SAVE THE DATE Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Interstellar Shocks* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
We will organize a session in the Physics School of Les Houches in France on the topic of interstellar shocks in March, 22-27, 2020.
The session will give a comprehensive view of the role and impacts of shocks, that are ubiquitous in galaxies and their close environments. The session will include lectures on physical and chemical processes in interstellar shocks, observations, models, experiments, as well as hands-on sessions. The speakers are confirmed but the program may still be subject to minor changes.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION: SHOCK PHYSICS
Pierre Lesaffre, LPENS, ENS, LERMA, Paris Observatory, CNRS, France
Glenn E. Ciolek, New York Center for Astrobiology & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York USA
John Raymond, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory & Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
SHOCK MODELS
Andrew Lehmann, LPENS, ENS, Paris, France
Brent Groves, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
SHOCK CHEMISTRY
Michael Kaufman, San Jose State University, San Jose, USA
Vincent Guillet, LUPM, Montpellier, IAS, Paris Sud University, France
SHOCK OBSERVATIONS
David Neufeld, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Sylvie Cabrit, LERMA, Paris Observatory, Paris, France
Pierre Guillard, IAP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
SHOCK EXPERIMENTS
Andrea Ciardi, LERMA, Sorbonne University, Paris Observatory, Paris, France
COLLISIONLESS AND PARTICLE ACCELERATION
Martin Lemoine, IAP, CNRS, Paris, France
Alexandre Marcowith, LUPM, CNRS, Montpellier, France
HANDS-ON SESSION SHOCK MODELS
Brent Groves, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Benjamin Godard, LERMA, Paris Observatory, LPENS, ENS Paris, France
Pierre Guillard, IAP & Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Antoine Gusdorf, LPENS, ENS, LERMA, Paris Observatory, CNRS, France
Pierre Lesaffre, LPENS, ENS, LERMA, Paris Observatory, CNRS, France
BROADENING THE SUBJECT
Edith Falgarone, LPENS, ENS, LERMA, Paris Observatory, CNRS, France
Julien Devriendt, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Martin Houde, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Postdoctoral position in electron/molecule collisions at Le Havre University, France
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, ioan.schneider@univ-lehavre.fr, or Arnaud Bultel,
arnaud.bultel@coria.fr.
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