ATLAS / Data Analysis: investigating the nature of electroweak symmetry breaking and searching for new physics phenomena using diboson measurements.

A position is open for an enthusiastic PhD student to conduct research at the energy frontier at the ATLAS experiment. The main topic is to investigate further the nature of electroweak symmetry breaking and to search for new physics phenomena using diboson measurements. Precise measurements of dibosons can also be combined to yield the best constraints on the electroweak Lagrangian describing the interaction between the W,Z and the Higgs bosons, which is directly relating to the nature of the electroweak symmetry breaking. This can yield stringent constraints on general new physics models. The PhD project will involve heavily data analysis, statistics, advanced analytical classification methods and possibly machine learning. The PhD will prepare equally well for a career in industry and academia.

Please send informal enquiries and a notification of your application to: Dr Kristin Lohwasser ([Email Address Removed], http://www.hep.shef.ac.uk/lohwasser/)


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