Postdoctoral Research Associate - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Grade UE07:
£35,333 - £42,155 per annum

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING / SCHOOL OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: 3 years / 1st October 30th September 202
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Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, to work on the mathematical structure of multi-loop scattering amplitudes and on the development of bootstrap methods for computing them.

The Opportunity:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. The Higgs Centre ' s goal is to achieve breakthroughs in our basic understanding of the universe. Our work spans a broad range of disciplines, covering all length and time scales.

The particle theory group has a very strong ongoing research effort in particle phenomenology, scattering amplitudes, lattice field theory, and cosmology, supported by 17 faculty members, 9 PDRAs, and around 33 graduate students.

The group is committed to providing you the support needed to nurture your talent.

The Research Associate will contribute to the Royal Society University Research Fellowship URF\R1\221233 " Harnessing the Structure of Scattering Amplitudes".

Research activities include developing a better understanding of the mathematical structure of scattering amplitudes and developing more efficient methods for their computation.

Your skills and attributes for success:

PhD (or near completion) in Physics, Theoretical Physics or Mathematical Physics.
Knowledge of quantum field theory and experience in perturbative calculations.
Knowledge of the current research frontier in one or more of the following areas: scattering amplitudes, Feynman integrals, infrared divergences, supersymmetry, positive geometries, the motivic properties of iterated integrals.
Experience in delivering research results in an academic context; e.g. a record of peerreviewed journal and conference presentations.
Capability of working independently, exercising a high degree of initiative, and demonstrating a proactive and flexible approach to work.

Application Procedure
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

Access our staff benefits page
for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
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