HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.
The first Spacelab mission, in orbit in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle
(STS-9) from 28 November-8 December 1983, carried a multi-disciplinary
payload intended to demonstrate that good science could be done on short
shuttle flights.
An X-ray spectrometer, measuring 2-30 keV photons (although 2-80
keV was possible), was on the pallet. The primary science objective
was to study detailed spectral features in cosmic sources and their
temporal changes. The instrument was a gas scintillation proportional
counter (GSPC) with ~ 180 sq-cm area and energy resolution of 9% at
7 keV. The detector was collimated to a 4.5 deg (FWHM) field of
view. There were 512 energy channels.
Data were accumulated for all intended targets. These included: Cyg
X-2, 4U1636-53, Her X-1, Coma, Cyg X-3, Perseus, Cyg X-1, Cas A,
Crab, Cen X-3, Cen X-2, and Vela X-1.
HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.
