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Precision measurements of neutrino oscillations and search for CP violation with the T2K and Hyper-Kamio


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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-26-0087  

Direction

DRF

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Category

Corpuscular physics and outer space

Thesis topics

Precision measurements of neutrino oscillations and search for CP violation with the T2K and Hyper-Kamiokande experiments

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Job description

The study of neutrino oscillations has entered a precision era, driven by long-baseline experiments like T2K, which compare neutrino signals at near and far detectors to probe key parameters, including possible Charge-Parity Violation (CPV). Detecting CPV in neutrinos could help explain the Universe’s matter–antimatter asymmetry. T2K’s 2020 results gave first hints of CPV but remain limited by statistics. To improve sensitivity, T2K has undergone major upgrades: replacing the most upstream part of its near detector with a new target, increased accelerator power (up to 800 kW by 2025, aiming for 1.3 MW by 2030). The next-generation Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-K) experiment, starting in 2028, will reuse the T2K beam and near detector but with new far detector 8.4 times larger than Super-Kamiokande greatly boosting the statistics. The IRFU group has key role in the near detector upgrade and is now focusing on analysis, crucial for controlling systematic uncertainties crucial for the Hyper-K high statistics time. The proposed PhD work centers on analyzing the new near detector data: designing new sample selections taking into account for the low-momentum protons and neutrons from neutrinos, and refining neutrino–nucleus interaction models to improve energy reconstruction. The second goal is to propagate these improvements to Hyper-K, guiding future oscillation analyses. The student will also contribute to Hyper-K construction and calibration (electronics testing at CERN, installation in Japan).

University / doctoral school

PHENIICS (PHENIICS)
Paris-Saclay

Thesis topic location

Site

Saclay

Requester

Position start date

01/10/2026

Person to be contacted by the applicant

Henaff David david.henaff@cern.ch
CEA
DRF/IRFU/DPHP/TK2
CEA Saclay
DRF/IRFU/DPhP/TK2
91191 Gif Sur Yvette cedex

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

Bolognesi Sara sara.bolognesi@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRFU/SPP/TK2
IRFU/SPP (bat141, p149b)
Centre CEA de Saclay (Essonne)
Gif-sur-Yvette
91191 cedex

0169081461

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