************************************************************************** BOLETIM ELETRÔNICO SAB N. 272 - 23/03/2005 *************************************************************************** SEÇÃO:INFORMES/OPORTUNIDADES/EVENTOS * * Responsável: Vera Ap.F. Martin (vmartin@uefs.br) *************************************************************************** 1. GEMINI - CHAMADA EXTRAORDINÁRIA 2. POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN STELLAR PHYSICS 3. POSTDOC UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM 4. POSTDOC IAP/APC Paris 5. AGN SCHOOL 6. JOB OFFER 7. POSTDOCTORAL POSITION ESTER PROJECT ******************************************************************* 1. GEMINI - CHAMADA EXTRAORDINÁRIA (comunicado por Max Faundez Abans) Observatório Gemini A Secretaria das Comissões de Programas - SECOP, em nome da NGO/LNA, comunica a oportunidade de chamada para propostas do Observatório Gemini no "Deep Impact special Call". Para maiores informacoes veja: http://www.gemini.edu/sciops/ObsProcess/deepImpactCall2005.html --------------- Special Call for Proposals to Observe Comet Tempel 1 Deep Impact Event Keck Observatory, Gemini Observatory and Subaru Telescope This is an open call to the world astronomical communities to observe the Deep Impact event on Comet Tempel 1 in July 2005, using the most powerful telescopes and instruments currently available. In support of the Deep Impact mission to intercept Comet Tempel 1, windows of Director's Discretionary time have been reserved on the Keck I & II, the Gemini North & South and the Subaru Telescopes. These windows (corresponding to times before, during and after the impact) are: * For Keck, I & II, the night of July 3rd * For Subaru, the night of July 3rd * For Gemini North, the nights of July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th * For Gemini South, the nights of July 3rd, 4th and 5th [The encounter time is currently scheduled for 06:10 4 July 2005 UT, which is 20:10 July 3rd in Hawaii. These times could move slightly later. This timing means that the comet will have set as seen from Chile, and the impact itself will not be observable there. ] Keck has reserved only the night of impact itself for the high resolution spectrograph, HIRES on Keck I, and the near infra-red spectrograph, NIRSPEC on Keck II. All capabilities currently available on Gemini (except GNIRS and GMOS-South) and Subaru are offered. Selection of the instruments will be based on the proposal's scientific merit and coordination between the observatories. The three observatories are inviting joint or individual proposals to all three facilities. Proposers should be aware that the observatory Directors will coordinate the efforts to provide the most complete coverage of the event and to exploit their respective observational strengths. Data from all observatories will be made public immediately after completion of quality assessment. All proposals can be submitted directly to all (but at least one) of the observatory sites: * For the Keck programs, send your proposal(s) to Randy Campbell at rcampbell@keck.hawaii.edu * For the Gemini programs, send your proposal(s) to Phil Puxley at ppuxley@gemini.edu for Gemini South proposals, and to Jean-Rene Roy at jrroy@gemini.edu for Gemini North proposals. * For Subaru programs, send your proposal(s) to Masa Hayashi at masa@subaru.naoj.org Deadlines for proposals are April 30th, 2005. The observatory directors will then meet to choose the programs. Selected PIs will then be contacted to prepare the appropriate phase II material. Observatory, telescope and instrument information can be found at the three observatory web sites: Keck Observatory is at http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu Gemini Observatory is at http://www.gemini.edu Subaru Telescope is at http://www.SubaruTelescope.org ============================================================== 2. POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN STELLAR PHYSICS (comunicado por Claudia Angeli) Postdoctoral position is offered for two years starting autumn 2005, within the ESTER project aimed at modelling the evolution of rotating stars (P.I. M. Rieutord). This project will lead to two-dimensional stellar models able to incorporate the various effects of rotation (long-term effects such as rotational mixing or immediate effect like the oscillation spectrum). The numerical code should be operational by the end of 2006 so as to contribute at best to the scientific payback of the COROT mission. The proposed work should be seen as a contribution to the development of the project. This may take many forms such as, for instance, the study of the oscillation spectrum of stars strongly distorted by the centrifugal acceleration, the role of surface boundary conditions or the study of turbulence modelling in rotating radiative or convective envelopes, etc... The successful applicant will join the Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics group of the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse - France; the group is composed of four senior scientists and PhD students. It has expertise in both theoretical and numerical work and has built several numerical tools which should allow the candidate to be efficient very shortly after arrival. The applicant should be both a theoretician and numerician, with a good background in fluid dynamics and, possibly, some knowledge in radiative transfer. He/she should be less than 40 yr old; salary is 2150 euro/month. More information is available from M. Rieutord (rieutord@obs-mip.fr) or http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhchercheurs/Post_doc_2005/index.html Application file is in http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhchercheurs/Post_doc_2005/dossier_post-doc_2005.pdf Apllication deadline is May 16, 2005. ==================================================================== 3. POSTDOC UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM (comunicado por Claudia Angeli) Postdoc : "Development of Data Reduction Software for VLT/X-shooter" Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam Postdoctoral Position in Optical/nIR Spectroscopy Development of Data Reduction Software for VLT/X-shooter Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam Attention: Dr. L. Kaper We seek a postdoctoral researcher to contribute to the development of data reduction software for X-shooter, the first second-generation instrument to be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile, in 2007. X-shooter is a very efficient echelle spectrograph covering the U to the K-band in one shot. An international consortium, including representatives from Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands and ESO, is involved in the construction of X-shooter. VLT/X-shooter is designed to become the most powerful intermediate resolution spectrograph in the world. In addition to the software development, a significant fraction of time will be devoted to science projects and to the preparation of the X-shooter/GTO program. The successful applicant will join the research group at the Astronomical Institute of the University of Amsterdam, which has a strong international reputation in high-energy astrophysics (X-ray binaries, pulsars, gamma-ray bursts), stellar and binary evolution, and starand planet formation. Given the international collaboration on X-shooter, part of the work related to the development of data reduction software will be carried out at Paris Observatory. The emphasis will be on pipeline software for the near-infrared arm of the instrument. The position is funded for a period of two years, with possibly an extension of a third year, and is immediately available. The net yearly salary is about Euro 31.500 (USD 42.500), depending on age, experience, and family situation. Interested candidates are invited to send their application, including a curriculum vitae and publication list, and the names of three references to: Dr. L. Kaper Astronomical Institute "Anton Pannekoek" University of Amsterdam Kruislaan 403 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel. +31-20-5257474 Fax: +31-20-5257484 Email: lexk@science.uva.nl ==================================================================== 4. POSTDOC IAP/APC Paris (comunicado por Claudia Angeli) Postdoc at the interface between theoretical cosmology and high energy physics phenomenolog . IAP/APC Paris Opening of a two-year postdoctoral position at the interface between theoretical cosmology and high energy physics phenomenology, shared between the theory groups of the IAP (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris) and APC (Astroparticules et Cosmologie, Paris 7). The theory group (GRECO) at the IAP (www.iap.fr) includes L. Blanchet, G. Esposito-Farese, G. Faye, M. Lemoine, J. Martin, P. Peter, A. Riazuelo and J-P. Uzan, as well as F. Bernardeau and P. Brax as "associate researchers". The group is active in cosmology (string cosmology, inflation, quintessence, CMB, cosmic rays) and in gravitational physics (gravitational waves, post-newtonian formalism). The theory group of APC (www.apc-p7.org) includes A. Buonanno, C. Deffayet, D. Langlois, G. Sigl, located at the IAP, J. Mourad, D. Steer, J. Serreau located at the LPT/Orsay, J-P. Gazeau, E. Huguet, J. Renaud, located at Jussieu/Paris 7, P. Binetruy, D. Semikoz, located at College de France. All the members of this group will move, early in 2006, to the APC building, now under construction, on the new campus of University Paris 7. The group is active in cosmology (brane cosmology, inflation), in high energy particle physics (string theory, susy), in mathematical physics (quantization methods) and astroparticle physics (cosmic rays, neutrinos, gravitational waves). The position will start in the Fall of 2005. The first year will be spent at the IAP, while the second year, starting in the Fall of 2006, will be spent in the APC. The research project of the candidate should be at the interface between cosmology and particle physics, preferably related to the topic of the present acceleration of the universe in the light of models of high energy physics Applicants should send their CV and research program as soon as possible and by email to deffayet@iap.fr. Letters of recommendation should also be sent by email. The selection process will start at the end of next week, FRIDAY 18 MARCH. For further information, please contact Cedric Deffayet (deffayet@iap.fr), David Langlois (langlois@iap.fr), Jerome Martin (jmartin@iap.fr) or Patrick Peter (peter@iap.fr). =================================================================== 5. AGN SCHOOL (comunicado por Gerardo Juan Manuel Luna) Dear Colleague, We are writing to announce the program "Physics of Galactic Nuclei" to be held at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the period 22 May -- 28 July, 2006, and to alert you that applications are now being accepted. We also encourage you to inform others who you think might be interested in applying. You'll find a general description of the program's goals at http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/auto/?id=318 , and information about KITP at http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu. We plan to hold a three-day workshop toward the end of June 2006. The application deadline is 1 May, 2005. It's necessary for every participant to apply online via the KITP web site http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/apply/apply.html KITP programs differ from many conferences and workshops in that they create a situation where scientists learn from each other and actually do substantive research, often collaborating with other participants. To foster these interactions, KITP encourages all theory participants to stay for at least three weeks, and gives priority to applicants who plan to do this. We understand, however, that experimentalists and observers often find it harder to manage long visits, and we can be more flexible for them. KITP provides office and computing facilities on its site at UC Santa Barbara and also provides help in finding living accommodations. Some level of financial support will be available, depending on the needs of the participants and availability of funds. Due to space and financial constraints, however, we may not be able to accommodate everyone who responds. Please understand that actual commitments of office space and financial support can be made only by written formal invitations from the KITP Director, David Gross. If you think you'd like to participate, it will help us with our planning if you could apply early, including your proposed length of stay and any financial requirements. Again, feel free to bring this program to the attention of other interested colleagues. Sincerely yours, David Merritt (merritt@astro.rit.edu) Martin Haehnelt (haehnelt@ast.com.ac.uk) Scott Hughes (sahughes@mit.edu) Roeland van der Marel (marel@stsci.edu) =================================================================== 6. JOB OFFER (comunicado por Gerardo Juan Manuel Luna) The Instituto de Radioastronomia Milimetrica (IRAM www.iram.es/IRAMES) in Granada is planning to apply for one of the prestigious Ramon y Cajal Stipends to the Spanish Ministery of Science and Education and is looking for suitable candidates. Details of the call can be found (in English) under http://www.mec.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=cajal_eng&id=11 It is open to candidates from all nationalities, and the idea is to offer them a perspective in Spain. The deadline is very short: the 2. April 2005. Interested candidates are asked to contact the station manager of the 30m telescope Dr. Rainer Mauersberger (mauers@iram.es) as soon as possible. The candidates must have earned their PhD less than 10 years ago. In the past, successful candidates had at the order of 20 or more publications, so there will be a tough competition. mauers@iram.es http://www.iram.es/IRAMES ==================================================================== 7. POSTDOCTORAL POSITION ESTER PROJECT (OBS. MIDI-PYRÉNÉES) (comunicado por Gerardo Juan Manuel Luna) A postdoctoral position is offered for two years starting autumn 2005, within the ESTER project aimed at modelling the evolution of rotating stars (P.I. M. Rieutord). This project will lead to two-dimensional stellar models able to incorporate the various effects of rotation (long-term effects such as rotational mixing or immediate effect like the oscillation spectrum). The numerical code should be operational by the end of 2006 so as to contribute at best to the scientific payback of the COROT mission. The proposed work should be seen as a contribution to the development of the project. This may take many forms such as, for instance, the study of the oscillation spectrum of stars strongly distorted by the centrifugal acceleration, the role of surface boundary conditions or the study of turbulence modelling in rotating radiative or convective envelopes, etc... The successful applicant will join the Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics group of the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse - France; the group is composed of four senior scientists and PhD students. It has expertise in both theoretical and numerical work and has built several numerical tools which should allow the candidate to be efficient very shortly after arrival. The applicant should be both a theoretician and numerician, with a good background in fluid dynamics and, possibly, some knowledge in radiative transfer. He/she should be less than 40 yr old; salary is 2150 euro/month. More information is available from M. Rieutord (rieutord@obs-mip.fr) or http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhchercheurs/Post_doc_2005/index.html Application file is in http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhchercheurs/Post_doc_2005/dossier_post-doc_2005.pdf Apllication deadline is May 16, 2005. email : rieutord@obs-mip.fr *****************************************************************************