PhD Studentship: On the NOvA Experiment

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Functions are invited from gifted and artistic college students for a PhD place in Experimental Particle Physics, to hitch the Sussex group engaged on the NOvA experiment underneath the supervision of Dr Lily Asquith. 

The NOvA experiment makes use of the world’s strongest neutrino beam supplied by Fermilab in Chicago, USA to measure the oscillation of muon-type to electron-type neutrinos utilizing a pair of detectors separated by 800 km. NOvA will proceed with greater than a decade of data-taking till round 2027, and so is getting into crucial period when it comes to knowledge evaluation. Exploitation of the massive remaining knowledge set would require inventive pondering along with the event of machine studying strategies and novel approaches to the therapy of systematic uncertainties. The Sussex NOvA group contains two school, two postdocs, and three PhD college students. We’re main the hassle to make use of 1000’s of “check beam” particles to enhance the measurements of the oscillation parameters, together with the Cost-Parity violation parameter that would reveal the key of our matter-dominated universe.

Funding is obtainable for a September 2024 begin which features a tax-free bursary (£18,662 each year in 2023/24) and totally paid tuition charges for 3.5 years on the home-student stage (£4,712 each year in 2023). Extra monetary help is supplied to cowl short-term and long-term journey. Interviews of shortlisted candidates might be held in February and March initially and can proceed till positions are crammed. Functions from self-funded college students concerned about accessible tasks are additionally welcome at any time of the 12 months.

House and Abroad college students are eligible to use.

UK college students are eligible for dwelling tuition charges, as are EU college students with settled or pre-settled standing underneath the EU Settlement Scheme . Excellent college students not eligible for dwelling charges could also be thought-about for a partial tuition payment waiver above that stage.

Functions shut at 23:45 on fifth April 2024. 

For extra particulars in regards to the venture, please contact Dr Lily Asquith: [email protected] .

For sensible questions on functions and/or eligibility for funding, please contact [email protected] .

For tutorial questions please contact the coordinator of EPP PhD admissions, Dr Elisabeth Falk: [email protected] .

Functions: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/examine/phd/apply

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