Postdoc Position in Atomic Beam Experiments for Tests of the Standard Model
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vienna, Austria
A Postdoc position is available on atomic beam experiments with (anti-)hydrogen and deuterium beams within the ASACUSA and GRASIAN experiments. The candidate is expected to spend some of his/her time at CERN, where the antihydrogen experiment is located. Atomic beams are used for hyperfine spectroscopy of groundstate atoms and studies of quantum reflection of hydrogen from surfaces with the aim of creating ultra-cold hydrogen atoms for precision experiments.
Your Tasks:
You will participate in running atomic beam experiments at CERN and SMI and build up and execute new experiments at SMI, together with a group of graduate students and senior colleagues currently involved in the experiments.
Your Profile:
- Ph.D. in experimental physics (preferably subatomic physics or a related field).
- Familiar with some of the following techniques: microwave resonators, UHV and cryogenic techniques, lasers to detect ground-state atoms and to produce and de-excite Rydberg atoms, detectors for charged particles like MCPs. Experience with both solid state and dye lasers would be an advantage.
- Software skills are an asset, for instance for experiment control (LabView), simulation (Comsol or CST, Geant4) and data analysis (root, Python, C++).
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