CXC Predoctoral Fellowship Program


Available Projects:


The role of jets and outflows in the growth of early supermassive black holes and galaxy evolution (Dr. Thomas Connor)

We have JWST NIRSpec IFU observations of a high-redshift, radio-loud quasar with a known, extended jet, seen by ALMA, Chandra, and the VLBA. A number of open questions are under consideration which can be investigated with these data, specifically the role of jets in the growth of early supermassive black holes, the contributions of outflows to early galaxy evolution, and the strength of the CMB in suppressing radio emission from jets through inverse Compton interactions. A predoctoral fellow is requested to lead the study of the jet properties and conduct a direct comparison with other, radio-quiet quasars observed with the same setup at the same epoch in order to compare the role of jets in early SMBH and galaxy evolution. This project will also utilize the wide availability of Chandra observations of these targets to connect to the X-ray properties of the quasars.


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