DISCOVER OPPORTUNITIES

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Within the framework of the GET_INvolved programme, a broad range of topics is available for internships, traineeships and early stage research experiences.

TOPICS APPROPRIATE FOR:
Physics Engineering Computational Science Mathematics Chemistry Biology Medicine Project Management
Young scientist in front of a quadrupole magnet
© T. Ernsting for FAIR/GSI
Quadrupole Magnet Research
Code Reference Required: While submitting your research interest or application to the GET_INvolved programme, please always refer to the code given in parenthesis ( CODE).

Nuclear and Hadronic Physics

NP // SECTION 01
NH-RE
Nuclear and Hadronic Reactions

Study of reactions between colliding heavy nuclei involving transport phenomena and creation of nuclear systems at high density and temperature, production of hadrons (baryons and mesons), photons, and leptons at ALICE, HADES and future CBM experiments (more)

NH-Anti-P
Hadron Physics with anti-protons

Developments and simulations for the PANDA detector at FAIR. Research and investigations related to antimatter, especially antiprotons. (more)

NP-SP
Nuclear Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy of highly excited nuclear states (more)

NP-EX
Exotic Nuclei

Investigations of nuclei at the limit of stability (super heavy – or neutron/proton-rich nuclei) and its implication for the nuclear synthesis (more)

FRS-SuperFRS
(Super) Fragment Separator

Separation and new physics with exotic atoms and nuclei (more)

N-CHEM
Nuclear Chemistry

Suitable for chemistry students. Chemical separation of short-lived nuclear reaction products, c.f. exotic nuclei (more)

TH-NH
Theoretical Nuclear and Hadronic Physics

Description of nuclear collisions & properties of hadronic matter at high densities and temperatures & finite temperature field theory & nuclear structure & nuclear astrophysics (more)

Atomic and Laser Physics

AT // SECTION 02

Experiments at GSI Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) and with Ion Traps

AT-HI
Highly Ionized atoms

Interaction of highly ionized atoms with atoms, electrons, & light (more)

AT-LA
Laser Spectroscopy

Laser spectroscopy of atoms and ions (more here or here)

AT-SP
Atomic Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy of few-electron systems & nuclear effects on the atomic electron cloud (here)

PHELIX
Warm Dense Matter Physics

Studying matter under conditions as in the interior of giant planet (more)

Application-Oriented Research

AP // SECTION 03
MATERIAL
Material Science

Suitable also for students in chemistry or technical engineering.

Modification of the properties of materials by impact with heavy ions and ion track technology, e.g. nanotubes & nanowires (more)

PLASMA
Plasma Physics

Production of highly compressed plasmas by heavy-ion bombardment (more)

BIO-P
Biophysics

Suitable also for students in biology or medicine.

Radiation damage of the DNA & studies of cancer therapy with heavy ions (more)

Services, Developments & Tech

DEV // SECTION 04

Suitable also for students in engineering or computer science

  • Accelerator developments
    ACC

    Developments for the GSI/FAIR accelerator complex, including ion sources, high-intensity synchrotrons, storage rings with normal and superconducting magnets, antiproton separators and other components and services of the accelerator complex (more here or here or here)

  • Radiation Protection
    RAD-PR

    Designing the shielding at the whole accelerator facility and surveillance of radiation protection. (more)

  • High-performance computing
    HPC

    Developing software and hardware, handling Big Data and resource management. (more)

  • Detector Laboratory
    DETECT

    Developing detectors for various experiments. (more)

  • Target Laboratory
    TARGET

    Manufacturing targets that can be thick films, thin layers or thin films on standard frames as well as development of new target concepts in collaboration with the scientists. (more)

  • Experiment Electronics
    EL-EL

    Handling of readout, data acquisition, data analysis, as well as monitoring and control of detectors and detector systems. (more)

  • Engineering
    ENGIN

    Development and implementation the FAIR facility’s infrastructure such as vacuum and control systems, beam instrumentation, and electrical power systems (more, partly in German)

Engineering and Project Management

MGM // SECTION 05

Technological Development and Technology Transfer (TECHDEV-TECTRA)

Engineering, disseminating technolgoy developed at GSI and FAIR.

Management and Administration (MAN-ADM)

Project management, administrative management at all devisions, management of in-kind contributions to GSI and FAIR.

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