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   BOLETIM ELETRÔNICO SAB N. 438 - 03/09/2008

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SEÇÃO: INFORMES / OPORTUNIDADES

Responsável: Vera Ap.F. Martin        (vmartin1963@gmail.com)
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1. CHAMADA PARA PROPOSTAS - GEMINI - 2009A
2. PhD POSITION AT LEIDEN OBSERVATORY ON GALAXY SPECTRA

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1. CHAMADA PARA PROPOSTAS - GEMINI - 2009A
   (comunicado por Marilia J. Sartori)

CHAMADA PARA PROPOSTAS - GEMINI - 2009A

O Escritório Brasileiro do Gemini (BrGO/LNA) comunica a chamada para
propostas para os telescópios Gemini para o semestre 2009A 
(01/02/2009 a 31/07/2009).

Data limite para envio das propostas: 
30 de setembro de 2008 às 24h de Brasília

Instrumentos disponíveis:
Gemini Norte: GMOS, Michelle, NIRI, NIFS
Gemini Sul: GMOS, Phoenix, T-ReCS
Intercâmbio com Keck (HIRES) e com Subaru (Suprime-Cam e MOIRCS)

Seguir as orientações das páginas:
- Informações para os usuários (http://www.lna.br/gemini/ngo/GemNGO.html)
- Semester 2009A Call For Proposals
(http://www.gemini.edu/sciops/ObsProcess/ObsProcIndex.html)

Observe as regras que a NTAC brasileira estabeleceu para propostas
submetidas no Brasil (http://www.lna.br/gemini/ngo/GemNTAC.html).
Para o preenchimento correto das propostas no programa PIT, o BrGO/LNA
recomenda consultar a nova versão da lista de checagem
(http://www.lna.br/gemini/ngo/GemPIT.html). Nessa lista, são dadas
várias orientações a respeito do conteúdo e do formato exigido para as
propostas.

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2. PhD POSITION AT LEIDEN OBSERVATORY ON GALAXY SPECTRA
   (comunicado por Eduardo Telles)

PhD position at Leiden Observatory on galaxy spectra

A 4-year PhD position is available at Leiden Observatory 
in the field of galaxy evolution to work with Dr. Jarle Brinchmann, 
with start negotiable but ideally during 2008. The student will be 
working on resolved spectrscopy of galaxies at high and low redshift. 
The main aim of the work is to carry out a comparative study of
star-forming galaxies at different redshifts. It has become clear 
that typical high- and low-redshift galaxies are systematically 
different in some properties and it has recently been argued that 
this is in part due to differences in the physical properties of 
their star-forming regions. The student will be working on furthering 
these studies and to expand them to also look at differences in the 
dynamical strucure of high- and low-redshift galaxies in a systematic 
way. This work will in part be using recent integral field spectroscopy 
data acquired using the VLT and will require the development of techniques 
and methodologies to accurately compare low- and high-redshift galaxies.

For this project we seek excellent and enthusiastic candidates, who 
are highly interested in observational astronomy and computational 
techniques, a good understanding of statistics is beneficial. The 
astronomy department at Leiden is internationally oriented and hosts 
about 40 graduate students of several nationalities. Further information 
about the department can be found at www.strw.leidenuniv.nl.

Applicants should contact Dr. Brinchmann at the address below for 
further information. Applicants should have, or soon obtain, a masters 
degree in astronomy or in physics with a strong astronomy component. 
Complete applications, including curriculum vitae (with a list of 
courses and grades), two letters of reference, and a letter explaining 
your interest in the project, should be sent by the 1st of October 2008 to:

Dr. Jarle Brinchmann
Sterrewacht Leiden, PO Box 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
email: jarle@strw.leidenuniv.nl ;
tel: +31 71 527 8470;
fax: +31 71 527 5819

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