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          * * * ISDC Job Announcement 27-SEP-2007 * * *
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Shared PhD Position at ETH Zurich and University of Geneva
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Immediate vacancy of a PhD student position shared between the
University of Geneva and ETH Zurich.

ETH Zurich as a member of the MAGIC Collaboration and the University
of Geneva, operating the INTEGRAL Science Data Center, are working
together towards a Science Data Center for TeV Astronomy.

The rather young field of TeV Astronomy is developing very fast since
the commissioning of the current Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes
H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS in the past three years. The number of
sources detected in the TeV domain increases very fast and a couple
of hundred sources could be expected when MAGIC II and HESS II will
be operating (from 2008 on).

A PhD student position is available to conduct research on TeV detected
sources, with MAGIC (and possibly other TeV data) and data from other
astronomical facilities (in particular GLAST and INTEGRAL). Emphasis
will be on variability studies of AGN and X-ray binaries and TeV source
counterpart identification.

Candidates are expected to have a Master in Astrophysics or Physics.
The PhD degree will be awarded by the Geneva Observatory/University of
Geneva.

Interested candidates should e-mail a curriculum vitae together with
marks obtained through the studies, a letter of motivation, and a few
references to one of the address below:

 Dr. Adrian Biland                      Dr. Roland Walter
 ETH Zurich                             INTEGRAL Science Data Centre
 Institute for Particle Physics         Chemin d'Ecogia 16
 CH-8093 Zurich                         CH-1290 Versoix
 Switzerland                            Switzerland
 E-mail: Adrian Biland                  E-mail: Roland Walter

Applications are accepted until the position is filled.