Two postdoc positions to join the X-IFU team

Announcement

21 juillet 2020

Athena is the second large mission of the Cosmic Vision science program of the European Space Agency. Dedicated to the study of the Hot and Energetic Universe, Athena will carry a large aperture X-ray telescope, and two complementary focal plane instruments: the Wide Field Imager (WFI) and the X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU). The X-IFU is a revolutionary instrument providing spatially resolved high resolution X-ray spectroscopy, with 2.5 eV spectral resolution over a field of view of 5 arcminute equivalent diameter. The X-IFU will be developed by an international Consortium, involving Europe, the United States and Japan. The X-IFU Principal Investigator is Didier Barret (IRAP, Toulouse, France). The French Space Agency (CNES) is the technical authority responsible for the overall development of the X-IFU.

The two positions are opened to candidates of any nationality holding a PhD. The applicants should have expertise in X-ray astronomy. They will be hosted at IRAP, and will work closely with members of the CNES project team, also located in Toulouse.

Calendar:

  • Application deadline: Thursday, September 17, 2020
  • Selection deadline: Friday, October 30, 2020
  • Starting date: At the latest Friday, January 1, 2021

More information about the positions and application procedure can be found at:

For any questions, please contact us at xifu@irap.omp.eu.

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