detector PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Searching for Dark Matter with the Lux-Zeplin Detector

Royal Holloway, University of London Department of Physics

The Centre for Particle Physics at Royal Holloway is offering a PhD opportunity on the LZ experiment for direct detection of dark matter. The nature of dark matter is one of the most fundamental open questions in physics, and the LZ experiment is at the forefront of technology designed to pursue this question. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kaboth

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Neutrino Oscillation Study with DUNE

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

DUNE is a large international project to design, construct and operate a multi-kiloton scale liquid argon detector for neutrino physics, neutrino astrophysics and a search for physics beyond the Standard Model. Read more

Supervisors: Prof V Kudryavtsev, Dr R S Jones

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of novel statistical methods and application to searches for New Physics using the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Royal Holloway, University of London Department of Physics

The long-established RHUL ATLAS group has extensive expertise in physics (Higgs, top quark and exotic signatures involving electrons), statistical methods, as well as trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Cowan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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(University of Manchester - University of Tokyo Dual Award) Advanced particle tracking and real-time analysis for discoveries at the ATLAS detector at CERN

The University of Manchester Department of Physics and Astronomy

The matter that we know of constitutes only 15% of our universe - the remaining 85% is an enigmatic form of matter known as dark matter. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Doglioni, Prof R Sawada

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Searching for Lepton Flavour Violation using top quark events in the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Royal Holloway, University of London Department of Physics

The long-established RHUL ATLAS group is renowned for its expertise in physics (Higgs, top quark and exotic signatures involving electrons), statistical methods as well as trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof V Boisvert

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Higgs boson production measurement during the LHC Run 3 with the ATLAS detector

Royal Holloway, University of London Department of Physics

The long-established RHUL ATLAS group is renowned for its expertise in physics (Higgs, top quark and exotic signatures involving electrons), statistical methods as well as trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Teixeira-Dias

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Searching for Sterile Neutrinos and other Beyond the Standard Model phenomena with SBND

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

The SBND (Short-Baseline Near Detector) experiment is part of the multi-detector Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) programme located along the Booster Neutrino Beamline at Fermilab, USA. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R S Jones, Prof V Kudryavtsev

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Dark Matter Search with the LZ Experiment

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a high-sensitivity dark matter experiment based on dual-phase xenon technology currently operating in the deep underground laboratory at SURF (South Dakota, USA). Read more

Supervisors: Prof D R Tovey, Prof V Kudryavtsev

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Search for new physics with LHC data and developing ultra-fast silicon detectors

University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy

We have one fully-funded place for a new PhD student to join our LHCb team, working in the particle physics group at the University of Birmingham, exploring the latest LHC data collected with the LHCb experiment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Nigel Watson, Dr D Johnson

28 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Developing Large Arrays of Superconducting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Future Astronomy Instrumentation

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

The Cardiff Astronomy Instrumentation Group (AIG) is one of the world leaders in Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) development. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Doyle, Dr P Barry

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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We have 38 detector PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

detector PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 38 detector PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Searching for Dark Matter with the Lux-Zeplin Detector

Neutrino Oscillation Study with DUNE

Development of novel statistical methods and application to searches for New Physics using the ATLAS detector at the LHC

(University of Manchester - University of Tokyo Dual Award) Advanced particle tracking and real-time analysis for discoveries at the ATLAS detector at CERN

Searching for Lepton Flavour Violation using top quark events in the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Higgs boson production measurement during the LHC Run 3 with the ATLAS detector

Searching for Sterile Neutrinos and other Beyond the Standard Model phenomena with SBND

Dark Matter Search with the LZ Experiment

Search for new physics with LHC data and developing ultra-fast silicon detectors

Developing Large Arrays of Superconducting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Future Astronomy Instrumentation

We have 38 detector PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

detector PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 38 detector PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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