The Department of Physics at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in theoretical astroparticle physics to begin in 2026 (starting date flexible). The postdoctoral project will focus on two main lines of research. The first concerns the modeling of general dark matter–electron interactions in detector materials. This will be achieved by combining methods from particle and solid state physics in order to effectively describe the response of bound electrons to an external dark matter perturbation. The second line of research addresses the theoretical investigation of neutrino–electron interactions in liquid xenon detectors, which represent an irreducible background in direct dark matter searches. The expected outcome of this project has several applications to the field of dark matter direct detection and will allow the selected candidate to establish themselves as a leading researcher in an interdisciplinary field at the forefront of science.
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