Looking at Infrared Background Radiation with Euclid - LIBRAE

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. 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. This specific opportunity seeks motivated junior scientists to participate in the development of the LIBRAE program and obtaining/analyzing new measurements. The successful candidate should be qualified and interested to participate in one, or all, of the following: 1) preparation of accurate maps from Euclid data suitable for probing the CIB signal, 2) refining understanding of the contributions from known and new populations to the CIB signal, 3) further development of theoretical contributions from early populations, such as Population 3, direct-collapse black holes, or primordial black holes making up dark matter. This postdoctoral fellowship is based at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, under the advisorship of Dr. Jeff Kruk.