Prof Sergey Yurchenko, Prof Jonathan Tennyson
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
The project aims to provide data on molecular absorption processes of molecules important for modelling atmospheres of hot super-Earth. The data will be calculated using high level ab initio procedures based on the state-of-the-art electronic structure and variational nuclear motion methods. The results will form a part of the ExoMol database. A flavour of the project can be obtained from its web pages www.exomol.com. Interested students should have a good understanding of quantum mechanics, and be interested in computational work and applications to astrophysical problems. The candidate will be responsible for performing high accuracy electronic structure and variational nuclear motion calculations on open-shell diatomic and small polyatomic molecules and generating associated transition probabilities. The studentships are available to both UK and EU nationals
To apply use https://www.ucl.ac.uk/physics-astronomy/study/phd. Additionally, send a completed UCL AMOPP application form (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/amopp/sites/amopp/files/amopp_phd_application_form.doc) by email to [Email Address Removed].
Funding Notes
This is a fully funded 3.5 year PhD to start in October 2018
References
1. J. Tennyson and S. N. Yurchenko "The ExoMol Atlas of Molecular Opacities", Atoms 6, 26 (2018); doi:10.3390/atoms6020026
2. J. Tennyson and S. N. Yurchenko "The ExoMol project: Software for computing large molecular line lists", Int. J. of Quant. Chem 117, 92 (2016); https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/qua.25190 or https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01220
3. J. Tennyson and S.N. Yurchenko, "Laboratory spectra of hot molecules: Data needs for hot super-Earth exoplanets", Mol. Astrophys., 8, 1 (2017)
4. S.N. Yurchenko, J. Tennyson, J. Bailey, M. D. J. Hollis, and G.Tinetti, “Spectrum of hot methane in astronomical objects using a comprehensive computed line list”, PNAS 111, 9379 (2014).
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