Search for Higgs Pair Production
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- LPSC, Grenoble
- Europe
- hep-ex
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- PhD
- Experiments:
Deadline on Sep 27, 2018
Job description:
The ATLAS group at LPSC Grenoble invites applications for a Ph.D. position.
The LPSC group has made significant contributions to the construction, commissioning and operation of the presampler of the ATLAS calorimeter, and to the installation of the IBL. It now contributes to the upgrade of the pixel detector. The group plays a leading role in the development of Jet/MissingET algorithms and in searches for physics beyond the standard model. It is progressively shifting the focus of its analysis effort to the search for Higgs pair production (HH).
The discovery of a new particle, H, with properties compatible with those of the Higgs boson of the standard model (SM) represents a milestone for particle physics. Despite its elegance, the SM has a number of shortcomings, and it likely only describes the low-energy limit of more complex fundamental physics. For example, the Higgs potential is postulated in an ad hoc manner, and no plausible explanations for its origin are given. The only way to experimentally constrain the shape of the Higgs potential, and to confront these constraints to the SM production is the measurement of the strength of the coupling of the Higgs to itself. The ability to experimentally study, at the LHC, the coupling of the Higgs boson to itself (in the HH pair production process) is therefore a powerful tool to make progress on one of today’s pressing questions in particle physics.
The successful candidate will contribute to the search for Higgs pair production using the full data set of Run 2 of the ATLAS experiment. This dataset is currently being accumulated, and data-taking will be concluded at the end of 2018. The successful applicant will be integrated into the LPSC analysis team consisting of senior researchers and post-docs. The LPSC analysis team works in close collaboration with other teams in France.
The position is for three years. Candidates must hold a Master's degree (or be about to earn one) or have a university degree equivalent to a European Master's (5-year duration).
Applicants should send their latest diploma, their CV and a motivation letter to Jan Stark (stark@in2p3.fr). Letters of recommendation are welcome.
Informal enquiries may be made to Elisabeth Petit (petit@lpsc.in2p3.fr), Fabienne Ledroit (ledroit@lpsc.in2p3.fr) or Jan Stark (stark@in2p3.fr).
The LPSC group has made significant contributions to the construction, commissioning and operation of the presampler of the ATLAS calorimeter, and to the installation of the IBL. It now contributes to the upgrade of the pixel detector. The group plays a leading role in the development of Jet/MissingET algorithms and in searches for physics beyond the standard model. It is progressively shifting the focus of its analysis effort to the search for Higgs pair production (HH).
The discovery of a new particle, H, with properties compatible with those of the Higgs boson of the standard model (SM) represents a milestone for particle physics. Despite its elegance, the SM has a number of shortcomings, and it likely only describes the low-energy limit of more complex fundamental physics. For example, the Higgs potential is postulated in an ad hoc manner, and no plausible explanations for its origin are given. The only way to experimentally constrain the shape of the Higgs potential, and to confront these constraints to the SM production is the measurement of the strength of the coupling of the Higgs to itself. The ability to experimentally study, at the LHC, the coupling of the Higgs boson to itself (in the HH pair production process) is therefore a powerful tool to make progress on one of today’s pressing questions in particle physics.
The successful candidate will contribute to the search for Higgs pair production using the full data set of Run 2 of the ATLAS experiment. This dataset is currently being accumulated, and data-taking will be concluded at the end of 2018. The successful applicant will be integrated into the LPSC analysis team consisting of senior researchers and post-docs. The LPSC analysis team works in close collaboration with other teams in France.
The position is for three years. Candidates must hold a Master's degree (or be about to earn one) or have a university degree equivalent to a European Master's (5-year duration).
Applicants should send their latest diploma, their CV and a motivation letter to Jan Stark (stark@in2p3.fr). Letters of recommendation are welcome.
Informal enquiries may be made to Elisabeth Petit (petit@lpsc.in2p3.fr), Fabienne Ledroit (ledroit@lpsc.in2p3.fr) or Jan Stark (stark@in2p3.fr).
Contact:
- Stark, Jan (stark@in2p3.fr);
- Petit, Elisabeth (petit@lpsc.in2p3.fr);
- Ledroit, Fabienne (ledroit@lpsc.in2p3.fr)
Letters of Reference should be sent to:
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