PhD projects in Nuclear Physics

The University of Edinburgh Nuclear Physics group has a broad range of interests in two research areas. In Nuclear Astrophysics, we aim to understand the processes and nuclear reactions that create the chemical elements. This requires performing experiments underground to study reactions at the very low energies occurring in stars such as the sun, and with beams of radioactive nuclei to study reactions involved in explosive events such as supernovae, which occur at higher temperatures and involve unstable isotopes. In Nuclear Structure, we study the fundamental properties of atomic nuclei, by performing precision measurements of masses and radioactive decays. We focus in particular on at present poorly understood exotic, short-lived species, far from stability.