Organisation/Company: Swansea University
Department: Central Research
Field: Physics
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: PhD Positions
Country: United Kingdom
Application Deadline: 24 Feb 2025 - 11:59 (Europe/London)
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Offer Starting Date: 1 Oct 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
This exciting project in mathematical and theoretical physics will investigate novel approaches to quantum systems with integrability. Normally, the equations that determine physical systems, be it quantum field theory describing particle physics or string theory describing quantum gravity, are too hard to solve exactly. However, there are very special systems that have deep hidden symmetries that allow one to exactly solve these equations instead of using, e.g., perturbation theory. The study of these integrable systems is a critical area in the intersection of mathematical and theoretical physics and string theory.
The group at Swansea, led by Hollowood and Thompson, have been pivotal in the recent discoveries of a landscape of integrable models known as Integrable Deformations. Very recently, a new outlook on this topic has been provided by the six-dimensional holomorphic Chern Simons theory, which has been conjectured to provide an origin for all such integrable deformations. The goal of this project is to develop a detailed quantum understanding of this approach and to apply it in a range of contexts, including resurgences, holography, and string theory.
This scholarship covers the full cost of UK tuition fees and an annual stipend at UKRI rate (£19,237 for 2024/25). Additional research expenses of up to £1,000 will also be available.
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates must hold a UK Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of Upper Second Class honours or an overseas bachelor’s degree deemed equivalent to a UK Bachelor (by UK ECCTIS) and achieved a grade equivalent to UK Upper Second Class honours – see country-specific qualifications.
OR a Master’s degree with a minimum overall grade at ‘Merit’ (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University).
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