General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRF-25-0328
Direction
DRF
Thesis topic details
Category
Corpuscular physics and outer space
Thesis topics
Calibration of the new High-Angle Time Projection Chambers of the T2K Experiment and Measurement of CP Violation in Neutrino Oscillations
Contract
Thèse
Job description
The proposed thesis project focuses on studying neutrino oscillations, a key quantum phenomenon for exploring New Physics beyond the Standard Model. These oscillations, compared between neutrinos and antineutrinos, could shed light on one of the most fundamental questions in particle physics: the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe.
The T2K experiment, located in Japan, studies these oscillations by generating an intense beam of muon neutrinos (and antineutrinos). This beam is measured at two points: a near detector, used to reduce systematic uncertainties related to the neutrino flux and interaction models, and a far detector (Super-Kamiokande), responsible for measuring the disappearance of muon neutrinos and the appearance of electron neutrinos after oscillations.
The thesis project is divided into two parts. The first part will involve calibrating the new detectors (new time projection chambers using resistive MicroMegas technology) to measure the neutrino energy spectrum and assess the associated systematic uncertainties. The second part will focus on analyzing the newly collected data, allowing for more precise measurements of oscillation parameters, improving the understanding of neutrino-nucleus interactions, and measuring CP violation in neutrino oscillations with 3 sigma significance in the case of maximal violation, as indicated by the latest T2K results, and ultimately 5 sigma in the future Hyper-Kamiokande experiment, which will use the same beam and near detector as T2K.
University / doctoral school
PHENIICS (PHENIICS)
Paris-Saclay
Thesis topic location
Site
Saclay
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Hassani Samira
samira.hassani@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRFU/DPhP
CEA Saclay
DRF/IRFU/SPP
91191 Gif Sur Yvette cedex
0169087226
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
Laporte Jean-Francois
jean-francois.laporte@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRFU/DPhP
Irfu/SPP
CEA-Saclay
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex
01 69 08 37 49
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