[astro-jc] Postdoc Exoplanet Direct Imaging / LESIA, Obsevatoire Paris Meudon

[Anthony Boccaletti <anthony.boccaletti@obspm.fr>]

Postdoctoral position at the Laboratoire d'Etude Spatiales et 
d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA), Observatoire de 
Paris-Meudon, Meudon, France

The LESIA is opening a postdoc position (2 years) in the context of 
exoplanet direct imaging. This position is funded by the Agence 
Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR).  The LESIA is developing a 
coronagraphic concept (the Four Quadrant Phase Mask) since year 2000 and 
participate in several programs of exoplanet research. In particular, we 
are designing a mid IR coronagraphic system for MIRI one of the 4 
instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope. We also actively 
contribute at several levels in the SPHERE project (a Planet Finder 
instrument at the Very Large Telescope to be operational by 2010). In 
that context, most of our effort is put on the achromatization of the 
phase mask coronagraph.

The candidate will be participating in 2 projects :

1/ the development and tests of a phase mask coronagraph for NACO the AO 
near IR system at the VLT. This coronagraph will be combined with the 
Simultaneous Differential Imager in order to observe methaned-companions 
around nearby and/or young stars.

2/ the development and tests of an achromatic IR coronagraph in the 
framework of the SPHERE projects based on the use of half-wave plates. 


Candidates should have a PhD in astronomy or in a related field. They 
should have experience in High Angular Resolution, ideally in stellar 
coronagraphy, and should be able to perform numerical instrumental 
simulations (IDL or other equivalent language).

The starting date should not be later than September 2006. The net 
salary is about 1700 euros/month.

Interested candidates should submit a CV, a list of publications, and a 
description of current researches together with reference letters to :
 
Anthony Boccaletti (anthony.boccaletti@obspm.fr)
and/or Pierre Baudoz (pierre.baudoz@obspm.fr)


Anthony Boccaletti

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