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Discover a non-exhaustive list of the different research jobs (M/F) that can be done in the field of physics.

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Researcher (M/F) in theoretical physics

Researcher (M/F) in quantum physics

Researcher (M/F) on large instruments

Researcher (M/F) in theoretical physics

Physics covers multiple domains, since it aims to explain the mechanisms underlying the phenomena of Nature, from the infinitely small to the infinitely large. Theoretical physics seeks to advance our knowledge of the fundamental laws of Nature by studying in depth the equations that describe them and by comparing them with experimental observations. Based on these fundamental laws, it develops methods to quantify, model, simulate and ultimately explain real phenomena. This research allows us to better understand the behavior of matter on a very small scale, gravitational waves, extreme climatic phenomena or even complex living systems and social networks.

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Researcher (M/F) in quantum physics

Quantum physics allows us to describe and understand the laws governing matter, light and their interactions. Thanks to the important experimental progress made over the last decades, researchers in this field can now observe, manipulate and measure a variety of quantum systems prepared with atoms, ions, photons, electrons, etc., taken individually or collectively. Quantum physics is not just about fundamental research, it is also at the heart of an international race aimed at its technological application in the next 5 to 10 years: unequalled efficiency of information processing, tenfold computing power, ultra-secure communications, high precision sensors, etc. It therefore combines fundamental research, innovation and technology transfer, feeding an ecosystem that combines academic research, start-ups and major industrial groups.

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Researcher (M/F) on large instruments

In physics, large-scale instruments are state-of-the-art research platforms and infrastructures that allow us to plunge into the heart of matter and thus to study and characterize its behavior and interactions in all their manifestations - isolated atoms and molecules, plasmas, gases, liquids, amorphous or crystalline solids, biological media - and this at different scales, but also in situ or operando. Thanks to these tools, physicists are pushing back the frontiers of knowledge by working with their counterparts from different disciplines: biologists, chemists, researchers in materials science, heritage science or earth science. These instruments, which are used for fundamental or applied science, also provide answers to societal problems related to health, energy or the environment.

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