One predoctoral position at CEFCA associated to the project XTREM

One Predoctoral Position at CEFCA Associated to the Project XTREM

The "Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón" (CEFCA) invites applications for one predoctoral position in Astrophysics. This action is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 / FEDER, UE) with grant PREP2023-001336 associated with the project LA NATURALEZA Y EVOLUCION COSMICA DE LAS GALAXIAS CON LINEA DE EMISION EXTREMA "XTREM" (PID2023-147386NB-I00).

CEFCA is a research institution located in Teruel, Spain, responsible for the operation, data management, and scientific exploitation of the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (OAJ), an astronomical facility specifically suited for large astronomical surveys with very large field-of-view (FoV) telescopes: the 2.5m Javalambre Survey Telescope (JST250; 3deg diameter FoV) and the 83cm Javalambre Auxiliary Survey Telescope (JAST80; 2deg diameter FoV).

The PhD project will be pivotal in the XTREM long-term research program. Its main objectives are the scientific exploitation of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the wide-field spectrophotometric mapping of J-PAS to study the most extreme emission-line galaxies (EELGs) through cosmic time.

In this context, CEFCA is seeking one predoctoral researcher to conduct ambitious research centered on the following goals:

1. a) the star formation history of EELGs;
2. b) the internal (stellar formation, dynamics) and external processes that influence the initiation and propagation of star formation;
3. c) the chemical abundances defining this population at all redshifts via main fundamental relations (e.g. mass-metallicity-SFR) and their interpretation in terms of chemical evolution models;
4. d) the gas kinematics of these galaxies, whether they rotate like disks or are dominated by turbulence and outflows;
5. e) the ISM physics to understand the escape of ionizing photons and how these processes might be applicable to reionization galaxies.

The predoc researcher will work under the supervision of Dr. Ricardo Amorín, PI of the project, and will engage in all the activities planned for XTREM, including frequent working visits to XTREM collaborators at IAA-CSIC and training visits in international partners, e.g. INAF-Rome and STScI. The contract will be conducted at the CEFCA’s headquarters in Teruel. In addition to the salary and the needed equipment, funds to assist national and international meetings and workshops will be provided.

Additional information, including details about the needed documentation and the evaluation process can be found here.