Graduate Study at LEPP
Students studying the properties of CESR beam position monitors.
Students interested in working at LEPP may pursue a doctorate or master's degree through the
Department of Physics. Because of the remarkable flexibility of Cornell's graduate program, interested students in other departments are also encouraged to explore opportunities at LEPP.
Graduate students at Cornell are supported by an array of facilities and personnel. For experimentalists,
CESR and
CLEO provide hands-on experience with an on-campus particle accelerator and detector, while particpation in the
CMS experiment at the LHC, and accelerator and detector development for the ILC allow students to contribute to cutting-edge scientific research. In addition, dozens of research associates and support staff provide invaluable support.
Theory students work on projects ranging from experiment-driven theory, such as Standard Model physics, to highly mathematical analyses of supersymmetric field theories or quantum theories of gravity. Work can be analytical, or it can be computational, as in numerical simulations of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and other quantum field theories—a research area invented at Cornell.
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