Visiting Pre-Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Area of X-ray and Optical Observations of Stellar Coronae - OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA
No. 11744
Visiting Pre-Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Area of X-ray and Optical Observations of Stellar Coronae
OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA
Office of the Director
Via Bianchi 46
I-23807 Merate
Italy
Tel: +39-039-999111
FAX: +39-039-9991160
E-mail Submission: gtagliaf@merate.mi.astro.it
Attention: Mrs Cinzia Fumagalli (Please quote reference "Cofin2000 - Stellar Activity Fellowship)
We invite applications for a pre- or postdoctoral fellowship in the
study of stellar coronae at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB),
starting early 2001. The fellowship is funded by the Italian Ministry
of Research and by OAB as part of a national project on "Spectroscopy
and study of physical processes on the Sun and the solar-like stars",
in collaboration with other Italian institutions. The duration of the
fellowship is of 1.5-2 years (depending on the expertise and on the
monthly salary allocated). The successful candidate will be based in
Merate, near Milan. Applicants should have research interests and
experience in one or more of the following areas: X-ray observations of
stellar coronae, spectroscopic and variability study of active stars,
stellar activity evolution, coronal and chromospheric activity
connection, stellar activity and Lithium abundances, Lithium abundances
determination. The successful applicant will join the stellar group
at OAB and will collaborate with the local staff on on-going and new
projects. Our group has access to proprietary data on the BeppoSAX,
Chandra and Newton-XMM satellites and on optical instruments.
The successful applicant will participate to the analysis and
interpretation of these data and will be involved in new proposals.
Moreover, our group has a large expertise in exploiting the available
X-ray archival databases from BeppoSAX, ROSAT and ASCA satellites.
Our group will also strictly interact with researchers from the other
groups in the consortium on the above topics. Indipendent research will
also be encouraged. The gross annual salary will be commensurate to
experience, within the approximate range from 16,000 to 25,000 Euro,
together with an appropriate travel budget and computing support.
The OAB houses one of the most active high energy groups in Italy,
with research interests spanning from stars, to collapsed objects, to
GRB, to galaxies and cluster of galaxies, AGNs, large scale structure
and cosmology. In addition, it hosts leading technological activities
in the field of X-ray mirrors and optical instrumentation. It is directly
involved in high energy missions such as Swift, a NASA MIDEX satellite
dedicated to gamma-ray bursts, JET-X and Constellation-X. It participates
to the construction of instrumentation for the TNG, VLT and Columbus
optical telescopes. OAB also hosts a very active group working on
innovative detection algorithms for X-ray astronomy, based on the
wavelet transform, which made possible the creation of the BMW
ROSAT-HRI source catalog. Further details on the OAB activities
may be obtained from the www page (http://www.merate.mi.astro.it),
and related links.
Interested individuals should send a Curriculum Vitae, list of publications
and a statement of research interests to the address given below
(E-mail submission are welcome). They should also arrange to have up to
three letters of reference sent directly to the same address (or E-mail).
Applications sent before 31 January 2001 will be
given full consideration. Please quote reference "Cofin2000 - Stellar
Activity Fellowship" on all correspondence. Informal enquiries on the
job may be made to Dr. G. Tagliaferri (tel.: +39-039-9991127,
E-mail: gtagliaf@merate.mi.astro.it).