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Postdoctoral positions in the group Fundamental Interactions

The high energy physics group at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Vienna University of Technology invites applications for two research positions at the postdoctoral level starting fall 2014. Members of the group led by Prof. Anton Rebhan include Daniel Grumiller, Andreas Ipp, Andreas Schmitt, Stefan Stricker.

The position is devoted to the investigation of anisotropic and out-of-equilibrium quark-gluon plasma physics using gauge/gravity duality, resummed perturbation theory and/or real-time lattice simulations.

The position of for the two years and the applicants should have a strong background in one of the above fields.

Candidates should send a single pdf file including CV, list of publications and a short research statement to job@hep.itp.tuwien.ac.at. In addition they should arrange for three recommendation letters to be sent to the same e-mail address.

Review of applications will begin December 27, 2013. Applications possible until filled.

Position 1: Anisotropic and nonequilibrium quark-gluon plasma

One of the two postdoc positions to be filled will be financed by an FWF project titled "Anisotropic and nonequilibrium quark-gluon plasma", led by Anton Rebhan as PI and Stefan Stricker as project assistant.

This project aims at studies of anisotropic or nonequilibrium strongly coupled gauge field plasmas using methods from holographic gauge/gravity duality as well as methods building upon perturbative QCD and associated effective theories.

Position 2: Colored-particle-in-cell simulations

The second of the two postdoc positions to be filled will be financed by an FWF project titled "Exploring quark-gluon-plasma dynamics with colored-particle-in-cell simulations", led by Andreas Ipp. The primary goal of this project is to improve our knowledge about the early dynamics of the QGP through a new framework for colored particle-in-cell (CPIC) simulations that will complement previous numerical approaches. The postdoc will be involved in fundamental questions about how the simulation framework can be best applied to study plasma instabilities, spin effects in plasmas, and strong field dynamics.

Good coding skills are advantageous for this position.