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

这个学生奖学金将支持设计，建造，操作和数据分析，从一个新的实验，旨在产生原子Migdal效应从核散射的第一次测量。该实验将位于卢瑟福阿普尔顿实验室的ISIS设施，并得到一项新的国际合作的支持。MIGDAL探测器将是一个低压光学时间投影室，暴露在非常强的中子束下，能够分辨出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共同顶点的核反冲轨迹。学生将参与实验规划和执行的各个方面以及对其各个子探测器的数据进行分析，直到发布第一组Migdal测量结果。

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.