Looking at Infrared Background Radiation with Euclid - LIBRAE

About the role

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Description

LIBRAE is one of 3 US-based science projects approved by NASA to run on the successfully operating ESA’s Dark Energy Euclid mission, with a major contribution from NASA. LIBRAE will measure source-subtracted cosmic infrared background (CIB) structure (fluctuations) and determine the epochs of the populations producing these fluctuations. In conjunction with a number of other X-ray missions and microwave facilities, it will probe the contribution of early black holes, and the condition of intergalactic gas at these epochs. See description and plans at https://www.euclid.caltech.edu/page/KashlinskyTeam. We are seeking motivated junior scientists to participate in the development of this program and obtaining/analyzing the new measurements. The successful candidate should be qualified and interested to participate in one, or all, of the following:

• preparation of accurate maps from Euclid data suitable for probing the CIB signal
• refining understanding of the contributions from known and new populations to the CIB signal
• further development of theoretical contributions from early populations, such as Population 3, direct-collapse black holes, or primordial black holes making up dark matter

Location

Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland

Field of Science

Astrophysics

Advisors

Jeff Kruk
Jeffrey.W.Kruk@nasa.gov
301-286-8758

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen
• U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)
• Foreign National eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status
• Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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