Probing the quark-gluon plasma with heavy-flavor jet substructure measurements at the LHC ALICE experiment

PhD type: 
Fizikai Tudományok Doktori Iskola
Year: 
2025/2026/1
Unit: 
Wigner Research Centre for Physics (WIGNER FK)
Address of unit: 
1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege Miklós út 29-33.
Description: 

ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) at the CERN LHC is dedicated to probe the strongly interacting matter at extreme energy densities. Since heavy-flavor quarks (charm & beauty) are produced early and they survive throughout the later stages of the reaction, they provide a unique opportunity to study the properties of the quark-gluon plasma. Detecting modifications in the jet substructure is sensitive to changes in the parton shower and fragmentation. The recently commenced LHC Run 3 data taking phase with increased luminosity and upgraded detectors brought the opportunity to measure the production and properties of heavy-flavor with an unprecedented precision.
The PhD candidate is expected to contribute to the field with original research in investigating heavy-flavor jet substructures both with phenomenological methods and in data. The candidate is also expected to contribute to the detector operation duties for the ALICE Run 3 period and detector developments for the future ALICE3 experiment.

Requirements: 

Language skills: English Further competences: MSc in physics or engineering physics, English language, programming skills. Knowledge of statistics, nuclear or particle physics, linux, C++ is recommended.

State: 
Approved
Témavezető
Name: 
Vértesi Róbert
Email: 
vertesi.robert@wigner.hu
Institute: 
Wigner Research Centre for Physics (WIGNER FK)
Assignment: 
senior research fellow
Scientific degree: 
PhD
Konzulens
Name: 
Dániel Péter Kis
Email: 
kis@reak.bme.hu
Institute: 
Institute of Nuclear Techniques
Assignement: 
associate professor
Scientific degree: 
PhD
Stipendicum Hungaricum: 
No