A post-doc position is available in the group of Geert-Jan Kroes at Leiden
University, starting anytime after 1 January 2000, for a total period of
two years.
The post-doc will do research on the quantum dynamics of a gas phase
four-atom reaction that is a paradigm for reactions that proceed through
the formation of a long-lived collision complex. Calculations will be
attempted in which all six degrees of freedom are treated quantum
mechanically, for total angular momentum J=0. For the system to be tackled,
such calculations still represent a great challenge. In the calculations, a
hybrid method will be used: the time-dependent wave packet method will be
employed for the short time dynamics, which will be extrapolated to long
times using information concerning resonances that is obtained with
filterdiagonalization. The potential energy surface that will be used in
the dynamics calculations is already available. Questions that will be
considered are: (i) how does the formation of long-lived collision
complexes affect the reactivity?, and (ii) does the bond that is not broken
in the reaction act as a spectator? In the project, we will collaborate
with Prof. D. Neuhauser (University of California at Los Angeles).
Scientists with a Ph.D. in Chemistry, Physics, or numerical Mathematics who
are interested in molecular quantum mechanics and have experience with
numerical methods and computer programming are asked to apply. The total
salary (before taxes) will be between dfl 5153,- and dfl 8682,- per month,
depending on experience. The appointment will be for two years.
Leiden is a pleasant town which is only half an hour away from Amsterdam by
train, and Leiden University is the oldest and perhaps the most famous
university of the Netherlands. The theoretical chemistry group of Marc van
Hemert and Geert-Jan Kroes at Leiden is a lively and growing group which
includes at present 1 post-doc and five graduate students, with one
additional vacancy for a graduate student which will be advertized soon.
If interested, please send a letter and CV by airmail to the below address,
and arrange for two letters of recommendation, to be sent as well to the
below address (please use ordinary or air mail, not e-mail). The deadline
for receiving letter and CV is 1 December 1999.
G.J.Kroes ([log in to unmask])
LIC
Gorlaeus Laboratoria
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden
Postbus 9502
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
(tel.+31 71 527 4396, Fax (new number) +31 71 527 4488)
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