Measurement of the Migdal effect in neutron scattering and application to dark matter searches

这一奖学金将支持一项新实验的数据的设计、建造、操作和分析，该实验旨在首次测量来自核散射的原子米格达尔效应。这项实验将在卢瑟福·阿普尔顿实验室的ISIS设施中进行，并得到一个新的国际合作的支持。米格达尔探测器将是一个暴露在非常强的中子束下的低压光学时间投影室，能够解析可以识别米格达尔效应的粒子轨迹：一个低能电子共享一个公共顶点的核反冲轨迹。学生将参与计划和执行实验的所有方面，并分析来自各个子探测器的数据，直到发布第一组米格达尔测量数据。

This studentship will support the design, construction, operation and analysis of data from a new experiment aiming to produce a first measurement of the atomic Migdal effect from nuclear scattering. The experiment will be located at the ISIS facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and is supported by a new international collaboration. The MIGDAL detector will be a low-pressure Optical Time Projection Chamber exposed to very intense neutron beams, and able to resolve particle tracks that can identify the Migdal effect: a nuclear recoil track with a low-energy electron sharing a common vertex. The student will be involved in all aspects of the planning and execution of the experiment and analysis of data from its various sub-detectors, through to publication of the first set of Migdal measurements.