Experimental Particle Physics

Outside of the LHC

About us

We are a collaborative group of researchers here at Lancaster exploring the forces that created our universe and searching for particles that are as yet undiscovered.

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Experiments

ATLAS

  • Dr James Ferrando
  • Professor Guennadi Borissov
  • Dr Harald Fox
  • Professor Roger Jones
  • Professor Vakhtang Kartvelishvili

DUNE

  • Dr Andrew Blake
  • Professor Jaroslaw Nowak
  • Professor Peter Ratoff

GridPP

  • Professor Roger Jones

Hyper-K

  • Dr Laura Kormos
  • Professor Helen O'Keeffe

ILC Detector

  • Dr Harald Fox

LEGEND

  • Dr Harald Fox
  • Professor Roger Jones
  • Dr Laura Kormos

MicroBooNE

  • Dr Andrew Blake
  • Professor Jaroslaw Nowak

NA62

  • Professor John Dainton
  • Professor Roger Jones
  • Dr Karim Massri

SBND

  • Dr Andrew Blake
  • Professor Jaroslaw Nowak

T2K

  • Dr Laura Kormos
  • Professor Jaroslaw Nowak
  • Professor Helen O'Keeffe
  • Professor Peter Ratoff

PhD Opportunities

The EPP group currently has a limited number of funded PhD positions. We also welcome applications from students with their own funding on all of our research programmes.

Please contact Dr James Ferrando for details.

Lancaster PhD Programme

Our PhD projects all last for three and a half years with research on one of the experiments with which we are associated. During the first nine months of your PhD, you will take a series of academic courses to prepare you for your research project. You can also potentially attend the UK High Energy Physics Summer school where you have the opportunity to get to know other PhD students studying particle physics in the UK. After completing your academic training, you will have a chance to spend time at one of the international labs that we are associated with (e.g. CERN, Fermilab) where you will carry out your research under the supervision of members of the Lancaster group and our international collaborators. You will participate in the running of the experiment and have the opportunity to analyse data where you can learn to use mathematical modelling methods and applying probability theory. You will also work with state-of-the-art computing facilities, including the world’s most extensive distributed computing and storage system. By working in a multinational science environment, you will also have the opportunity to develop your ‘soft’ skills in presentation, scientific writing, project management and time management.

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PhD Projects in Detector Development

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PhD Projects on the Neutrino Programme

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Postgraduate Training

The particle physics group runs a series of courses dedicated to PGR students covering subject-specific training, research skills and advanced skills.

Most PGR students also attend summer schools and other retreats. The courses are designed for EPP students but are also available to other PG students. Please contact the lecturer if you are interested in any of them. The Faculty, ISS and Library offer additional training.

Example PG Courses offered in the Department

  • Relativistic Quantum Mechanics/Quantum Electrodynamics
  • Quantum Field Theory
  • Programming for Particle Physics
  • Introduction to Probability and Statistics for EPP
  • Quantum Chromodynamics
  • Detectors and Accelerators

Summer Schools

It is possible for our students to attend STFC HEP Summer School at the end of their first year of studies. EPP Students can also participate in the Warwick Week where they attend lectures on Flavour and Neutrino physics. Students may also have the opportunity to participate in an international summer school (e.g. YETI, CERN/FNAL summer school, etc.).

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