[obsdoc] Job announcement

[Reza Samadi <Reza.Samadi@obspm.fr>]

Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:06:49 +0200
From: Florent Deleflie <Florent.Deleflie@obs-azur.fr>
Subject: Job announcement
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Dear Colleague,

I'd be very much obliged if you could post the announcement below, or
pass it
on to anyone who might be interested.

With best regards,
                        Marc David


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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
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The Astrophysics Research Group at the University of Antwerp announces a

vacancy for a senior post-doc scientist in the framework of a new
project,
entitled 'A HIPPARCOS-based study of the binary population in near-by
OB-associations'.

The HIPPARCOS satellite delivered vastly improved astrometrical data
which
led
to the establishment of secure membership lists for the near-by OB
associations
(De Zeeuw et al. 1999). In a first stage this project aims to establish
which
of the objects in these lists are binaries or multiple systems and to
build a
homogeneous data-base, as complete and accurate as possible, on their
physical
characteristics as bound subsystems. Some of the members are already
known to
be binaries and have been discussed in the literature, while the
astrometrical
data contain indications of binarity for several more. However,
statistical
studies (Odenkirchen and Brosche 1999) indicate that many more of them
may
in fact be close binaries so, for the sake of completeness almost all
members
should now be monitored spectroscopically in high resolution, to detect
systems
which could not be resolved by HIPPARCOS. Moreover, accurate
radial-velocities
derived from these spectra may allow in many cases to refine the present

HIPPARCOS results by re-deriving non-standard solutions subject to
additional
constraints.

In a second stage we shall make a statistical study of the binary
population
in these OB-associations, looking in particular for correlations between

their
physical characteristics and their age, formation history and galactic
environment.

Requirements:
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- - Ph.D. in Physics or Astronomy.
- - Experience with high-resolution spectroscopic observations.


More information:
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The project is funded by ESA/PRODEX Programme 6.
The expected duration is 4 years but at this moment, funding has been
guaranteed only for the first three years.
The employment will be regulated by a labour contract of indefinite
duration,
subject to the Belgian laws on employment in the private sector. The net

wages
(i.e. after deduction of taxes and social-security contributions) will
be
in the range of 1600 to 1900 Euro depending on several elements of the
personal
situation of the employee (e.g. seniority, composition of his/her family

etc.)

The position is available immediately, but a later starting date could
be
negotiated.

Letters of application, including a brief CV, a list of publications and
the
names of two people who are willing to act as a referee (actual letters
of
recommendation are NOT required with the application) should be sent to

Dr. M. David
Dep. Math. and Comp. Sci.
Univ. of Antwerp
Groenenborgerlaan 171
B-2020 Antwerpen
Belgium

Deadline: Sept. 15th 2001


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