[Todos] Post-doc Fermi at CEA, Post-doc Fermi/HESS at Innsbruck.

[Gaston Giribet]

Hola,

Reenvio los anuncios de dos posiciones postdoctorales en Europa en temas 
de astrofisica.

Que esten bien,
Gaston,

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Post-doctoral position in gamma-ray astronomy
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Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex,
France

Contact: Jean Ballet (jballet en cea.fr)

Deadline: 24 April 2009
Selection: May 2009

Description:

The astrophysics department at Saclay, which is situated 30 km south
of Paris, is a major space astrophysics laboratory and is also
involved in ground-based instrumentation and observations. Our
institute is responsible for preparing the catalogue of sources seen
by the main instrument of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The
first full version (1FGL, based on 1 year of data) is due in October
2009, the second one in October 2010. The institute also has important
contributions to the XMM-Newton, Integral, Herschel and Planck
missions, as well as the HESS TeV instrument.
The lab's web site is http://irfu.cea.fr/Sap/ (in French).

We invite applications to work on the Fermi/LAT catalogue production.
After the first year, we plan to add detailed analyses of source
variability, requiring statistical developments and extensive testing.
We will also attempt to improve on the source detection itself.

Two profiles will be considered:
- experts in data analysis and signal processing, even without
   previous experience in astronomy.

- astrophysicists with previous experience in data analysis. Those
   would be expected to work half-time on the Fermi/LAT catalogue
   production and half-time on science related to our research interests.
   Candidates should have either an engineering school degree or a PhD.

Our research interests are mostly in the Galactic science:

- interstellar gamma-ray emission (I. Grenier, J.M. Casandjian)
- pulsars and their wind nebulae (I. Grenier)
- binary sources (S. Corbel, S. Chaty)
- supernova remnants (J. Ballet)

The starting date is September 2009. It is normally for two years and can 
be renewed for an additional year. The net salary is approximately 1800 
euros/month (1900 if more than two years after PhD).

To apply, please submit by email a curriculum vitae, a statement 
describing how you plan to get involved in the team, and two letters of 
recommendation.

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       Postdoctoral appointments in high-energy gamma-ray
       astrophysics

The Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics invites applications for up 
to two Postdoctoral Scholars in the field of observational high-energy 
astrophysics/astroparticle physics for work with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space 
Telescope and/or the H.E.S.S. array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov 
telescopes.

We offer the opportunity to pursue a rigorous research program using two 
of the foremost capable experiments in high-energy astrophysics. Data are 
to be analyzed in close collaboration with the Fermi collaboration and/or 
the European H.E.S.S. consortium. The successful candidate is expected to 
participate in data reduction, broadband modeling, and scientific 
interpretation of emission phenomena in the high-energy gamma-ray 
astrophysics domain. Research shall be focused on one or more of the 
following topics: diffuse galactic continuum emission; SNR- and stellar 
wind-driven particle acceleration; diffusive/convective particle transport 
in regions of high star formation and/or CR storage on cosmological 
timescales; constituents of the extragalactic gamma-ray background; 
broadband observations towards new and/or unidentified high-energy 
sources; gamma-ray sources in the context of multi-messenger observations.

Besides using the aforementioned research facilities, a next-generation 
Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is being planned, including science case 
studies, hard- and software component development, and array performance 
simulations. The candidate has the opportunity to participate in the 
effort by either R/D, and/or science and performance studies and 
simulations.

Initial appointments will be made for up to three years. In case of 
exceptional performance, there is the possibility to enter a career path 
towards habilitation/assistant professorship. Salary and benefits 
according to the Austrian university law (Universitätsgesetz 2002).

Requirements: PhD in astrophysics, preferably high-energy astrophysics or 
astroparticle physics

Applications - including letter of application, CV, academic record, 
publication list and the names of up to three persons who will be able to 
provide information about the applicant - should arrive before May 8, 
2009, but are considered until the positions are filled. Univ.-Prof. Dr. 
Olaf Reimer

Contact:

    Hildegard Egger
    University of Innsbruck
    Technikerstr.25
    A-6020 Innsbruck
    Austria
    hildegard.egger en uibk.ac.at