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We have 152 Computational Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)
Computational Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)
We have 152 Computational Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)
Exploring novel photoemission regimes with laser-driven terahertz fields for next-generation electron sources
Applications are invited for a fully funded studentship starting Oct 2025 aiming to enhance the performance of electron sources by exploiting novel photoemission schemes using nano-structured photocathodes driven by strong-field terahertz (THz) pulses. Read more
Super-macro-particles to improve in PIC codes
PIC codes are used extensively in both conventional beam dynamics and laser plasma interactions. Macro-particles are essential given the large number of particles one wishes simulate. Read more
Delivering hydrogen ions for use in precision matter / antimatter experiments
The ALPHA experiment at CERN performs precision atom physics experiments on trapped antihydrogen, having performed numerous first measurements on this exotic antimatter including the first measurement of the gravitational eIect on anti-atom motion and the first lineshape measurement of the 1S – 2S atomic transition [1,2]. Read more
Exploitation of Full Potential of Plasma Wakefield Acceleration at CLARA FEBE
Tremendous progress has been made on plasma-based accelerators (PBA) in the last three decades thanks to the availability of high-quality, relativistic particle beams and high-power lasers. Read more
PhD Studies on: FLASH VHEE Radiotherapy Focused Delivery and Lattice Design
A studentship is available from October 2024 to pursue research on FLASH Radiotherapy, which entails delivering a high dose over a sub-second timescale. … Read more
THz-driven High Gradient waveguide dynamics and beamline/facility design
Primary supervisor. Prof Rob Appleby (University of Manchester), Robert.appleby@Manchester.ac.uk. Particle accelerators are a crucial part of the toolbox of modern science, from exploring the structure of the university to keeping airports safe to treating cancer through accelerated particle therapy. Read more
Ultrafast Laser Based Novel Terahertz Accelerators
Terahertz-driven acceleration aims to drastically shrink the size, and cost of future particle accelerators compared to conventional radio-frequency (RF) technology. Read more
Millimetre-wave injector for THz linear accelerators
THz linear accelerators (LINACs) offer potentially higher accelerating gradients than traditional RF structures while offering inherently better stability than other novel acceleration techniques. Read more
High power laser plasma acceleration – making accelerators smaller, cheaper, better
Applications are invited for a fully funded studentship from Oct 2025 in laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (LWFA). Read more
Combining high power lasers and relativistic electron beams to explore radiation, matter, and antimatter in strong fields
New high power laser facilities around the world are creating pulses of light with unprecedented electric and magnetic field strengths. Read more
Accessing attosecond timescales – controlling the microbunching instability in Free Electron Lasers
In collaboration with our partners in the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology, the accelerator physics group in the department of physics at the University of Lancaster is inviting applications for a PhD studentship which will commence in September 2025. Read more
Simulation of particle physics experiments on graphical processing units
In this project you will combine state of the art software development approaches for GPU programming with the study of interactions of high-energy particles with detectors at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Read more
High Fidelity Simulation for Liquid Metal Magnetohydrodynamic Effects in Fusion Applications
Understanding magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effects upon liquid metals is a significant challenge for the design of prototype and commercial fusion reactors. Read more
Nose-to-tail emulation with nested sampling for online decision making
AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. Details. Modern scientific analyses and technological advancements increasingly rely on complex simulations and models, often requiring significant computational resources. Read more
Emergent Properties of Large Databases
The emergence of unusual or unexpected distributions in large data samples has resulted in some well-known laws, which includes Zipf’s Law in textual analysis [1], the Pareto distribution in the measurement of wealth [2], Benford’s Law in the distribution of first digits in real-world measurements [3], and Chargaff’s Second Parity Rule in genetics [4]. Read more