Applied Physicist - Collective Effects with Muons

Applied Physicist - Collective Effects with Muons

CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research

Geneva, Switzerland

Your responsibilities

Are you eager to work at the forefront of high-energy physics and tackle the key challenges of future muon colliders? Join the Accelerator and Beam Physics group and become a part of the International Muon Collider Collaboration (IMCC). Contribute to the research on collective effects during ionisation cooling and rapid acceleration—two crucial phases in delivering high-brightness muon beams.

As an Applied Physicist in this exciting field, you will:

• Analyse beam loading effects and their impact on the design of the ionisation cooling cell;
• Investigate collective instabilities that could limit beam quality during cooling and acceleration;
• Study the low-energy acceleration phase (0.2–60 GeV) in pre-accelerators and Recirculating Linear Accelerators (RLAs);
• Perform start-to-end simulations, connecting the cooling phase to beam collisions;
• Identify performance limitations arising from collective effects and propose mitigation strategies;
• Collaborate with international experts in the IMCC to advance muon collider technology.

Your profile

Skills:

• Knowledge of Beam dynamics.
• Knowledge of collective effects.
• Knowledge of beam tracking in rings.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Accelerator physics, muon colliders (or a related field) and have either:
• a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience; or
• a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience;
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

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