R&D for the next generation dark matter experiment at the Boulby Underground Laboratory

这个博士项目将进行必要的研究，以提高我们对未来下一代暗物质探测器限制放射性背景的理解。它还将探讨与未来探测器位置相关的因素，特别是英国在博尔比矿的深层地下科学设施是否位于英格兰东北海岸的英国科学研究院-科技金融中心的博尔比地下实验室（Boulby Underground Laboratory of UKRI-STFC）可以用来承载下一代，大型世界领先的暗物质探测器。该项目将涉及谢菲尔德大学和英国研究所博尔比地下实验室的研究工作，STFC。内容将包括为下一代探测器开发基本的背景辐射模拟，以及了解并可能扩大已知背景实验的科学范围的方法。该项目还将涉及在实验室小组的支持下，在博尔比地下实验室测量材料样品的放射性，以及在英国科学和技术研究所卢瑟福·阿普尔顿实验室测量关键材料的氡散发。

This PhD project will undertake essential research to improve our understanding of limiting radioactive backgrounds for future next-generation dark matter detectors. It will also explore factors relevant to the location of a future detector, in particular whether the UK deep underground science facility at Boulby mine (Boulby Underground Laboratory of UKRI-STFC) in the North East coast of England can be used to host a next generation, large-scale world-leading dark matter detector.The project will involve research work at both University of Sheffield and at the Boulby Underground Laboratory of the UKRI-STFC. Elements will include the development of essential simulations of background radiation for next generation detectors and methods for understanding and possibly extending the scientific reach of experiments with known backgrounds. The project will also involve measurements of radioactivity of material samples at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, with support of the laboratory team, and radon emanation from critical materials at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory of the UKRI-STFC.