OPEN: PhD POSITION IN HIGH-ENERGY EMISSION FROM NEUTRON STARS IN BINARIES

Jobs

We welcome applications for one postdoctoral research fellow position at the Department of Physics of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Duties of the position
The postdoctoral research fellow will work on topics related to compact binary millisecond pulsars (aka “spiders”) within the LOVE-NEST team. She or he is expected to carry out an independent research program, and to investigate particle acceleration and transport in pulsars and related systems. The main scientific focus is on the high-energy processes leading to cosmic ray, neutrino and gamma-ray production in compact binaries.

OPEN: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW IN ASTROPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS

Jobs

We welcome applications for one PhD position at the Department of Physics of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
The postdoctoral research fellow will work on topics related to compact binary millisecond pulsars (aka “spiders”) within the LOVE-NEST team. She or he is expected to carry out an independent research program, and to develop numerical simulations of spiders and related systems. The main scientific focus is on the interaction between the innermost pulsar wind and its surroundings.

Reviewing applications

News

We have received a total of 39 applications for the two postdoctoral positions which were recently advertised and, we are currently reviewing them. We thank all applicants for their interest, stay tuned for more openings!

binary millisecond pulsar

New source of lithium production found in the Universe

Outreach

A team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the University of Manchester and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have detected an anomalously high lithium abundance in the atmosphere of the companion star of a binary millisecond pulsar. The lithium abundance is higher compared to stars with the same effective temperature and high-metallicity stars and so the study provides unambiguous evidence for fresh lithium production.

A massive pulsar irradiates a Solar-type star

A massive pulsar irradiates a Solar-type star

Outreach

Researchers from the UPC and the IAC discover one of the most massive neutron stars. Using a pioneering method, researchers from the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) have found a neutron star of about 2.3 solar masses—one of the most massive…

A 2.3 Solar-mass neutron star in PSR J2215_5135

A 2.3 Solar-mass neutron star in PSR J2215+5135

Outreach

VIDEO: PSR J2215+5135 Orbital period: 4.14 hours Spin period: 2.61 milliseconds Distance from Earth: about 10.000 light-years The inner face of the companion star, strongly irradiated by the pulsar, is heated up to about 8100 degrees Kelvin. As a consequence, hydrogen absorption lines dominate the visible spectrum of the hot side of the star. The…