An 18 months postdoctoral position on electron/molecule collisions in
carbonated cold plasmas at Normandie Université/Le Havre,
LOMC-UMR-6294, Reactive Processes group, is open.
Expected date of employment: September 1st 2019
Closing date for the applications: August 1st 2019
Salary ~ 2500 €/month according to experience
The position is financed by the FEDER and the French ANR.
The postdoctoral work aims to study reactive collisions playing a major
role in the kinetics of cold ionized gases, mainly those involved in the
removal/conversion of the carbon dioxide, in the hydrocarbon-based
nanoparticle-containing/dusty plasmas and in astrochemistry.
The processes to be explored are electron/molecule (positively ionized
or neutral) reactive collisions - dissociative recombination, dissociative
attachment, ro-vibrational and dissociative excitation. All these
processes involve super-excited molecular states, inducing often
spectacular resonances in the shape of the cross sections, which have
to be included in the dynamics treatment in order to allow the
production of accurate rate coefficients.
The project consists in two complementary and interconnected parts:
(1) the production of cross sections and rate coefficients for carbon-
containing targets - CO, CO2, CxHy, etc. and their cations - and other
species populating the carbonated plasmas (containing H, N, O, Ar, etc.)
for the modelling of the kinetics and of the energetic transfers,
(2) the development of theoretical tools (methods, computing programs)
in order to increase their performance in accuracy, account of major
reaction mechanisms and capability to address complex species. The
methods used will be mainly time-independent - Multichannel Quantum
Defect Theory (MQDT), Configuration Interaction method (CI), etc. -
and will rely on the use of modern tools in the study of the molecular
structure and collision theory - MOLPRO and QUANTEMOL packages,
R-matrix method, etc. Openings to close-coupling and time-dependent
methods are also welcome.
The required qualification includes a PhD in Physics or Chemistry, solid
background in Quantum Mechanics, in particular in Collision Theory,
facility in using numerical methods, FORTRAN programming skills, ability
for interactive working within a team and with other teams, good
knowledge of English (spoken, written). Experience in Quantum
Chemistry, analytic calculation skills, capacity of understanding
experiments and their link with theoretical models and/or elementary
knowledge on Plasma Physics are very welcome.
The project relies on strong collaborations with other Normand laboratories
- CORIA and LSPC in Rouen, LCS in Caen - with other laboratories in France
- GREMI in Orléans, LSPM, ITODYS, LGPM, Aimé-Cotton, LPGP in Paris, LUPM
in Montpellier, IPAG in Grenoble - and abroad - University of
Central Florida - Orlando, University College London, Forschungszentrum
Jülich, Nanotec in Bari, ATOMKI in Debrecen, Calcutta University,
Politehnica
and West Universities in Timisoara, etc. For the first six months of the
project,
the candidate will often visit the CORIA laboratory in the framework of the
collaboration.
The interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply by sending a
cover letter, a CV, a full publications list, and contact details of two
references
to Ioan Schneider, [log in to unmask], or Arnaud Bultel,
[log in to unmask]
REFERENCES:
A. Abdoulanziz et al, MNRAS 479, 2415, 2018.
Y. Moulane et al, A&A 615, A53, 2018.
K Chakrabarti et al, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 51, 104002, 2018.
C. H. Yuen et al, MNRAS 484, 659, 2019.
D. O. Kashinski et al, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 204109, 2017.
D. A. Little et al, Phys. Rev. A 90, 052705, 2014.
O. Motapon et al, Phys. Rev. A 90, 012706, 2014.
K. Chakrabarti et al, Phys. Rev. A 87, 022702, 2013.
I. F. Schneider et al, Phys. Rev. A 86, 062706, 2012.
R. Debek et al, Catalysis today, in press, 2019,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.03.039
V. Morel et al, Spectroch. Acta B, 103-104, 112, 2015.
I. B. Denysenko et al, Pl. Phys. Cont. Fus. 61, 014014, 2019.
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Ioan F. SCHNEIDER, Professeur de Physique,
Responsable du Master mention ENERGIE,
Université du Havre, UFR Sciences & Techniques,
25, rue Philippe Lebon, BP 1123, 76063 Le Havre cedex, France,
&
Laboratoire ONDES & MILIEUX COMPLEXES (LOMC) CNRS-UMR-6294,
Groupe de recherche PROCESSUS REACTIFS,
53, Rue Prony, CS 80 540, 76058 Le Havre, France.
Tél: +33 (0)2.32.74-4313, (0)2.35.21-7128, (0)6.61.50.53.99
Fax: +33 (0)2.32.74-4314; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.univ-lehavre.fr
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