Applied Physicist - FCC Hadron-Hadron Collider Machine Study

Applied Physicist - FCC Hadron-Hadron Collider Machine Study

CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research

Geneva, Switzerland

Your responsibilities

Join the Accelerator and Beam Physics group and contribute to the development of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) project. Your work will directly impact the design of both the Hadron-Hadron collider (FCC-hh) and Electron-Positron collider (FCC-ee), paving the way for new discoveries in high-energy physics.

Your Role

As an Applied Physicist, you will:

• Develop the FCC-hh lattice, ensuring compatibility with FCC-ee optics and optimizing energy reach;
• Analyze the impact of multipolar field errors at various injection energies;
• Contribute to an alternative FCC-hh optics design using combined-function magnets, with a focus on controlling the three emittances affected by radiation damping and intrabeam scattering;
• Evaluate and enhance beam dynamics simulation tools, incorporating key effects like radiation damping;
• Explore strategies for luminosity optimization, including lower beam currents or luminosity energy levelling;
• Support FCC-ee optics development, investigating the feasibility of stable islands for top-up injection and assessing Higgs optics performance using nonlinear observables;
• Examine the potential benefits of an FCC-ee combined-function magnet optics approach.

Your profile

Skills:

• Knowledge of single-particle beam dynamics;
• Knowledge of non-linear beam dynamics;
• Knowledge of Beam optics;
• 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 Applied physicist (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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