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Research Training Opportunities at CERN
Paula Eerola
Helsinki Institute of Physics and Dept of Physics
10.11.2010
Overview
CERNCERN
Research trainingResearch training
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CERN – a bit of history
CERN was founded 1954 Aim: to facilitate basic science in Europe Founding fathers Louis de Broglie, Niels Bohr,
Isidor Rabi, and many others
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Finnish researchers participate in CERN
experiments from 1960-70’s onwards. Finland
becomes a CERN memberstate 1991. 20 European member states: Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Czech, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom 2010: from European to World-wide Lab
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CERN staff ~3000 persons: physicists, engineers, technicians,
administrators, fire brigaders, etc. CERN Users: some 10000 visiting scientists (half of particle
physicists worldwide) from 580 universities, 85 nationalities.
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CERN’s missions
Basic science Technology Research education and
training
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Research fields at CERN
Basic research:Experimental
particle physicsTheoretical particle
physicsNuclear physics Atomic physics
Applied fields:applied physics
- accelerator physics
- instrumentation for accelerators and
experiments
- radiation physicsengineering
- electronics, electrical, mechanical,
civil, vacuum technology, cryogenicsmaterials scienceITmathematicssurveying and geodetics
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Current leading edge research: experiments at LHC
LHC – Large Hadron Collider –started operation 2009 – world-record
proton-proton collider Basic science: particle physics Tools needed:
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Very advanced accelerator physics – 3.5 TeV
beams of 20 m size, beam total energy ~20
MJ (now), 1232 1.9K double-dipole magnets at
5T (now), ultra-high vacuum Very advanced detectors with O(100M )
readout channels, fast data acquisition 7 MHz
(now) Very advanced data processing – World Wide
LHC Computing Grid
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ATLAS and CMS, general purpose experiments
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Research target is ”everything”: search for new particles/phenomena,
high-precision measurements of know particles/phenomena Many different kinds of detectors, many (O(100M)) electronic channels Large so-called dynamic range: measure energies and momenta
O(100 MeV) several TeV. Large solid angle coverage. Position resolution O(10 m), diameter 10-25 m, length 25-40 m
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ATLAS and CMS in Berlin
ATLAS
CMS
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CMS: lowering the muon endcaps to the cavern
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T. Virdee, Split Oct 2008
Next generation: linear colliders
CLIC – Compact Linear Collider (40 km?) R&D already ongoing – will require new solutions from
many fields: For example coating of radiofrequency cavities – basic
material science – research project at HIP (K. Nordlund, F.
Djurabekova et al
Currently HIP involvement in ISOLDE (nuclear ph.),
CLOUD (atmospheric+particle ph.)
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Plus...there will be many smaller scale experiments in other fields requiring also innovative solutions...
Research training opportunities
Main options: Possibilities offered by CERN directly
https://ert.cern.ch/browse_www/wd_pds?p_web_site_id=1
Possibilities offered through Finnish involvement at CERN –
Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) is coordinating Finnish
CERN activities
http://www.hip.fi
(...and of course one can also enroll in non-Finnish
universities/institutes engaged at CERN research)
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CERN: possibilities at MSc student level (or equivalent)
TECHNICAL STUDENT PROGRAMME
Engineering, IT or Applied Physics (not particle physics)
Disciplines: Applied physics, IT, mathematics, electrical, electronic,
mechanical or civil engineering, instrumentation for accelerators and
particle physics experiments, materials science, radiation protection,
safety and environmental protection, science communication,
surveying, ultra-high vacuum.
Paid Practical training, final project
4 - 12 months, over 100 places – next deadline 7.3.2011
SUMMER STUDENT PROGRAMME
Engineering, IT, Physics or Physical Chemistry
Academic training lectures, project report, workshops and visits
8-13 weeks in summer - next deadline 26.01.2011
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CERN: Possibilities at PhD student level (or equivalent)
DOCTORAL STUDENT PROGRAMME Engineering, IT or Applied Physics (not particle physics)
Disciplines: Applied physics, IT, mathematics, electrical,
electronic, mechanical or civil engineering, instrumentation for
accelerators and particle physics experiments, materials
science, radiation protection, safety and environmental
protection, science communication, surveying, ultra-high
vacuum.
Academic training & PhD thesis 12 - 36 months, next deadline 7.3.2011
MARIE CURIE EARLY STAGE TRAINING CERN is participating in several Marie Curie projects
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CERN: Possibilities at post-doc level
CERN FELLOWSHIPS Physics, Applied Physics, Engineering and IT Research training 24 months
Marie Curie Fellowships at CERN CERN is participating in several MC networks and hosting MC
fellowships in e.g. theoretical physics, accelerator physics,
detector development,… Normally 12-24 months
Scientific associate Physics, Applied Physics, Engineering and IT 6-12 months
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CERN: Other
SHORT TERM STUDENT PROGRAMME Engineering, IT, Physics or Administration Unpaid work experience 1 - 5 months
ADMINISTRATIVE STUDENT PROGRAMME HR, Finance, Communication, Librarian,
Administration Paid work experience 2 - 12 months
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HIP: to CERN through Finnish funding
Helsinki Institute of Physics http://www.hip.fi Summer training
MSc student level
Particle and nuclear physics, detector technology, IT,
technology transfer
Supervised research projects in Finnish research groups at
CERN
16 places, 3 months during summer
Next deadline 30.1.2011
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HIP: PhD student and post-doc level research training
PhD studies and post-doctoral training in projects
with HIP participation: Particle Physics experiments – CMS, ALICE, TOTEM
Nuclear Physics experiments at ISOLDE
Accelerator and material physics – CLIC linear collider R&D
Detector development: Si- and gas detectors, readout and
control systems,...
CLOUD – atmospheric physics
Theoretical physics
IT, in particular Grid, green computing, data management
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More help and information
TEKES Big Science Industry Activation – TEKES-
funded technology transfer office directed towards
Large-scale Infrastructures (Antti Heikkilä, Industrial
Liaison Consultant ) Enabling Finnish enterprises to get to CERN
New: enabling Finnish researchers and students to get
to CERN – not entirely on TEKES mandate, looking for
new partners
First try: target on students, +42% increase in total
Work at CERN guide (in Finnish):
www.cern.ch/Cerniin/CERNopas.pdf
More information – Antti Heikkilä
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Finnish personnel at CERN payroll
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Year Staff Fellows Paid associates
Students Total
Fraction Membership fee fraction
Personnel recruited from Finland
2008 23 5 2 1 31 0.97% 1.40%
2009 24 5 1 14 44 1.33% 1.55%
Increase
4.4% 0% -50% 1300% 42% 37.1% 10.7%
Year Staff Fellows Technical and doctoral students
Summer students
Total
Applications from Finland
2008 59 14 25 20 118
2009 79 10 104 39 232
Increase
33.9%
-28.6% 316% 95%96.6
%
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