隐藏的怪物：理解遮蔽黑洞演化的新时代

本项目旨在利用新的成像与光谱调查数据，了解宇宙进程中被尘埃遮蔽的超大质量黑洞的演化过程。研究将重点探讨被尘埃遮蔽的类星体，并整合来自主要天文任务的多种观测方法。申请者应具备天体物理学背景，且拥有编程与数据分析经验。

About the project Our census of supermassive black hole growth is incomplete. Powerful black holes enshrouded in dust have been difficult to detect until now but appear to be numerous in the early Universe. This project will combine new imaging and spectroscopic survey data to further our understanding of obscured black hole growth across cosmic time. Supermassive black holes are fundamental components of galaxies. Large surveys tracing ultraviolet and optical emission from accreting black holes, have shown that black holes are ubiquitous in massive galaxies. However, recent developments in infrared survey capability reveal that many of the most luminous accreting black holes are shrouded in dust, which dims their visible light so strongly that optical surveys can entirely miss the population. This project builds on the rapidly emerging large statistical samples of a population of dust-obscured quasars known as Heavily Reddened Quasars (HRQs) discovered with SPHEREx. Exploiting our proprietary access to data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Euclid mission, and spectroscopic surveys with 4MOST you will build a coherent understanding of these obscured quasars for the first time and establish how they fit into our current understanding of galaxy and black hole formation. Potential directions include: studying their variability signatures utilising time-domain data from Rubin LSST understanding their host galaxy properties exploiting high-angular resolution imaging from Euclid and Roman characterising their accretion and outflow properties using spectroscopic data from Euclid, 4MOST and VLT-MOONS The project has enormous discovery potential as many of the telescopes and survey facilities named above are just starting operations, opening up entirely new regions of discovery space in astronomy. You will have the opportunity to work on the new survey data and join teams within large international collaborations in exploiting the latest statistical and machine-learning techniques to make the most of this data deluge. You will also be able to shape the direction of the project based on your own interests. The School of Physics and Astronomy is committed to promoting equality, diversity inclusivity as demonstrated by our Athena SWAN award. We welcome all applicants regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or age, and will give full consideration to applicants seeking flexible working patterns and those who have taken a career break. The University has a generous maternity policy, onsite childcare facilities, and offers a range of benefits to help ensure employees’ well-being and work-life balance. The University of Southampton is committed to sustainability and has been awarded the Platinum EcoAward.

入学要求 您必须拥有英国 2:1 荣誉学位或其国际等效学位。 理想的技能： 对天体物理学领域长期悬而未决问题的探索兴趣、动力与驱动力 具有强大的研究潜力，包括扎实的天体物理学基础以及学习新技术的意愿 例如通过最后一年的或夏季研究项目来积累研究经验 编码经验及大数据集分析能力 如果您采用非传统的途径获得相关学位，或拥有相关的专业经验，我们仍希望收到您的来信。请联系我们，并说明您将如何将其经验应用于天体物理学研究。

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