: Sarah Mancina (Padova) -- Physics A1/3
Searches for Galactic and Extragalactic Neutrino Sources using IceCube Starting Tracks
Applications are now open for Brian Duff summer internships in the HEP group:
the application deadline is 17:00 on Monday 29th April 2024.
See the HEP Summer Students Project Page for a list of projects and details of how to apply.
The High Energy Physics group at UCL invites applications for a
Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) diagnostics development.
A new, ultraprecise measurement of the subatomic muon particle’s anomalous magnetic moment, conducted at US-based Fermilab and involving researchers from UCL, reinforces a discrepancy between theory and experiment that physicists can’t explain, potentially hinting at new physics.
: Sarah Mancina (Padova) -- Physics A1/3
Searches for Galactic and Extragalactic Neutrino Sources using IceCube Starting Tracks
: Karol Lang (UT, Austin) -- Physics A1/3
Image-guided FLASH Proton Therapy
Image-guidance and dosimetry of the in-vivo proton range verification is perhaps one of the most underinvested aspects of radiation cancer treatment. The scarcity of sensitive instruments and treatment protocols for precision monitoring of effects of beam radiation leaves much room for improvement. This is despite that such measurements may dramatically enhance the treatment accuracy and lower the post-exposure toxicity thus improving the entire outcome of cancer therapy. In this talk, we will discuss our effort on designing and building of an in-beam time-of-flight positron-emission-tomography (PET) scanner to be tested in pre-clinical studies at Proton Therapy Center of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. We will also discuss selected results of recent experiments with FLASH proton beam irradiations of phantoms and other related ideas towards improving and expanding the use of PET detectors, including the total body imaging. This endeavor has been made possible by the support of the U. of Texas – Portugal program at the University of Texas at Austin.
Applications are now open for Brian Duff summer internships in the HEP group:
the application deadline is 17:00 on Monday 29th April 2024.
See the HEP Summer Students Project Page for a list of projects and details of how to apply.
The High Energy Physics group at UCL invites applications for a
Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) diagnostics development.
A new, ultraprecise measurement of the subatomic muon particle’s anomalous magnetic moment, conducted at US-based Fermilab and involving researchers from UCL, reinforces a discrepancy between theory and experiment that physicists can’t explain, potentially hinting at new physics.
We are keen to support a limited number of strong candidates in applying for Research Fellowships.
If your profile and interests match our activities, we would be very interested to hear from you.
The High Energy Physics group at UCL invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) diagnostics development.
The Data Intensive Science (DIS) Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in the Department of Physics and Astronomy are offering up to five summer research placements to undergraduates interested in pursuing research projects over the summer. Deadline:
The latest result in the search for Higgs pair production in ATLAS at the LHC, in the 4b final state, is now out:
with big contributions from the UCL ATLAS team, including the co-editor of the journal publication.
Higgs pair production (the production of two Higgs bosons in a single proton-proton collision at the LHC)
is a rare process that can shed light on the properties of the Higgs boson and particularly the Higgs field
potential (the famous "Mexican hat"). The Electroweak Phase Transition, one of the most dramatic and
defining moments in the evolution of our Universe, happened around 1 picosecond (one billionth of a
millisecond!) after the Big Bang. The shape of the Higgs field potential is intricately linked to that moment.
The Cosmoparticle Initiative congratulates core staff member Chamkaur Ghag on his election as spokesperson for the LZ dark matter detection experiment.
Professors Chamkaur Ghag and Peter Barker (both UCL Physics & Astronomy) receive a major grant which builds on the work they have been carrying out within the Cosmoparticle Initiative.
The Cosmoparticle Initiative congratulates core staff member Andreas Korn on his promotion to Professor of Physics in October 2022
