Postdoc in Astrophysics: JWST & Black-Hole Feedback

EURAXESS Ireland; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The successful candidate will join the Astrophysics team at Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure in Paris to work on the VIEWS project, exploring AGN feedback and star formation regulation via advanced emission models and JWST data. Applicants should have a PhD in physics or astronomy, with strong skills in modeling, simulations, and programming (Python, Fortran, C++).

RAMSES and radiative transfer experience are pluses.

Qualifications

• PhD in physics, astronomy or related subject by appointment time.
• Strong expertise in modeling or numerical simulations.

Responsibilities

• Develop an integrated framework to infer excitation conditions from JWST spectra.
• Conduct high-resolution 3D MHD simulations of fast shocks with RAMSES including time-dependent chemistry.
• Quantify the impact of shocks on ionized line emission and interpretation of JWST observations.

Skills

Python

Fortran

C++

Modeling

Numerical simulations

Education

PhD in physics/astronomy

Tools

CLOUDY

Meudon PDR

MAPPINGs

RAMSES

Job description

The successful candidate will join the Astrophysics team at Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure in Paris to work on the VIEWS project, exploring AGN feedback and star formation regulation via advanced emission models and JWST data. Applicants should have a PhD in physics or astronomy, with strong skills in modeling, simulations, and programming (Python, Fortran, C++).

RAMSES and radiative transfer experience are pluses.