The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Oxford, is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to lead an investigation into high-average-power plasma-wakefield acceleration. This position will be based at Oxford with experimentation taking place at the beam-driven plasma-accelerator facility FLASHForward (DESY, Hamburg).
The successful candidate will perform an experimental study at FLASHForward into the energy transport channels in a plasma accelerator. Focus will be placed on how the deposited energy in a plasma accelerator evolves, if it can be utilised for more sustainable operation, and if concepts for energy recovery from the plasma are required. The results of this experimentation will be used to inform the design/prototyping at Oxford of a plasma stage capable of operation at the high average powers required by photon scientists and particle physicists. Although design will be based around application to the FLASH free-electron laser, applicability to future plasma-based linear-collider concepts, such as the recently proposed HALHF scheme, will also be considered.
Applicants should hold a PhD in physics or engineering related to plasma accelerators and have a proven track-record of high-quality research in large-scale accelerator infrastructures; demonstrated experience, knowledge, and interest in novel accelerator technologies; and experience of finding information and analysing complex data and representing this in an accessible form.
More information and link to the application can be found here: