There is a possibility of preparing doctoral or master's / engineering theses in the field of experimental high energy physics (elementary particles) under my supervision. Subjects of the theses can be related to the physics programs implemented or planned to be implemented in the following experiments:

• ATLAS at the LHC at CERN
  The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and most powerful particle collider ever built, is located at the leading scientific laboratory in the world - CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. It is capable of colliding protons and/or heavy ions at unprecedented high energies, which allow studying matter at, so far, the smallest distances. ATLAS, the largest of four major experiments operating at the LHC, is a multipurpose detector, with excellent capabilities of particle reconstruction and identification, even in such a demanding environment as the central collisions of heavy-ions in which usually thousands of particles are produced in the final state. Research possibilities include studying of proton-proton, proton-ion, ion-ion and photon-photon collisions.
  
  
• STAR at RHIC at BNL
  The STAR detector at RHIC started collecting data in 2000. To the most important discoveries achieved with its help, belongs the first observation of a new state of matter, so-called Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). Studying the properties of the QGP and of the phase diagram of the strongly interacting matter belong to the main research being done at the STAR experiment. Other interesting topics include proton spin physics and diffraction. The proton spin turned out to be a puzzle, which is studied at RHIC in collisions of polarized protons. One of the aims of studying diffraction at RHIC is a possible detection of a particle consisting only from gluons - the particles responsible for propagating the strong force.
  
  
• The new ATHENA experiment at the EIC at BNL
  The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) with accompanying detectors is a unique project in the world, approved for implementation at BNL in the USA. The accelerator complex will provide head-on collisions of polarized (longitudinally or transversely) electrons with protons or heavier ions (up to gold). The planned measurements will allow for a definitive understanding of the origin of the proton's mass (the Higgs field is responsible only for about 1% of its mass), as well as for the measurement of the three-dimensional structure of the proton, including an understanding of the mystery of the origin of the proton spin. Electron-ion collisions will allow also to understand changes in the structure of nucleons being parts of atomic nuclei. There exist a separate webpage for this project at AGH UST.
  
  

There is a lot of very interesting possibilities for research in the above projects. Students interested in cooperation, please contact me directly. Due to the international nature of such cooperation, preferred are students interested in future research (Ph.D.) in the field of experimental particle physics. The exact subject of a thesis and/or an individual plan of study can be defined during an in-person (or in the current situation on zoom) meeting.

As the offered research opportunities require a serious commitment and should have a long-term character, the optimal time for starting cooperation and deciding on the choice of appropriate elective lectures is already as soon as after the first year of study.

The best master's / Ph.D. students can obtain additional research scholarships founded within my grants being implemented at the Faculty.
The Ph.D. students will spend significant amount of time abroad in the laboratories in which the experiments are performed.
It is possible to organize joint doctoral studies in cooperation with France in the case of the ATLAS related theses.

I recommend summer internships as part of the Summer Student programs carried out in the following laboratories: DESY, CERN, TRISEP, Oxford, GSI, HZB.
Schools and conferences available to second-cycle students: PPSS@IFJ, TESHEP, HASCO, ISOTDAQ, Physics@Terascale, JUAS, COMS.
Other possibilities (rather for Ph.D. students): CERN Schools of HEP, CAS, CSC, HCPSS, ML in HEP, ISSP, CTEQ, TRISEP, TASI, CSTP, Erice, PSI, ESC.

After Ph.D. - fellowships and grants opportunities:
Careers at CERN   Careers at BNL   DESY Fellowships   Swiss Gov Scholarships and Grants   Euraxess   Physics World Jobs   iNSpireHEP Jobs