Postdoc: Attosecond XFEL & Wakefield Design Lead
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory's Argonne Accelerator Institute seeks a postdoctoral researcher to design a compact wakefield-driven XFEL for attosecond science. You will lead beam-dynamics and FEL modeling efforts to produce start-to-end simulations, exploring multi-pulse and mode-locked X-ray formats and contributing to a conceptual design report for a scalable, next-generation light source.
The role requires a PhD in accelerator physics or related fields and strong programming with Python,
#J-18808-Ljbffr$35.04 - $58.4 per hour
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