PhD student in Particle Physics Phenomenology
at Uppsala University

A PhD student position is available in the Theoretical High Energy Physics group within the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University. The group currently consists of three faculty members, one postdoc, two graduate students, and three diploma students. We are now in the process of recruiting a graduate student.

Our group does research in particle physics at the high energy frontier to study matter and its interactions on the most fundamental level. Our approach is theoretical, but in close contact with experimental reality, a research field known as phenomenology. The Standard Model for quarks and leptons with electroweak and strong interactions has been very successful, but leaves fundamental unsolved problems, such as the confinement of quarks and gluons into hadrons, the origin of electroweak symmetry breaking, and the generation of particle masses. Theories beyond the Standard Model—which may provide solutions—are therefore of great importance. Our research group collaborates internationally with focus on the theory of strong interactions, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and theories beyond the Standard Model with projects concerning: perturbative and non-perturbative QCD interplay between QCD and signals for new physics models & signals for physics beyond the Standard Model Higgs bosons at hadron colliders Monte Carlo event generators astroparticle physics and dark matter

The research project for the new graduate student will be within any of the areas where we are active, but its details defined through discussions to take into account her/his interests and preferences.

More information about our group is available via the links in the menu to the left. For general information on PhD studies, see this link. You are also most welcome to contact us: Rikard Enberg, Gunnar Ingelman, and Johan Rathsman.

The application should be sent, preferrably by e-mail, (see official announcement) to: registrator@uu.se, or by fax +46 18 471 2000, or by mail to: Registrar´s Office, Uppsala University, Box 256, SE-751 05 UPPSALA, Sweden. In any correspondence, please use the reference number UFV-PA 2009/3254. The application deadline is on February 15, 2010. (Note that sending a paper copy of the application is no longer mandatory, and email applications are completely fine.)

The application should contain: CV, undergraduate study record and diplomas/degrees, any other supporting documentation such as project reports from previous research related work, letters of recommendation and/or names and contact information of two reference persons. Note that at the time of application, you do not need to have already obtained your undergraduate degree, but it is needed at the time of admission.

Starting date: flexible, during spring, summer or fall 2010.