Domaines
Relativity/Astrophysics/Cosmology
Hydrodynamics/Turbulence/Fluid mechanics
Type of internship
Expérimental Description
Over the past two decades, high-power laser facilities have advanced our understanding of physical processes occurring in the Universe through a relatively new field: laboratory astrophysics. Conventional techniques such as numerical simulations or observations are unable to tackle some of the main astrophysical issues. Simulations cannot, for example include all the complexity and/or interplay of the physical mechanisms involved; observations are often limited by low spatial and temporal resolutions even if huge progress have been made recently. Therefore, scaled experiments in the laboratory are useful to investigate the microphysics involved in long-range astrophysical systems. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate interested in laboratory astrophysics experiments using high power lasers and radiative magneto/hydro dynamics physics with the perspective to follow this internship with a PhD thesis.
Contact
Serena Bastiani