POST-DOCTORAL POSITION
Laboratory of Molecular Fluid Dynamics
Instituto de Estructura de la Materia CSIC
Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid (Spain)
One post-Doctoral contract (1 + 1 years) is available in the framework of the
Research Project "Molecular Astrophysics: The Herschel and ALMA Era"
(CSD2009-00038) of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. The
successful candidate will be involved in a study of collisions of several molecular
species of astrophysical interest, aimed at determining the rate coefficients for inelastic
collisions at low temperature, and the formation of small clusters.
The tasks to be undertaken include: 1) laboratory spectroscopic measurements (by Raman
spectroscopy with high time-space resolution) in supersonic jets of H2O or CO, and their
mixtures with H2 and He; 2) data reduction to fluid dynamic quantities (densities,
temperatures, rotational populations, flow velocities, etc); and 3) interpretation of the
experimental data in terms of molecular collisions at the lowest temperature as possible.
The required instrumentation (high power lasers, grating spectrograph, expansion chamber
and nozzles, high vacuum pumps) is fully operative at the laboratory. The sucessful
candidate must have experience in molecular spectroscopy, and will be trained according to
his/her background in Physics, Chemical-, Molecular-, or Statistical Physics, and Quantum
Mechanics.
Well qualified candidates are invited to apply to the contact information below, including a
CV and potential references.
Contact and more information
Prof. Salvador Montero
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Dr. José Ma. Fernández
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http://www.iem.csic.es/departamentos/fismol/fisica_molecular.htm
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