IVS colleagues and others: The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) is recruiting a Postdoctoral researcher in Astrophysics to join the project MuSES (Multi-messenger Studies of Extragalactic Super-colliders) led by Prof. Yuri Kovalev (ERC grant No 101142396). The project will study the physical processes near supermassive black holes that are responsible for launching and propagating relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN).
Project objectives: (1) observational studies of AGN jet geometry, collimation, and acceleration; (2) probing the physical mechanism of neutrino production on the basis of multi-messenger blazar data.
The prime goal is to use VLBI observations together with other electromagnetic and neutrino data to understand particle acceleration and neutrino production in blazars.
We seek a researcher whose scientific interests align with one or more of the project objectives. Experience in any of the following areas is desirable but not strictly required: radio interferometry techniques and VLBI, modern methods of electromagnetic or multi-messenger statistical data analysis, AGN jet simulations.
For further details, application procedures and contact information, please refer to the MPIfR (LINK).