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                     BOLETIM ELETRÔNICO SAB N. 271 - 16/03/2005
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SEÇÃO: OPORTUNIDADES/EVENTOS * Responsável: Vera Ap.F. Martin (vmartin@uefs.br)
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1. POSTDOC LNA
2. WORKSHOP ON  "STARS WITH THE B[e] PHENOMENON"
3. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP XMM-NEWTON SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTRE

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1. POSTDOC LNA
    (comunicado por Albert Bruch)

O Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica - LNA oferece uma bolsa para um pós-doutorado com a
atribuição de elaborar, como parte das suas atividades no LNA, um estudo sobre a adesão do
Brasil ao Internacional Virtual Observatory Alliance. Para maiores detalhes, favor acessar o site
http://www.lna.br/oportunidade2.html.

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2. WORKSHOP ON  "STARS WITH THE B[e] PHENOMENON"
     (comunicado por Francisco Xavier de Araujo)


                     SECOND ANNOUNCMENT:

                         Workshop on

              "Stars with the B[e] phenomenon"

                      10 - 16 July 2005

            Island of Vlieland, The Netherlands


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The purpose of this workshop is to gather theorists with expertise in
stellar evolution, stellar atmospheres, stellar winds, mass loss
and transfer, and circumstellar disks, as well as observers, working
in different spectral regions to present and discuss the latest progress
in the field of B[e] stars.

We especially want to focus on the following questions :

- What causes the B[e] phenomenon?
- Does every B (and O?) star undergo a B[e] phase during its
   evolution?
- Which roles play rotation, magnetic fields, and especially
   binarity?
- What is the evolutionary connection of B[e] supergiants with
   other post-main sequence massive stars, especially with LBVs?
- What is the evolutionary status of the so-called "unclassified"
   B[e] stars?
- Is there any connection between the classical Be stars and B[e]
   stars?

* CONTACT :

e-mail: M.Kraus@phys.uu.nl
http://www.astro.uu.nl/~kraus/b-e-conf/


* IMPORTANT DEADLINES :

Abstract submission : March 31, 2005
Registration : April 30, 2005
Hotel reservation : May 15, 2005
Payment (Registration fee + hotel deposit) : May 15, 2005
Workshop : July 10 - July 16, 2005

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3. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP XMM-NEWTON SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTRE
    (comunidado por Raimundo Lopes de Oliveira Filho)
 
The European Space Agency, ESA, offers astronomers and space
scientists the possibility to hold ESA-funded Post-doctoral
Research Fellowships. Details of the program can be found at:
 
http://www.rssd.esa.int/?project=TOP&page=fellowships
 
Within this program ESA Internal Research Fellowships are available
at the XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre (in the European Space
Astronomy Centre, located at Villafranca near Madrid, Spain), see:
 
http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/
 
Interviews are planned for April 2005. It is expected that the
successful candidate will conduct research based on XMM-Newton
data.
 
Applicants for this post should have a PhD in astrophysics or
an equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline. Experience in
medium to high resolution X-ray spectroscopy and/or the study of
Active Galactic Nuclei is desirable.
 
Contact: N. Schartel (Norbert.Schartel@sciops.esa.int)
 
Yours sincerely,
XMM-Newton SOC

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