Fully Funded Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Novel optical diagnostics for present and future accelerators

You would be joining the QUASAR Group in Liverpool University’s Physics Department, based at the Cockcroft Institute, commencing the 1st October 2015 and carry out beyond state‐of‐the‐art research into advanced beam diagnostics methods to monitor charged particle beams. While this work targets on-campus facilities initially, the impact of the project is expected to be global since these monitors will benefit a very wide range of accelerators used in research, industry and medicine. You would be joining an established team of leading experts in this multi‐disciplinary field and collaboration with partners from across Europe will be possible.

Your project will consist of the development of two different diagnostics: Firstly, you would experimentally validate a new method to determine the rms emittance of beams with significant space charge. This method, if successful, will provide the accelerator community a new, easily implemented, accurate means to measure emittance of low to moderate energy (15-500 MeV) electron beams. Secondly, you would develop a new method that can measure any bunch length, is simple to implement, capable of single‐shot measurements and is useful over very wide range of beam energies. The technique employs the angular distribution of CDR produced as the bunch passes through a simple aperture, e.g. a slit. The method will be validated and optimized in the project.

The award is primarily available to students resident in the UK/EU and will pay full tuition fees and a maintenance grant for 3.5 years. The maintenance grant will be at least £13,863 for 2015/16 with rises anticipated in future years. The studentship includes a commitment of up to 6 hours teaching per week during teaching semesters.

The successful candidate should have, or expect to have, at least a 2:1 degree or equivalent in Physics. Please apply by completing the online postgraduate research application form at http://www.liv.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/applying/online.htm . Applications should be made as soon as possible and no later than 1st April 2015. Informal enquiries should be addressed to Professor Carsten Welsch ([Email Address Removed]).