LESIA, Observatory of Paris
Paris, France
Description
Description
The successful applicant will carry out research with Dr N. Biver, D. Bockelée-Movan, J. Crovisier and colleagues on the analysis of data obtained by the Microwave Instrument for the Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO). The Rosetta mission will arrive at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. The goals of the MIRO instrument are to measure the sub-surface temperature of the nucleus, the production rates, and the relative abundances, velocity and excitation temperature of several gas phase species (CO, NH3, CH3OH, and three isotopologues of H2O), along with their spatial and temporal variability. The successful applicant will focus her/his research on the development of inverse methods for the analysis of the molecular lines.
Requirements
The position requires a PhD in astronomy/astrophysics, and candidates should have experience on observations and radiative transfer modelling of molecular lines in cometary/planetary or circumstellar atmospheres.
More information and applications
The appointement will be for 15 months. The net income is on the order of 2000 Euros per month. Funds are provided by the french space agency (CNES). The starting date is ideally in October 2013.
Interested candidates should send a curriculum vitae, publication list and statement of research interests by 1 June, 2013 to Dr Dominique Bockelée-Morvan
(dominique.bockelee@obspm.fr). Letters of reference can be sent separately or jointly with the application. Any question about the position can also be e-mailed.
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