A PhD position is available starting this fall at the Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek” in Amsterdam. Ideally the student would begin in September but anytime in the fall is possible.
In any system where we see magnetized plasma accreting onto a central source, we also see astrophysical jets at least some of the time. The jets produced by accreting black holes and neutron stars are highly collimated, relativistic, and can dominate the entire output of the system. Yet despite decades of study we still do not understand the physics of jet formation or their basic internal characteristics. Besides being direct windows into the physics of strong gravity and extreme magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), jets also have an enormous impact on their environment which in the case of AGN can even effect the growth of the host galaxy. Luckily, since black holes come in stellar and supermassive versions spanning 8 orders of magnitude in mass, we can study different phenomena at either end of this large scale and get an extra handle on the physics involved.
The PhD student will join two usually separate approaches, semi-analytical modeling and numerical simulations, enabled by advances in a new MHD code that includes radiative terms. He/she will develop an entirely new method by which the results of 3D, fully general relativistic, MHD simulations of jets can be compared to multiwavelength data from accreting black holes. This project defines the cutting edge of the field, and the student will make advances which have relevance to many areas of astrophysics where accretion is involved. The student will work with Dr. Sera Markoff, as well as with an extensive group of international collaborators.
The Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek is a lively, international research institute with about a dozen each of faculty and postdocs, and ~20 PhD students. The institute is 20 minutes from downtown Amsterdam on the UvA science campus, also the informatics/computing technology center of the Netherlands. See http://www.astro.uva.nl for more information about the institute.
Applicants must have a Masters degree or equivalent, and preferably have experience with computers/coding. Interested candidates should email a concise letter of interest, a CV, an official list of courses taken and grades, a publication list, and the names and email addresses of three people to be contacted for letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin August 1 and continue until the position is filled, but applications received before September 15 will be given priority. Females are especially encouraged to apply.
For information or to submit an application, please contact:
Dr. Sera Markoff
Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”
University of Amsterdam
e: sera[ at ]science.uva.nl
t: +31 20 525 7478/7491
In any system where we see magnetized plasma accreting onto a central source, we also see astrophysical jets at least some of the time. The jets produced by accreting black holes and neutron stars are highly collimated, relativistic, and can dominate the entire output of the system. Yet despite decades of study we still do not understand the physics of jet formation or their basic internal characteristics. Besides being direct windows into the physics of strong gravity and extreme magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), jets also have an enormous impact on their environment which in the case of AGN can even effect the growth of the host galaxy. Luckily, since black holes come in stellar and supermassive versions spanning 8 orders of magnitude in mass, we can study different phenomena at either end of this large scale and get an extra handle on the physics involved.
The PhD student will join two usually separate approaches, semi-analytical modeling and numerical simulations, enabled by advances in a new MHD code that includes radiative terms. He/she will develop an entirely new method by which the results of 3D, fully general relativistic, MHD simulations of jets can be compared to multiwavelength data from accreting black holes. This project defines the cutting edge of the field, and the student will make advances which have relevance to many areas of astrophysics where accretion is involved. The student will work with Dr. Sera Markoff, as well as with an extensive group of international collaborators.
The Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek is a lively, international research institute with about a dozen each of faculty and postdocs, and ~20 PhD students. The institute is 20 minutes from downtown Amsterdam on the UvA science campus, also the informatics/computing technology center of the Netherlands. See http://www.astro.uva.nl for more information about the institute.
Applicants must have a Masters degree or equivalent, and preferably have experience with computers/coding. Interested candidates should email a concise letter of interest, a CV, an official list of courses taken and grades, a publication list, and the names and email addresses of three people to be contacted for letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin August 1 and continue until the position is filled, but applications received before September 15 will be given priority. Females are especially encouraged to apply.
For information or to submit an application, please contact:
Dr. Sera Markoff
Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”
University of Amsterdam
e: sera[ at ]science.uva.nl
t: +31 20 525 7478/7491
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