Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chandra Studies of AGN - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
No. 11706
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chandra Studies of AGN
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Department of Astronomy
College Park, MD 20742
Email Inquiries: wilson@astro.umd.edu
Attention: Dr. Andrew S. Wilson
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position involving analysis of
Guaranteed Time Observations with the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Chandra is providing sub-arc second resolution imaging-spectroscopy over the range 0.1 - 10 keV. The successful
applicant will join a group investigating X-ray emission from both compact and spatially extended structures in active
galactic nuclei (AGN), including radio jets in radio galaxies and
the narrow line regions of Seyfert galaxies. Objects observed
in the first year of Chandra include M87, NGC 1068, Cyg A and NGC 4151.
Related studies at other wavelengths may be
involved. Candidates would ideally have expertise in some of the
following areas: theory and modelling of the X-ray continuum and line spectra
from hot thermal gases, both photo- and collisionally-ionized; observational
X-ray astronomy; active galactic nuclei; and CCD image processing.
The University of Maryland is close to many major institutes in
the Baltimore-Washington area with astronomical departments or programs,
including the Space Telescope Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Naval Research Laboratory, and the U.S. Naval
Observatory. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and University of
Virginia, in Charlottesville, VA, are about 2 hours drive away. Excellent
possibilities exist for interaction with the many astronomers working in
extragalactic astronomy, especially the X-ray astronomy group at the nearby
Goddard Space Flight Center.
This research associateship will be for one year initially and may be renewed
annually for two more years. Applicants must have a Ph. D. degree in astronomy
or physics and should mail a curriculum vitae, a description of how their
research will enhance the above-described Chandra program, and should arrange
for three letters of recommendation to be sent.
Applications received before 31 January 2001 will be assured of full
consideration. EOE/AAE.