Location:  Highfield Campus
Salary:   £28,695 to £30,434 
Full Time Fixed Term (3 Years)
Closing Date:   Saturday 14 February 2015
Reference:  495114WF

A Research Fellow/Senior Reserch Assistant postion is available within the Southampton Astronomy Group to work mainly on analysis and scientific exploitation of the LeMMINGS Survey which is being undertaken with the new high resolution eMERLIN radio array. LeMMINGS is the second largest of the eMERLIN legacy surveys and will map all 280 galaxies above declination +20 in the Palomar Nearby Galaxies Survey with 50 mas resolution. Amongst the many aims are to carry out a census of accretion in the local universe and to precisely determine the radio/X-ray/mass `fundamental plane'. The ideal applicant would be competent in radio analysis and also have some competence in other wavebands, eg X-ray and optical/IR, as most of the science aims require correlation of radio properties with those in other wavebands. The successful applicant may also be involved in eMERGE, the largest eMERLIN legacy survey centred on GOODS-N, whose aim is to study the cosmic evolution of the star formation rate and of AGN. The position is available for 2 years in the first instance with a possible extension to 3 years. The starting salary is between £28,695 and £30,434 depending on experience.

The Southampton Astronomy Group is one of the world's leading groups in the study of compact objects and variability across all wavebands and with interests in all scales from X-ray binary systems to cosmological.

The Astronomy group is part of the School of Physics & Astronomy, which is ranked as a world top-30 Physics department. We are part of the larger Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering which brings together fundamental physics research with one of the UK's largest and strongest computer science departments. We are also part of the new STAG Institute (Southampton Theory, Astronomy and Gravitation) which combines researchers across Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics.

The deadline for the receipt of application is 14 February 2015. The positions are available from 1 April 2015 but can be delayed for a
suitable applicant.