National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Location
Pasadena, CA | United States
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Description
Observations at far-infrared/submillimeter wavelengths play a critical role in our understanding of star formation and the life cycle of gas in the interstellar medium, and continued development of detectors and instruments is required to fully exploit this part of the spectrum. A postdoctoral fellow is sought to work with C. Darren Dowell and collaborators to work on the development of far-IR/submm instrumentation and on related astrophysics. Immediate opportunities include work on SOFIA instrumentation (HAWC+) and polarimetry of the interstellar medium, Kinetic Inductance Detectors for far-IR/submm wavelengths, and the Cerro Chajnator Atacama Telescope.
References:
A. Kovács, S. C. Chapman, C. D. Dowell, A. W. Blain, & T. G. Phillips, Astrophysical Journal, 650, 592 (2006) – “SHARC-2 350 Micron Observations of Distant Submillimeter Selected Galaxies”
P. K. Day, H. G. LeDuc, R. A. M. Lee, C. D. Dowell, & J. Zmuidzinas, in Proc. SPIE, 6275, #57 (2006) – “Distributed antenna-coupled transition edge sensors”
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