Missions

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position in the Neutrino group at the Centre for Particle Physics of Marseille (CPPM), France. The successful candidate will work within the KM3NeT undersea neutrino experiment and is expected to take a leading role on the analysis of the data recorded with the ORCA detector.

The CPPM neutrino team is strongly involved in the ANTARES and KM3NeT neutrino telescopes deployed in the abyss of the Mediterranean Sea, used for cosmic neutrino research and fundamental neutrino properties studies. The group is in particular responsible for the construction and exploitation of the KM3NeT/ORCA detector, which is under construction offshore Toulon (France) at a depth of 2450 m.

Data taking during the early construction phase have already allowed to observe atmospheric neutrino oscillations. During the next few years, a competitive measurement of the atmospheric oscillation parameters and a first determination of the neutrino mass ordering will be possible. Further, the world's largest sample of tau neutrino interaction will allow precision tests of the standard model related to the third lepton family.

The successful candidate will participate in the related analyses of the KM3NeT/ORCA data with the aim to take a leading role in these neutrino oscillation measurements.

Activités

• Data analysis
• participation to data taking
• participation to KM3NeT/ORCA detector construction and calibration
• participation to KM3NeT service tasks
• activities of outreach and dissemination
• student supervision.

Compétences

• Ph.D. in Experimental Particle Physics
• Excellent analysis and software skills (python, ROOT, C++)
• teamwork abilities
• fluent in English
• Experience in data analysis in a neutrino experiment is appreciated but not mandatory

Contexte de travail

Located in the heart of the Parc National des Calanques, on the Luminy campus, the CPPM is a joint research laboratory of the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, with around 180 researchers, engineers and PhD students. The laboratory studies subjects ranging from particle physics to astroparticle physics and cosmology, with a strong technological focus on electronics, mechanics, instrumentation and computing, enabling the design and construction of cutting-edge detection systems, often called upon to operate under extreme conditions: in the depths of the sea, in space or underground. Most of our research is carried out as part of leading international scientific collaborations, and our contributions are recognized worldwide. CPPM is committed to ethical research and promotes diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and provides administrative and logistical support to newcomers, particularly PhD students. (more details here: https://www.cppm.in2p3.fr/web/fr/index.html)
The CPPM Neutrino team involved in the KM3NeT experiment is composed of 6 permanent researchers, 3 postdoc researchers, 4 PhD students, as well as about twenty engineers and technicians.

Contraintes et risques

Travel may be required on assignments