astrophysics PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

DTC CS 12 - AI-assisted big astrophysics data analysis

Swansea University
Department of Computer Science

Dr A Paiement

Applications accepted all year round

This project aims at leveraging and further developing the state-of-the-art in computer vision and machine learning to assist in the analysis of the large quantity of observational data gathered in astrophysics research.

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Black hole astrophysics through timing studies

University of Leicester
College of Science & Engineering

Research Group: Astronomy and Space Science

Dr S Vaughan, Prof G Wynn

Application Deadline: 31 January 2019

Accreting black holes hold many mysteries despite five decades of study. They are too small to image directly and so to understand the physics of such systems we must rely on what we can learn from the variations in brightness and the energy spectrum of the light they emit.

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Galaxy growth and evolution over the last 8 billion years

Lancaster University
Physics Department

Dr B Simmons

Application Deadline: 25 January 2019

Disk galaxies with masses similar to that of the Milky Way are very common in the Universe, and they build up to their masses both by forming new stars in situ and by absorbing the stars from smaller satellite galaxies.

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The formation and evolution of the most active star-forming galaxies in the Universe

Lancaster University
Physics Department

Dr J Wardlow

Application Deadline: 25 January 2019

Supervisor. Dr Julie Wardlow. Luminous submillimetre-selected galaxies (SMGs) and dusty star-forming galaxies are distant galaxies that are undergoing immense bursts of star formation, with typical star-formation rates of hundreds to thousands of times that of our Milky Way.

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Black holes, planets and dynamic accretion discs in astrophysics

University of Leicester
College of Science & Engineering

Research Group: Astronomy and Space Science

Dr C Nixon, Prof G Wynn

Application Deadline: 31 January 2019

Accretion discs are central to much of astronomy. they are the birth sites of stars and planets, and they surround supermassive black holes in active galaxies and quasars.

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High-speed astrophysics with HiPERCAM, ULTRACAM and ULTRASPEC

University of Sheffield
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Prof V Dhillon, Dr S Littlefair

Application Deadline: 23 January 2019

HiPERCAM, ULTRACAM and ULTRASPEC are high-speed cameras built by Sheffield/Warwick/UKATC for the study of astrophysics on fast timescales.

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Multi-messenger astrophysics: exploring the electromagnetic characteristics of short-duration GRBs and kilonovae

University of Leicester
College of Science & Engineering

Research Group: Astronomy and Space Science

Prof N Tanvir, Dr R Starling

Application Deadline: 31 January 2019

Binaries consisting of two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole, will eventually merge due to orbital decay through the emission of gravitational radiation.

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Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science

University College London

The STFC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Data Intensive Science (DIS) at UCL is welcoming applications from outstanding candidates for at least 10 4-year PhD studentships for research in DIS topics, predominantly in Astrophysics and Particle Physics, to start in the academic year 2019/20.

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PhD Studentships in the School of Physics & Astronomy

University of Edinburgh
School of Physics and Astronomy

The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh is pleased to offer PhD studentships in the subject areas of.

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Fast ions and turbulence in fusion plasmas

University of Warwick
Department of Physics

Dr B F McMillan

Application Deadline: 15 February 2019

Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, University of Warwick. Research at Warwick University’s Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics (CFSA) focuses on plasma physics applied to the grand challenges of fusion energy, space physics, solar physics, and astrophysics.

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