The ZEUS collaboration is currently taking data at the HERA accelerator
at DESY, Hamburg. The collaboration has, since 2004, taken 200 pb-1 of
electron-proton and positron-proton collision data at root(s)=318 GeV
with the lepton beams polarised. It is expected by mid-2007 when data
taking ends, total of >500 pb-1 will have been accumulated.
In order to fully exploit the rich physics available from this large
data set, the following programme for short term participation in the
ZEUS collaboration has been established.
The participant may be either a PhD candidate or a PhD physicist.
A participant from an institute not in ZEUS may be allowed access
to ZEUS data for a period up to 2 years (extensions may be possible)
under the following conditions.
One of the ZEUS institutes undertakes to sponsor this participant.
The sponsoring institute and the participant (and the PhD supervisor
in case of a PhD candidate) outline the planned participation
and submit it to the spokesperson of ZEUS. The plan should, in
general, lead to a physics publication.
Further guidelines for the proposal is given elsewhere.
The proposal is accepted by the spokesperson.
The participant will be, as a rule, listed as author
under the sponsoring institute for the ZEUS papers produced during
the defined period of participation. Any paper which significantly
benefits from the work done by the participant will also have
him as an author regardless of when it is published.
This authorship rights may be different depending on the degree
of involvement in ZEUS proposed. He/She will not be however counted
in the common fund calculations.
The work done by the PhD candidate during his/her visit to ZEUS may
form a part of his/her PhD thesis.
The list of possible analysis topics can be found for each physics group here below: