About the Project
We are pleased to offer a fully funded studentship available to UK and EU nationals for a September 2018 start.
The University of Sussex Experimental Particle Physics group plays a critically important role in a number of experiments at the frontiers of our knowledge of particle physics, including the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, and the SNO+ neutrinoless double beta decay experiment at SNOLAB (Canada), the NOvA and DUNE neutrino oscillation experiments at Fermilab (USA) and the Neutron EDM experiment at PSI (Switzerland).
A fully funded PhD studentship is available in the University of Sussex Experimental Particle Physics group to work on R&D for data acquisition (DAQ) and detector development for future collider experiments. In the first part of the project, the candidate will continue the development of a monitoring system to be used in test beams for detector prototypes for future collider experiments. The system is based on the DQM4HEP package, and the candidate will add functionalities to it (monitoring plots, quality tests, etc) and work towards interfacing it with the EUDAQ data acquisition system. The second part of the project will be dedicated to R&D of a “dual readout” calorimeter, whose ability to read out at the same time the Cherenkov and scintillation light allows the correction of fluctuations in the electromagnetic component of the hadronic shower on an event by event basis. Such a prototype is being developed for use in future electron-positron colliders. Besides taking part in test beam measurements (where the monitoring package developed as part of this project will be tested), the candidate will focus on the development, upgrade, and maintenance of the detector simulation of the prototype.
Award amount
£14553 (2017-18) per annum tax-free bursary and waiver of UK/EU fees each year for 3.5 years. Full-time study.
Eligibility
Applicants should hold, or expect to hold, a UK first class honours degree or a good UK Masters degree (or equivalent non-UK qualifications) in a relevant subject. We also welcome applications from self-funded non-EU students interested in our experimental programme.
Procedure
Apply on-line via the University of Sussex portal, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/pgapplication . State in the Funding section of the application form that you are applying for an STFC/MPS EPP studentship (UK and EU nationals), or the relevant scholarship for non-EU nationals
Applications should include a CV, as well as transcripts of marks obtained on your degree(s) and the details of two academic referees.
Due to the large volume of applications that we receive, we regret we may only contact you if your application is successful.
Timetable
Interviews of shortlisted candidates will be held in February and March. Early application is advised. The studentship will be allocated as soon as a suitable candidate is found.
Further information
This is a full-time studentship. With agreement of the supervisor the student may take on a limited amount of teaching, for which additional payment will be made.
The award includes an additional training grant of £1650 p.a. for short courses, books, travel, conferences etc.
The Experimental Particle Physics Group research webpages can be found here: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/epp/
Contact details
The supervisor for this project will be Dr Fabrizio Salvatore. Informal queries about the project should be sent to him at [Email Address Removed]
For academic questions please contact the coordinator of EPP PhD admissions, Dr. W. Clark Griffith: [Email Address Removed]
Enquiries about your eligibility, the progress of your application and admission to Sussex, should be sent to Rebecca Foster at [Email Address Removed]
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