Particle Physics (group) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing Studies with the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO)

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

Neutrinos are the most abundant massive particle in the universe. Since their discovery, neutrinos played an important role in many areas of physics. Read more

Supervisors: Prof CA Andreopoulos, Prof XL Lu

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition 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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Searching for exotics signatures (Dark Matter/Extra Dimensions)

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 and plays a leading role internationally in the ATLAS trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Berry

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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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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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

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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De Sitter matrix models and field theory

Queen Mary University of London School of Mathematical Sciences

Research Group: Geometry, Analysis & Gravitation

The School of Mathematical Sciences of Queen Mary University of London invite applications for a PhD project commencing in September 2024. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Anous

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC

University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy

ALICE is one of the four main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. It is a general purpose heavy-ion experiment aimed at studying QCD under extreme conditions of energy density. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Evans

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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The Japanese Long-Baseline Neutrino Programme (T2K, Super-Kamiokande and Hyper-Kamiokande)

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

The particle physics and particle astrophysics (PPPA) group at the University of Sheffield has a long-standing involvement in Japan’s long-baseline neutrino programme. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Cartwright, Dr P Stowell

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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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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Physics with intact protons detected way downstream of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider

University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy

There are wide-ranging PhD opportunities with the Birmingham ATLAS group, including analysis of Higgs, top and electroweak physics, construction of a state-of-the art upgraded tracking detector and operation and development of trigger electronics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Newman

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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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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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

30 April 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

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 30 Particle Physics (group) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Particle Physics (group) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 30 Particle Physics (group) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing Studies with the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO)

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

Searching for exotics signatures (Dark Matter/Extra Dimensions)

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

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

Optical fiber-based RF-breakdown detection and prediction

De Sitter matrix models and field theory

The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC

The Japanese Long-Baseline Neutrino Programme (T2K, Super-Kamiokande and Hyper-Kamiokande)

Dark Matter Search with the LZ Experiment

Miniature Mass Spectrometry

Physics with intact protons detected way downstream of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider

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

Beam gas curtain monitor for the High Luminosity LHC

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

We have 30 Particle Physics (group) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Particle Physics (group) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 30 Particle Physics (group) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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