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 POSTDOC POSITION IN THE BOLOGNA RESEARCH UNIT

INFN is offering a post-doctoral fellowship for research activities to be carried on within InDark, in the Bologna INFN research unit, on the topic of 

Probing cosmology through accurate modelling of non-linear scales

The deadline for applications is Nov. 10th at noon

The official call can be found here.

Here you can find more details on the possible job topics and on the InDark Bologna research unit in general:

Research group (members): Marco Baldi, Carlo Burigana, Sofia Contarini, Stefano Ettori, Fabio Finelli, Carlo Giocoli, Alessandro Gruppuso, Federico Marulli, Massimo Meneghetti, Lauro Moscardini, Daniela Paoletti, Mauro Sereno.

Topics of interest for the position: Theoretical, observational and computational cosmology in particular aiming at the prediction and interpretation of cosmological observables at non-linear scales to test fundamental physics and different competing cosmological scenarios. These may include Dark Energy, Modified Gravity, non-standard Dark Matter, primordial features and non-Gaussianity, homogeneity and isotropy. Methods employed may range from theoretical developments to statistical analysis to state-of-the-art numerical simulations of structure formation.

Current research lines: Current activities of the InDark-Bologna group range from theoretical cosmology, to CMB data analysis and forecasts for Stage4 observations, Large-scale structure modelling, simulations, and data analysis for current and future galaxy surveys, Gravitational Wave cosmology and galaxy clusters physics.

Recent publications: 

• - W. Coulton et al. (including M. Baldi), “Quijote-PNG: Simulations of Primordial Non-Gaussianity and the Information Content of the Matter Field Power Spectrum and Bispectrum”, ApJ 943 (2023) 1, 64; 
• - M. Nori, A. V. Macciò, M. Baldi, “Fuzzy Aquarius: evolution of a Milky-way like system in the Fuzzy Dark Matter scenario”, MNRAS 522 (2023) 1; 
• - M. Ballardini, F. Finelli, F. Marulli, L. Moscardini, A. Veropalumbo, "New constraints on primordial features from the galaxy two-point correlation function”, PRD 107 (2023), 4;
• - Euclid: S. Contarini et al. (incl. F. Marulli, L. Moscardini, M. Baldi, …), "Cosmological forecasts from the void size function", A&A 667 (2022) A162; 
• - D. Eckert, S. Ettori, et al. “Constraints on dark matter self-interaction from the internal density profiles of X-COP galaxy clusters”, A&A 666 (2022) A41;
• - S. Contarini, F. Marulli, L. Moscardini, A. Veropalumbo, C. Giocoli, M. Baldi, “Cosmic voids in modified gravity models with massive neutrinos”, MNRAS 504 (2021), 5021;
• - Planck Collaboration, “Planck 2018 results. XX. Constraints on inflation”, A&A 641 (2020) A10;  
• - D. K. Hazra, D. Paoletti, F. Finelli, G. F. Smoot, "Joining Bits and Pieces of Reionization History", Phys.Rev.Lett. 125 (2020) 7, 071301; 
• - M. Ballardini, R. Murgia, M. Baldi, F. Finelli, M. Viel, “Non-linear damping of superimposed primordial oscillations on the matter power spectrum in galaxy surveys”, JCAP 04 (2020) 04, 30; 
• - M. Meneghetti et al. (incl. C. Giocoli), "An excess of small-scale gravitational lenses observed in galaxy clusters", Science 369 (2020) 6509, 1347; 

EXPIRED POSITIONS

 OCT 2021 - POSTDOC POSITION IN THE FERRARA RESEARCH UNIT

INFN is offering a post-doctoral fellowship for research activities to be carried on within InDark, in the Ferrara INFN research unit.

The official call can be found here.

Fellowship title: Neutrinos and other light relics in view of future cosmological observations

The research group in Ferrara includes M. Gerbino, A. Gruppuso, M. Lattanzi, P. Natoli, L. Pagano, T. Brinckmann, in addition to several PhD students. The members of the group are involved in the activities of several experimental collaborations (LiteBIRD, LSPE, Simons Observatory, CMB-S4, Euclid). Visit the group website for more details on the members and on the activities of the group.

Topics of particular interest for the fellowship include the cosmological phenomenology of light relics such as neutrinos (both active and sterile), axions and axion-like particles, majorons, in view of future observations of cosmic microwave background anisotropies and of large-scale structures.

Other research lines currently being pursued by the group include the phenomenology of dark matter candidates, CMB polarization as a probe for new physics, CMB anomalies, the development of robust statistical tools for the analysis and interpretation of cosmological data.

Recent publications:

• P. Carenza, M. Lattanzi, A. Mirizzi, F. Forastieri,, Thermal axions with multi-eV masses are possible in low-reheating scenarios, JCAP 07 (2021) 031.
• C. Chiocchetta et al., Lack-of-correlation anomaly in CMB large scale polarisation maps, JCAP 08 (2021) 015.
• M. Lembo et al., Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization as a Tool to Constrain the Optical Properties of the Universe, Phys.Rev.Lett. 127 (2021) 1, 011301.
•  L. Caloni, M. Gerbino, M. Lattanzi, Updated cosmological constraints on Macroscopic Dark Matter, JCAP 07 (2021) 027
• A. Gruppuso, D. Molinari, P. Natoli, L. Pagano, Planck 2018 constraints on anisotropic birefringence and its cross-correlation with CMB anisotropy, JCAP 11 (2020) 066.
• M. Lattanzi et al., Cornering (quasi) degenerate neutrinos with cosmology, JHEP 10 (2020) 213
• U. Natale et al., A novel CMB polarization likelihood package for large angular scales built from combined WMAP and Planck LFI legacy maps, Astron.Astrophys. 644 (2020) A32
• F. Forastieri, M. Lattanzi, P. Natoli, Cosmological constraints on neutrino self-interactions with a light mediator, Phys.Rev.D 100 (2019) 10, 103526
• M. Gerbino et al., Likelihood methods for CMB experiments, Front.in Phys. 8 (2020) 15
• M. Gerbino et al., Status of neutrino properties and future prospects - Cosmological and astrophysical constraints, Front.in Phys. 5 (2018) 70