Experimental nuclear astrophysics

The successful applicant will be welcomed into our world-leading team investigating key nuclear reactions that underpin our understanding of the formation of chemical elements and energy generation throughout the cosmos. In particular, the PhD project will involve working on one of a number of current outstanding issues in the field of nuclear astrophysics: (i) The search for new cosmic gamma-ray emitters, (ii) The origins of presolar grains, (iii) Nucleosynthesis in Type-I X-ray Bursts and (iv) The production of heavy elements in massive stars. These investigations necessarily require the need for rare isotope accelerated beams and, as such, the successful applicant will participate in experiments at a number of large-scale nuclear physics facilities around the globe, including the US, Canada and France.

Open to candidates who pay UK/home rate fees. See UKCISA for further information.

You will need to meet the minimum entry requirements for our PhD programme.

The candidate should have a background in physics and have some experience with laboratory-based work.