TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS AT University of Cape Town and the South AfricanAstronomical Observatory associated with the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA)

Hosts: Paul Groot, Patrick Woudt

Postdoctoral Research Fellows: Optical - Radio Transients and Variables. 
The Transient and Variables Groups at the University of Cape Town and the South African Astronomical Observatory are seeking two Postdoctoral Researchers associated with IDIA, to join a project focused on transient phenomena and their host binary settings using optical and radio observations, primarily obtained through the MeerKAT radio telescopes, the MeerLICHT & BlackGEM optical telescopes and further resources at SAAO/SALT. The Project: This multi-wavelength study leverages time-resolved observations on the MeerKAT radio array,the MeerLICHT and BlackGEM optical telescopes and additional facilities to address the physics and evolutionary impact of transient phenomena in a stellar binary setting. 

The Project:
This multi-wavelength study leverages time-resolved observations on the MeerKAT radio array,the MeerLICHT and BlackGEM optical telescopes and additional facilities to address the
physics and evolutionary impact of transient phenomena in a stellar binary setting. Work can concentrate on:

• Multi-wavelength studies of (ultra)compact binaries, including gravitational wave sources as well as white dwarf pulsar systems
• Mutli-wavelength studies of low-luminosity transients in nearby galaxies, in particular underluminous (thermonuclear) supernovae
• Fast synoptic surveys in both the optical and the radio to expand horizons in the time-domain regime, including MeerKAT high time resolution studies, as well as optical
  CMOS-based wide-field studies breaking the 1 Hz barrier.
• Data processing and data analysis techniques in both optical and radio to handle large scale, high cadence surveys, as facilitated by the Inter-University Institute for Data
  Intensive Astronomy (IDIA), a multi-university collaboration in research cloud computing based at UCT

For further details please refer to the attached advert