Ultra-rare kaon decay measurements with the CERN-NA62 data

About the Project

NA62 is a precision flavour physics experiment at CERN dedicated to stringent tests of the Standard Model (SM) and exploration of new physics beyond the SM via studies of rare decays of kaons and pions. The main goal of the experiment is the measurement of the ultra-rare decay K+→π+νν (the rarest particle decay ever observed with 5-sigma significance), providing a unique SM test complementary to those performed in heavy meson decays.

The Birmingham NA62 group is a world-leading kaon physics research group, and has played a prominent role in the NA62 experiment, including maintenance and operation of detector and trigger, development of core offline software, precision rare decay measurements, searches for lepton flavour/number violation, and searches for production and decays of possible hidden sector mediators.

This PhD project is focused on measurements of ultra-rare kaon decays using the full dataset collected by the NA62 experiment in 2016-2026, with the expectation of publishing the results in a leading journal towards the completion of the project.

For further information about the project, please get in touch. Further information is available here:

http://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/phd_research.html

Applications must be submitted using the link above.

Funding Notes

Fully funded PhD positions are available in the Particle Physics group for UK/Irish students (or EU students with settled/pre-settled status in the UK). There is also the possibility of funding for an international student.