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-DES-24-0073
Thesis topic details
Category
Condensed Matter Physics, chemistry, nanosciences
Thesis topics
Electronic stopping power simulations for heavy ion irradiations
Contract
Thèse
Job description
The interaction between charged particles and matter has been the focus of physicists' attention for over a hundred years. Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi and many others have contributed to this field fundamental for physics, but also for industrial fields such as nuclear, space photovoltaics, or electronics. Today, the time for models is gone and realistic calculations are now carried out using supercomputers.
We propose to use our time-dependent quantum-mechanical computer code to simulate precisely and without experimental input, the energy loss of fast ions in condensed matter. This quantity is called the stopping power.
In particular, our attention will be focused on the materials and ions for which we know that empirical models fail. Our contribution with numerical simulations will be crucial for our experimental collaborators.
University / doctoral school
Physique en Île-de-France (EDPIF)
Paris-Saclay
Thesis topic location
Site
Saclay
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2024
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Bruneval Fabien fabien.bruneval@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DRMP//S2CM/SRMP
S2CM/SRMP
Bâtiment 520
CEA Saclay
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
0169084349
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
CROCOMBETTE Jean-Paul jpcrocombette@cea.fr
CEA
DES/ISAS/DRMP/S2CM/SRMP
S2CM/SRMP
Bâtiment 520
CEA Saclay
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
0169089285
En savoir plus
www.molgw.org
https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/laboratoires/service-de-recherches-de-metallurgie-physique-des/isas/dmn