Diploma/Master/PhD Thesis Projects Available
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Astrometry
October 2010:
We offer a PhD position in the framework of our ongoing PRIMA
(phase-referenced interferometry with microarcsecond astrometry) project.
Our group at the Landessternwarte is part of an international consortium which
has built differential delay lines (a subsystem of the PRIMA instrument, located on
Paranal in Chile).
Another deliverable will the astrometric software package with which PRIMA observations
can be reduced. In turn, the consortium gets from ESO guaranteed observing time to carry
out an astrometric exoplanet search program with PRIMA, probably starting in 2011.
The successful candidate will be involved in the commissioning of the
PRIMA instrument and the astrometric software and the preparation and execution
of the astrometric planet search program.
The Landessternwarte has a PhD exchange program with the
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
(PUC). The successful candidate will thus spend at least one year at PUC in Chile
(with frequent trips to Paranal), and the other two years or so at the LSW in Heidelberg.
Applications are invited at the contact addresses below. Review of applications will start
immediately until the position is filled.
October 2010:
We are looking for a diploma/bachelor/master student to work on
binary stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster.
More information on our research activities can be found on our
group homepage.
Extrasolar Planet Search via Precise Radial Velocities
No specific openings at this time. Please contact us at the addresses below
if you are interested in conducting your research in this field for your
diploma, master or PhD degree
(opportunities are usually available any time).
More information can be found on our
group homepage.
Contact
Dr. Sabine Reffert, email: S.Reffert@lsw.uni-heidelberg.de, phone: 06221-541713
Prof. Andreas Quirrenbach, email: A.Quirrenbach@lsw.uni-heidelberg.de, phone: 06221-541792
address for applications:
Prof. Andreas Quirrenbach
ZAH - Landessternwarte
Königstuhl 12
69117 Heidelberg
Germany
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