Particle Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Liverpool

We have 12 Particle Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Liverpool

PhD within the High Energy Physics group of the University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

The Liverpool University Particle Physics Group is one of the most active in the UK. Its programme includes working at the energy and precision frontiers of physics and in studying the properties of quarks and neutrinos. Read more

Supervisors: Prof GC Casse, Dr J Vossebeld

20 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Fundamental Electromagnetics: Foundational Theories of Electricity and Magnetism relating to Charged Particle Interactions

University of Liverpool Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Applications are invited for a self-funded PhD. Charged particle dynamics (also known as charged particle optics) is concerned with the interactions of charged particles (e.g., electrons, protons, ions) within an electric and/or magnetic field. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Maher

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

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Developing a New Class of Electromagnetic Field Solvers for Charged Particle and Mass Spectrometry Modelling & Simulation

University of Liverpool Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Charged particle dynamics (also known as charged particle optics) is concerned with the interactions of charged particles (e.g., electrons, protons, ions) within an electric and/or magnetic field. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Maher

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

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Controlling beam dynamics in high-power X-ray FELs with novel magnets

University of Liverpool Cockcroft Institute

X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (XFELs) are large-scale accelerator facilities generating radiation beams with intensity far exceeding that of any other available source of high-energy photons. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Wolski

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

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Understanding and Controlling Beam Losses in High-Power X-ray Free-Electron Lasers

University of Liverpool Cockcroft Institute

Light sources based on electron accelerators have long been of crucial importance for scientific and engineering research in fields ranging from medicine and life sciences to the properties and structure of materials. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Wolski

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

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High power laser plasma acceleration – making accelerators smaller, cheaper, better

University of Liverpool Cockcroft Institute

Applications are invited for a fully funded studentship from Oct 2024 in laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (LWFA). Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Corner

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

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Unlocking precision experiments: Optimizing beam transport and instrumentation at the antimatter experiment AEgIS at CERN

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

In 2018, the AEgIS experiment at CREN demonstrated the first pulsed production of antihydrogen atoms, by interacting pulse-produced positronium (an atom consisting of only an electron and a positron) with cold, trapped antiprotons. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Welsch, Dr BR Rienacker

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Optical fiber-based RF-breakdown detection and prediction

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

The QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, in collaboration with the beam instrumentation company D-Beam Ltd, have pioneered the development and commercialization of optical fiber-based beam loss monitors for particle accelerators. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Welsch, Dr J Wolfenden

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Beam gas curtain monitor for the High Luminosity LHC

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

The QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, has pioneered the development of a supersonic gas jet as a non-invasive beam profile monitor. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Welsch, Dr H Zhang

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Preparation and Characterisation of ‘Green’ Photocathodes for the Generation of High-Brightness Electron Beams

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

The quality of the electron beam in an accelerator is limited largely by that of the electron source. Fourth generation light sources such as the planned UK X-FEL and ultrafast electron diffraction projects require high-brightness electron sources. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Welsch

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Miniature Mass Spectrometry

University of Liverpool Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Mass spectrometry (MS) and ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) are versatile analytical techniques that allow general-purpose chemical detection and measurement. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Maher

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

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EPSRC CDT in Nuclear Energy - GREEN (Growing skills for Reliable Economic Energy from Nuclear)

University of Liverpool

The GREEN CDT is a consortium of the five universities of Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, which aims to train the next generation of expert nuclear scientists and engineers. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) 4 Year PhD Programme EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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We have 12 Particle Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Liverpool

Particle Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Liverpool

We have 12 Particle Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Liverpool

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