RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN
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The Plasma Astrophysics group of the Dept. of
Physics of the University of Athens and the Institute for Accelerating Systems
and Applications (IASA) in Greece http://www.physics.uoc.gr/~tsingan/
have available a vacant position for a postdoctoral researcher (minimum
qualification is a PhD degree).
The post is available immediately, and it will
be filled as soon as a qualified applicant is found. It has guaranteed funding
till
The Athens Plasma Astrophysics Group has a leading experience in the theoretical modeling of astrophysical outflows, wherein the theory of non-dissipative, self-collimated, MHD outflows has been developed in some detail. However, this theory is not complete as long as dissipative and radiative effects, possibly associated with the development of instabilities in some regions of these flows, have not been taken into account. Such effects are important since they may affect their focusing and dynamical acceleration. Hence, the successful applicant is expected to work on a generalization of ideal MHD models of collimated outflows by adding non-ideal MHD effects and thus extend the study of astrophysical jets by self-consistently including in their description effects which are ignored by the standard ideal MHD description, such as dissipation, radiative forces and heating. The proposed research is theoretical in character. It will involve analytical methods as well as numerical ones for solving the resulting equations, when this is not possible by other methods.
Qualified applicants should send a CV and the name and contact information of three referees. Enquiries and applications should be sent preferentially by email to the following address:
Prof. Kanaris Tsinganos, Section of
Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics, Department of Physics,
and a copy of all applications should be sent
to
Eileen
Flood, JETSET Administrator, DIAS,