KEK Student Program 2018

1. Introduction

KEK, the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, is one of the world's leading accelerator science research laboratories, using high-energy particle beams and synchrotron light sources to probe the fundamental properties of matter. This program provides opportunities for students and young post-docs mainly from abroad to stay at KEK Tsukuba campus and to experience research at KEK. The participants belong to one of the research groups at KEK, and perform research work under the supervision of researchers in that group.

2. Stay Period

For each participant, the stay period is around one month, and is negotiable. Participants' stay can start any time as long as the stay ends by March, 2019.

3. Application Qualification

The appliant must be a student of a graduate school or a post-doc who completed a doctor course within a few years. Students who belong to universities outside Japan have priority. However, the selection also depends on the matching with the hosting research group.

4. Support

Travel fee and staying expenses are supported.

5. Application and Selection

Please fill the application using the following form: Application Form
(unavailable between Aug. 3 and Aug 6). and send the following documents to us keksp(at)ml.post.kek.jp via e-mail attached.

CV.
Official transcript of academic record.
Recommendation letter (at least one).

Please ask your supervisor to send a recommendation letter directly to us ("keksp(at)ml.post.kek.jp").
Application Deadline: August 31 (Fri) 9:00 (Japan time)
Selection will be made based on the information filled in the application form and the documents submitted. Interview (via network) may be done. Selection result of each applicant will be informed within two weeks.

6. Program

Belle II experiment
A participant joins one of the sub-detector group in Belle II experiment and performs study related to the sub-detector. A partcipant may also work on a physics analysis using Belle data.
International Linear Collider
The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a proposed facility which will probe for new physics beyond the standard model, by making high-precision measurements of the Higgs boson and other particles. Members of the KEK ILC group study physics measurements at ILC and the development of the detectors which will collect and record the ILC collisions, and the software to analyse the resulting data.
Advanced Sensor Electronics R&D Participants can learn sensor readout electronics and its developments based on CAD tools and work on evaluating various readout electronics (e.g., ASICs, ADC, TDC, etc.) and related R&D items, fabricated with most-advanced technology such as 65 nm CMOS or SOI process, for radiation-hard high-energy applications. If participants are interested in a specific sensor application (e.g., Si-pixel, Gas based sensor, wide-gap semiconductor sensor, etc.), participants are recommended to describe it in the application letter.
Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Measurement
KEK has the Photon Factory ring as synchrotron light source facility. A participant can join a training course using an avalanche photodiode detector, as a fast X-ray detector for synchrotron radiation.
Theory Center
A participant stays at the Theory Center and performs theoretical study on particle/nuclear physics and closely related subjects.

Please send an e-mail to keksp(at)ml.post.kek.jp , if you have any questions on the project.

This program is supported by KEK Inter-Institution Network for Accelerator Science Program (IINAS).