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Position Summary:
The successful candidate will perform analyses in heavy flavor physics for conference presentations and journal publications using the Belle experiment's legacy data set and assist our graduate students in their Belle physics analyses, presentations and publications.The successful candidate will also participate in the commissioning and operation of the KLM (KLong and Muon) particle identification detector for the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric e+e- collider at the KEK laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan. This will involve the maintenance and operation of the KLM's resistive plate counters and scintillator-strip counters, development and testing of the KLM signal readout and trigger, and the development and testing of the associated off-line software (simulation, reconstruction, particle identification, and trigger). Travel to KEK and other Belle / Belle II collaborating institutions will be required to fulfill these objectives.

Required Qualifications:
The successful applicant must hold a Ph.D. in experimental particle or nuclear physics.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with hardware and data analysis is preferred.



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