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

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Particle Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Sheffield

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

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Dark Matter with the LZ and XLZD Experiments

A fully-funded PhD position in particle physics is available focused on the search for dark matter using liquid xenon technology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Brown
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Dark Matter Search with the LZ Experiment.

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 V Kudryavtsev, Prof D R Tovey
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Neutrino Oscillation Study with DUNE.

DUNE is a large international project to design, construct and operate a multi-kilotonne scale liquid argon detector for neutrino physics, neutrino astrophysics and a search for physics beyond the Standard Model. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof V Kudryavtsev, Dr R S Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Cosmic-Ray Muons in Different Applications

Cosmic-ray muons are known to be useful in applications beyond particle astrophysics. They have helped with mapping structure of volcanoes and with finding voids in various geological structures. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof V Kudryavtsev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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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
 Supervisor: Prof D Costanzo
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Electroweak measurements with the ATLAS Experiment.

A position is open for an enthusiastic particle physics PhD student to conduct research at the energy frontier at the ATLAS experiment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Lohwasser, Dr C Anastopoulos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Searching for Sterile Neutrinos and other Beyond the Standard Model phenomena with SBND

The SBND (Short-Baseline Near Detector) experiment is part of the multi-detector Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) programme located along the Booster Neutrino Beamline at Fermilab, USA. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R S Jones, Prof V Kudryavtsev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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The Japanese Long-Baseline Neutrino Programme (T2K, Super-Kamiokande and Hyper-Kamiokande)

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 (European/UK Students Only)
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Searching for Higgs Boson Pair Production with the ATLAS Experiment at the CERN LHC.

It's possible that the 125 GeV Higgs boson discovered by the CERN ATLAS and CMS Experiments is only one of several neutrally-charged Higgs bosons predicted by theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Vickey
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Dark Matter Search with ADMX and the Quantum Sensors for the Hidden Sector Collaboration

This Ph.D. project involves searches for hidden sector dark matter, including QCD axions and axion like particles (ALPs). Our group at Sheffield leads the 'Quantum Sensors for the Hidden Sector' collaboration, and collaborates with the Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) collaboration in the USA. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof E Daw
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Modelling Neutrino Interactions for Next Generation Neutrino Experiments

Neutrinos play a crucial role in our understanding of the universe. Their ability to oscillate between different flavours (electron, muon, and tau) provides a window into the fundamental properties of matter and the nature of the weak force. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Stowell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Muon Tomographic Reconstruction of Intense Magnetic Fields

Fusion energy, a promising clean energy source, faces significant challenges, one of which is the containment of extremely high-temperature plasma. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Stowell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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