PhD position: Prof Peter Skands

I specialise in the numerical modelling of high-energy particle collisions , such as those occurring at the Large Hadron Collider. Accordingly, most projects I offer straddle the intersection between theoretical and computational high-energy physics.

The research contributes to the world-leading PYTHIA Monte Carlo Event Generator, which serves as the baseline for the majority of experimental measurements in particle physics. Many of my projects are informed directly by current measurements, e.g. addressing new or unexpected features seen in the data. Others focus on improving the formal accuracy that can be achieved e.g. in perturbative calculations, typically then also with direct bearing on current or planned measurements.

Our team is part of several global collaborations, centred mainly in Europe. We also collaborate closely with researchers at CERN and at Fermilab, and with our LHCb colleagues through the Monash-Warwick Alliance in Particle Physics. Joint projects with an LHCb focus are possible (in coordination with Prof Ulrik Egede) or with other Monash supervisors on a case-by-case basis.

• "Confronting Theory and Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider "
• "Simulations of Quark and Gluon Jets "
• "Strings in Quantum Chromodynamics "
• "Topics in Heavy-Quark Physics " (with Prof Ulrik Egede)
• List of Past Projects I have supervised (3rd-year, honours, and PhD).

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For further details or alternative project arrangements, please contact: [email protected].