nano 2008-08-07 08:21
PhD studentship: searches for non-standard model contributions to
[b][size=3]PhD studentship: searches for non-standard model contributions to the weak interaction in beta decay[/size][/b]
At Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics - Dept.of Phys.& Astron.,, low energy weak interactions
Field(s): nuclear physics
Application deadline: Sep 11 (Thu), 2008
Submitted: Jul 11, 2008
Contact: Nathal Severijns
E-mail: [email]nathal.severijns@fys.kuleuven.be[/email]
Phone: (++32) 16 32 7265
Fax: (++32) 16 32 7985
Address: prof.dr. Nathal Severijns, University of Leuven, Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Job description: At the Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics of the University of Leuven, Belgium, a PhD (4 years) position is available in the field of low energy weak interaction physics.
The weak interaction group at K.U.Leuven is searching for new types of charged current contributions to the weak interaction and for new mechanisms of T-violation, in nuclear beta-decay and the decay of the free neutron.
The present position fits into the so-called WITCH project (Weak Interaction Trap for CHarged particles). The WITCH set-up is installed at the ISOLDE facility at CERN and consists of a combination of two Penning ion traps and a retardation spectrometer to measure the energy spectrum of ions that recoil after b-decay. The shape of this spectrum is determined by the beta-neutrino correlation that depends on the possible presence of scalar and/or tensor type charged current contributions to the weak interaction.
Apart from searching for non-Standard Model components in the weak interaction the set-up will also be used to perform other precision spectroscopic measurements related to weak interaction and nuclear structure studies.
The work will be performed in the framework of an international collaboration and will involve extended stays at CERN.