Griffith@sussex.ac.uk
For practical questions about the application process and/or eligibility for funding, please contact: mpsresearchsupport@sussex.ac.uk
Online applications at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/apply
Please state in the Finance section of the online form that you are applying for the ERC/MPS funded studentship supervised by Dr Clark Griffith.
More Information:http://www.sussex.ac.uk/epp/
Experiments:DUNE
Deadline: 2017-06-30
Region: Europe
Job description:
The University of Sussex Experimental Particle Physics group plays a critically important role in a number of experiments at the frontiers of our knowledge of particle physics, with main involvement in: the ATLAS experiment and its upgrades at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, the SNO+ neutrinoless double beta decay experiment at SNOLAB (Canada), the NOvA and DUNE neutrino oscillation experiments at Fermilab (USA), and the Neutron EDM experiment at PSI (Switzerland).
A fully funded studentship on the DUNE experiment is available to UK and international/overseas students for a September 2017 start. The studentship includes a tax-free bursary (averaging to £14.5k per annum) and all university fees for 3.5 years, as well as funding for research training and travel, including a six-month period at Fermilab.
Liquid argon based TPC detectors are an increasingly important part of short and long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. Detection of scintillation light in the detector from neutrino events can potentially provide access to better energy reconstruction, timing resolution, and position determination, allowing access to additional physics. This project would involve making high voltage compatibility measurements on wavelength shifting foils that are proposed to be installed on the cathode plane of the Short Baseline Neutrino Detector (SBND) detector at Fermilab, and if successful in SBND, the DUNE long baseline experiment far detector. The successful applicant would have the opportunity to spend an extended time at Fermilab at the time that the SBND detector is commissioned and begins taking data, and will be involved in analysis of light collection data for energy reconstruction in neutrino cross section measurements for SBND.
For additional information about the project, please contact Dr Clark Griffith at: W.C.Griffith@sussex.ac.uk
For practical questions about the application process and/or eligibility for funding, please contact: mpsresearchsupport@sussex.ac.uk
Online applications at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/apply
Please state in the Finance section of the online form that you are applying for the ERC/MPS funded studentship supervised by Dr Clark Griffith.
More Information:http://www.sussex.ac.uk/epp/