PhD candidate Neutrino Physics with the KM3NeT/ORCA deep-sea neutrino telescope - Student at University of Amsterdam

The Institute for High-Energy Physics of the University of Amsterdam (IHEF, a division of the Institute of Physics) is seeking exceptional candidates for appointment to a PhD position in Astroparticle Physics within the KM3NeT group at Nikhef, the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics.

This PhD position is associated to the KM3NeT/ORCA (Oscillations Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) neutrino telescope which is under construction at a depth of 2.5 kilometer in the Mediterranean Sea. The main aim of this detector is to determine the still unknown hierarchy of neutrino masses and to study neutrino properties including oscillation parameters by measuring the neutrino flux resulting from cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere and the effect of matter on the oscillations as neutrinos traverse the Earth.

A description of the PhD project and more information, including application procedure, can be found on:

http://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2017/06/17-332-phd-candidate-neutrino-physics-with-the-km3net-orca-deep-sea-neutrino-telescope.html?n