PhD student positions

PhD thesis at ISOLTRAP at CERN

At the ISOLTRAP experiment, radioactive isotopes are stored in a Penning trap and their mass is determined with a relative uncertainty of 1x10^-8 using the time-of-flight method (TOF-ICR). We are looking for a PhD student, who would like to work at the mass spectrometer ISOLTRAP, which is permanently installed at the isotope separator ISOLDE. The challenge arises from a precise mass measurement of exotic nuclei with low yield and short half-life. Among the provided skills are beam tuning, cooling and storage of charged particles in different ion traps, destructive TOF-method, as well as high-frequency technology. Support of the LabVIEW-based experimental control or further development of the laser ion source for carbon clusters as reference ions and measurements with laser-ionized, stable isotopes constitute possible key aspects. Another emphasis can be given to the implementation of the non-destructive Fourier-transform ion-cyclotron-resonance (FT-ICR) detection for diagnosis in one of the Penning traps.

The division is involved in the ISOLTRAP experiment, PhD theses will be supervised by Dr. Susanne Kreim. The positions are limited to 3 years, the research results can be submitted as a PhD thesis (in German or English) to the Heidelberg University. The ususal documents are to be submitted to Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum (postal address: Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, P.O. Box 10 39 80, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany).

For more details concerning the job offer and the ISOLTRAP experiment, please see the ISOLTRAP website