University of Sheffield Astrophysics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 4 University of Sheffield Astrophysics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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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High-speed astrophysics with ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Astronomy and Astrophysics

ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM are high-speed optical cameras that can take hundreds/thousands of CCD images per second simultaneously in three/five colours, respectively. Read more

Supervisors: Prof V Dhillon, Dr S Littlefair, Dr S Parsons

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

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Are there planets around white dwarf binaries?

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Astronomy and Astrophysics

The timing method can be used to search for exoplanets. It uses some periodic signal from a star as a clock in order to search for the gravitational signal of a planet in orbit around it. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Parsons, Prof V Dhillon

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

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