Postdoctoral position in X-ray cluster science

Submission Information
Publish Date: 
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Archive Date: 
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Job Summary
Job Category: 
Post-doctoral Positions and Fellowships
Institution Classification/Type: 
Research Laboratory
Institution/Company: 
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA Saclay)
Department Name: 
Astrophysics Department
City: 
Gif sur Yvette
State/Province: 
France
Zip/Postal: 
91191
Country: 
France
Announcement
Job Announcement Text: 

The Astrophysics Department at CEA is a major space institute, part of the Paris-Saclay University, a world-leading multidisciplinary campus.

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Researcher to carry out research focussed on X-ray cluster science. The work will take place in the context of the third and final stage of the XMM-XXL survey, which is the largest XMM programme to date; it is associated to numerous surveys from UV to radio. The XXL collaboration involves a large international consortium (Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan, US, Taiwan).

 

The full-depth XXL survey revealed some 500 clusters of galaxies out to z~2 over 50 deg2 . The successful candidate will finalise the characterisation of the cluster detection and selection procedures and the production of the XXL cluster catalogue. He/she will be expected to actively participate in the scientific analysis on topics related to cluster physics evolution and cosmology as well as taking an active part in the multi-lambda associated programmes.

Experience in X-ray data analysis is required. 

 

The position is 1 year, renewable for another 1 or 2 years, full time.

Interested candidates can contact Marguerite Pierre ([email protected]) for further information.

 

XXL survey: http://irfu.cea.fr/xxl

Related publications

XXL A&A special issue (2016): https://www.aanda.org/component/toc/?task=topic&id=601

XXL A&A special issue (2018): https://www.aanda.org/component/toc/?task=topic&id=927

Application Deadline: 
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Selection Deadline: 
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Current Status of Position: 
Accepting Applicants
Apply to Job
Attention To: 
Marguerite PIERRE
Title: 
Dr.
Institution/Company: 
CEA Saclay
Department Name: 
Astrophysics Department
City: 
Gif sur Yvette
Zip/Postal Code: 
91191
Country: 
France
Phone: 
+33 1 69 08 34 92
FAX: 
+33 1 69 08 65 77