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| Two-year postdoctoral position in Pavia (Italy) on multiwavelength observations of accreting objects | Closing date: 2025-04-22
Contact: Paolo Esposito |
| The position is funded for two years, with the possibility of extension up to five years, depending on performance and availability of funds. It is reserved for young researchers (within 7 years after the PhD defense) who have spent at least three months in research outside Italy before obtaining their PhD degree. | | ▸ more | You can find the announcement and the full information here https://shorturl.at/kvmTq and apply at https://pica.cineca.it/iuss/
Title of the project:
Exploring accretion across all mass scales, from white dwarfs to supermassive black holes
The proposed research will investigate accretion processes onto compact objects across a wide range of mass scales, from white dwarfs, neutron stars, and stellar black holes to supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies. Accretion, where material falls into the gravitational wells of compact objects, drives some of the Universe?s most energetic phenomena and its study may reveal insights into extreme environments and explain the evolution of a wide range of astrophysical systems. The main currently operating observatories (e.g. GAIA, eROSITA, Swift, XMM-Newton, Chandra, Fermi, XRISM, MeerKAT, and JWST) offer a unique opportunity to explore rare and intriguing sources by a multiwavelength approach, including double- degenerate white dwarf and neutron star systems, black hole micro-quasars, gravitational wave precursors, ultra-luminous or super- soft X-ray sources, flaring active galactic nuclei, and unusual emission mechanisms like direct impact accretion, shock-dominated models, and those involving both accretion disks and jets.
Experience in analyzing astrophysical data, both in spectral and timing studies, is required. Familiarity with Fourier analysis, statistics, and machine learning techniques are important. The position also requires the ability to plan astrophysical observations with space-based and ground-based observatories.
Please feel free to contact paolo.esposito @ iusspavia.it with any questions.
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