TRIUMF Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics STUDENT JOB PROGRAM Spring 2018 job posting Job number TR18-1-14 | ||
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Position Title:TITAN Coop Student | ||
Name of Project:Quantum Mechanical Ion Manipulation in a Penning trap with TITAN | ||
Overview:Trapped charged particle traps are an ideal laboratory for many low-energy studies in nuclear physics in which charged particles can be individually or collectively manipulated, stored for theoretically infinite periods, and confined to a well defined volume. TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science (TITAN) combines five ion traps to prepare radioactive beams and to perform high-precision measurements. At the heart of its research program is high-precision, high-accuracy Penning trap mass spectrometry. These measurements are used to explore nuclear structure, to investigate nuclear astrophysics, and to test the Standard Model. To better leverage the unique capabilities of TITAN, the measurement Penning trap is being cryogenically upgraded, and a cooler Penning trap is under development. The former is used to determine the cyclotron frequency and thus the mass of a single ion. The latter will use an electron plasma to cool highly charged ions. | ||
Duties:The participant will assist in the commissioning of a Penning trap. Tasks include cleaning and handling parts according to ultra-high-vacuum procedures, optimizing low-energy beam transport through simulation and/or in hands-on tuning, and manipulating charged-particle ensembles in a Penning trap. | ||
Skills learned during this work experience:Student will learn how to control a complex research project, ion trapping, electrostatic beam transport, UHV procedures, and the motivation for mass measurements in nuclear physics | ||
Qualifications:Passed 1st semester E&M | ||
Shiftwork required:No | ||
Period of work:4 months with possible 4-month extension | ||
Salary is commensurate with academic progress and previous relevant work experience, and
ranges from $ 2080 to $ 2800 per month plus 4% vacation pay. TRIUMF pays round-trip airfare (this does not apply to Vancouver/Victoria students); for Vancouver Island students, TRIUMF will pay ferry costs.
TRIUMF is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace, and we
welcome applications from all qualified undergraduate students as defined below:
Applications must be received at TRIUMF by 4:00pm Pacific time on 2017-09-20. To apply for any of the job postings, you must submit one application for each and every job for which you wish to be considered. Please combine all documents into one PDF for each job. All applications can be attached to one email in PDF format. Please do not send electronic documents in formats other than PDF. Please save the PDF as lastname-job number (eg Smith-15.pdf)
Students within an university co-op program MUST apply for TRIUMF jobs through their university co-op education office.
No phone calls please. TRIUMF wishes to thank all applicants for their interest, and regrets that only those being considered will be contacted.
For more information, visit our web site http://www.triumf.ca |