Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics III

by Gallego, Jesus; Zamorano, Jaime; Cardiel, Nicolas

• ISBN13: 9781402013881
• ISBN10: 1402013884
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This volume documents the contributions presented at the 5th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA). Covering a wide range of topics, the 154 contributed papers give a comprehensive overview of the current state of Spanish astronomy.The Proceedings include special reviews by Dr. V. Trimble and other experts dealing with the astronomical highlights of the last decade, the future of astronomical instrumentation, the scenarios of stellar evolution, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, the intergalactic medium, the ionized interstellar medium in spiral galaxies and the substellar domain in star clusters. The contents of these proceedings thus reflect the broad interests of the Spanish astronomical community.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents	v
Preface	xvii
Organizing Committees	xix
Conference Photograph	xx
List of Participants	xxi
Astronomical Highlights of the SEA decade (Invited Review)	1	(14)
V. Trimble
Galaxies and Cosmology
The Intergalactic Medium Observed in Lyα Absorption	15	(8)
J. Miralda-Escude
Simulations of precessing jets	23	(4)
M.A. Aloy
J.M. Marti
J.L. Gomez
I. Agudo
E. Muller
J.M. Ibanez
The case for a universal density profile in clusters of galaxies	27	(4)
Y. Ascasibar
G. Yepes
Axis: An XMM-Newton International Survey	31	(4)
X. Barcons
Dispersion in modeled abundances	35	(4)
J.J. Bazan
M. Molla
M. Cervino
Comparing SFR indicators from multiwavelength data in galaxies at intermediate redshifts	39	(4)
N. Cardiel
D. Elbaz
R.P. Schiavon
C.N.A. Willmer
D.C. Koo
A.C. Phillips
J. Gallego
P. Ranalli
The CYDER survey and the X-ray faint Universe	43	(4)
F.J. Castander
E. Treister
J. Maza
P.S. Coppi
T.J. MacCarone
S.E. Zepf
R. Guzman
Clusters of Galaxies in X-rays: Dark Matter	47	(4)
A. Castillo-Morales
S. Schindler
Last results in the GRB field	51	(4)
A.J. Castro-Tirado
J. Gorosabel
J.M. Castro Ceron
Is the IMF varying among ellipticals?	55	(4)
A.J. Cenarro
J. Gorgas
N. Cardiel
A. Vazdekis
R.F. Peletier
Lens Effect and CMB Anisotropies: Deviations from Gaussianity	59	(4)
P. Cerda
D. Saez
Type and environment dependent luminosity function of galaxies	63	(4)
M.J. Cuesta-Bolao
A. Serna
Cosmology with Galaxy Clusters through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect	67	(4)
J.M. Diego
The UV opacity of high-redshift galaxies	71	(4)
A. Fernandez-Soto
K.M. Lanzetta
H.-W. Chen
SN-Ia and the formation history of early-type galaxies	75	(4)
I. Ferreras
J. Silk
Major improvements to estimate luminosity functions using maximum likelihood methods	79	(4)
C.E. Garcia-Dabo
J. Gallego
Chemical Evolution of CNO Abundances	83	(4)
M. Gavilan
M. Molla
Structure formation in the Universe: Weak lensing magnification in the SDSS	87	(4)
E. Gaztanaga
The galaxy cluster RBS380: X-ray and optical analysis	91	(4)
R. Gil-Merino
S. Schindler
Optical Continuum Sources in Gravitationally Lensed Quasars	95	(4)
L.J. Goicoechea
D. Alcalde
V.N. Shalyapin
Line-strength gradients and stellar populations in the bulges of spiral galaxies	99	(4)
J. Gorgas
P. Jablonka
P. Goudfrooij
The Extended Structure of Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy	103	(4)
S.L. Hidalgo
A. Aparicio
D. Martinez-Delgado
Spectroscopy of Luminous Blue Compact Galaxies at intermediate z	107	(4)
C. Hoyos
A.I. Diaz
R. Guzman
D.C. Koo
M.A. Bershady
Molecular gas in the intergalactic medium of Stephan's Quintet	111	(4)
U. Lisenfeld
S. Leon
J. Braine
P.-A. Duc
V. Charman-Daris
E. Brinks
The Structure of Dark-Matter Halos: Origin and Evolution	115	(4)
A. Manrique
E. Salvador-Sole
A. Raig
T. Sanchis
J.M. Solanes
X-ray spectral properties of XMM-Newton Axis serendipitous sources	119	(4)
S. Mateos
X. Barcons
F.J. Carrera
M.T. Ceballos
Weighting the mass of NGC 253: Mid and far infrared spatial distribution	123	(4)
V. Melo
A.M. Perez-Garcia
J.A. Acosta-Pulido
C. Munoz-Tunon
J.M. Rodriguez-Espinosa
How to determine the star formation histories in spiral disks	127	(4)
M. Molla
E. Hardy
Nature of emission line galaxies on a survey on the 8200A atmospheric window	131	(4)
S. Pascual
J. Gallego
J. Zamorano
R. Pello
A. Aragon-Salamanca
Fractal universe versus Cosmological principle: Incompatibility or synthesis?	135	(4)
J.F. Pascual-Sanchez
IR observation of objects at moderate to high redshift through gravitational lenses	139	(4)
R. Perez-Martinez
Influence of internal energy on the stability of relativistic flows	143	(4)
M. Perucho
M. Hanasz
J.M. Marti
H. Sol
Where are the High Velocity Clouds?	147	(4)
V. Quilis
B. Moore
Lens Effect and CMB Anisotropies: Simulations	151	(4)
D. Saez
P. Cerda
Elliptical galaxies at low z from self-consistent hydrodynamical simulations	155	(4)
A. Saiz
R. Dominguez-Tenreiro
A. Serna
A New spectral stellar library for population synthesis	159	(4)
P. Sanchez-Blazquez
J. Gorgas
N. Cardiel
J. Jimenez-Vicente
R.F. Peletier
J. Falcon
A. Vazdekis
S. Salam
HI Content, 3D Structure and Dynamics of the Virgo Cluster Region	163	(4)
T. Sanchis
E. Salvador-Sole
J.M. Solanes
S. Gomez
Search for dark matter with the AMS Experiment	167	(4)
I. Sevilla
The Role of Collapse and Merger Events in Elliptical Formation	171	(4)
M.M. Sierra-Gonzalez De Buitrago
R. Dominguez-Tenreiro
A. Serna
Microlensing and extinction in the lens system QSO 0957+561	175	(4)
A. Ullan
M. Serra-Ricart
L.J. Goicoechea
E. Mediavilla
J.A. Munoz
A. Oscoz
E. Puga
D. Alcalde
R. Barrena
Gravitational Microlensing: Current Issues	179	(4)
D. Valls-Gabaud
Evolution of the space density of quasars from z = 2 to z = 4	183	(4)
M. Vigotti
R. Carballo
C.R. Benn
G. De Zotti
R. Fanti
J.I. Gonzalez Serrano
K.H. Mack
J. Holt
Galaxies and Star Formation
The properties of the ionized interstellar medium in spiral galaxies	187	(8)
A. Zurita Munoz
J.E. Beckman
Corrugations: Spatial and Kinetic Structures	195	(8)
E.J. Alfaro
A photometric study of circumnuclear star forming rings: Broad band data	203	(4)
M. Alvarez-Alvarez
A.I. Diaz
M. Castellanos
Optical and Near-IR Spectrophotometry of CNSFR's: Preliminary Results	207	(4)
M. Castellanos
A.I. Diaz
M. Alvarez-Alvarez
E. Terlevich
Nebular diagnostics for young stellar populations: Photon escape vs. atmosphere blanketing	211	(4)
A.I. Diaz
M. Castellanos
The Local Group galaxies as a stepping stone to the high-z Universe	215	(4)
C. Gallart
Spectroscopy of CSS sources	219	(4)
A. Labiano
C.P. O'Dea
R. Gelderman
W.H. De Vries
D.J. Axon
P.D. Barthel
S.A. Baum
A. Capetti
R. Fanti
A.M. Koekemoe
R. Morganti
C.N. Tadhunter
Twodimensional Spectroscopy of the starburst galaxy NGC 2782	223	(4)
A.M. Perez Garcia
L. Colombon
B. Garcia Lorenzo
J.A. Acosta Pulido
Stellar populations in local star-forming galaxies	227	(4)
P.G. Perez-Gonzalez
J. Zamorano
J. Gallego
A. Gil De Paz
A. Alonso-Herrero
A. Aragon-Salamanca
Empirical diagnostics of H II regions based on sulphur emission lines	231	(4)
E. Perez Montero
A.I. Diaz
The VLBA 2 cm survey: Kinematics of pc-scale structures in active galactic nuclei	235	(4)
E. Ros
The host environment of nuclear emission-line galaxies	239	(4)
M. Sanchez-Portal
A.I. Diaz
R. Terlevich
E. Terlevich
Extragalactic chemistry of starbursts: the case of M 82	243	(4)
A. Usero Villanueva
S. Garcia-Burillo
Stellar Physics
The tabby cat in the picture puzzle: fitting unusual stars into scenarios of stellar evolution	247	(22)
V. Trimble
Additional Information on multiple stellar systems: An analysis of triple stellar system WDS 00243+5201	269	(4)
J.A. Docobo
M. Andrade
The UV spectrum of Vega	273	(4)
A. Garcia-Gil
R.J. Garcia Lopez
C. Allende Prieto
Magnetic fields in Star Forming Regions	277	(4)
J.M. Girart
S.P. Lai
R.M. Crutcher
Theory and modelling of protoplanetary discs	281	(4)
R. Hueso
T. Guillot
Rotational modulation of the photospheric and chrosmospheric activity in the young, single K2-dwarf PW And	285	(4)
J. Lopez-Santiago
D. Montes
L.W. Ramsey
Optical tracers of the Outer Galactic Arm	289	(4)
A. Marco
I. Negueruela
G. Bernabeu
High resolution spectroscopic survey of single late-type stars members of young moving groups	293	(4)
D. Montes
J. Lopez-Santiago
Masses and Radii of Stars in the Lower Main Sequence: Comparison with Current Models	297	(4)
I. Ribas
The Stellar Coronae in Active Binary Systems	301	(4)
J. Sanz-Forcada
VLBI Observations of SiO Masers at 43 and 86 GHz in AGB stars	305	(4)
R. Soria-Ruiz
J. Alcolea
V. Bujarrabal
F. Colomer
J.F. Desmurs
K. Marvel
D. Boboltz
P.J. Diamond
A. Kemball
Remote Sensing of Astrophysical Magnetic Fields via the Hanle and Zeeman Effects	309	(4)
J. Trujillo Bueno
Novae, Supernovae and Compact Objects
Upwind relativistic MHD code for astrophysical applications	313	(4)
L. Anton
J.A. Miralles
J.M. Marti
J.M. Ibanez
Ten years of supernova spectroscopy	317	(4)
G. Gomez
R. Lopez
A search for new microquasars in the Galaxy	321	(4)
J.M. Paredes
M. Ribo
J. Marti
E. Ros
M. Massi
High-resolution radio observations of supernova SN1986J	325	(4)
M.A. Perez-Torres
A. Alberdi
J.C. Guirado
J.M. Marcaide
L. Lara
F. Mantovani
E. Ros
K.W. Weiler
Observations of Gamma-Pulsars with Magic Telescope	329	(4)
R. De Los Reyes
J.L. Contreras
E. De ONA
V. Fonseca
M. Lopez
F. Lucarelli
Recent results on the microquasar LS 5039	333	(4)
M. Ribo
J.M. Paredes
J. Marti
E. Ros
M. Massi
G.E. Romero
P. Benaglia
O. Fors
J. Garcia-Sanchez
X-Ray Emission from Classical Novae	337	(4)
G. Sala
M. Hernanz
Low Mass Objects and Solar System
Probing the substellar domain in young, nearby star clusters	341	(8)
M.R. Zapatero Osorio
Lithium in Brown dwarfs: a new age scale for open clusters	349	(4)
D. Barrado Y Navascues
Asteroids and comets: monoliths or gravitational aggregates?	353	(4)
Campo Bagatin
Characterization of methane in an astrophysical environment	357	(4)
M. Domingo
C. Millan
M.A. Satorre
R.I. Vilaplana
M.E. Palumbo
G. Strazzulla
Accretion and outflow in T Tauri stars: the ultraviolet view with the HST	361	(1)
A.I. Gomez De Castro
E. Verdugo
Ion implantation in water ice: Study of the formation of hydrogen peroxide	361	(8)
O. Gomis
R. Luna
M.A. Satorre
G. Leto
G. Strazzulla
The Role of Large Scale Jovian Storms in the Energy Balance of Jupiter	369	(4)
R. Hueso
A. Sanchez-Lavega
Protoplanetary Disks in T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be stars	373	(4)
B. Merin
B. Montesinos
Westerlund 1: An extremely massive open cluster in the Milky Way	377	(4)
I. Negueruela
S.J. Clark
Cloud vertical structure at Saturn's Southern Polar Region from HST observations (1997-2001)	381	(4)
S. Perez-Hoyos
A. Sanchez-Lavega
J.F. Rojas
J.R. Acarreta
R.G. French
Atmospheric circulation of Jovian Extrasolar Planets with large orbital period	385	(4)
A. Sanchez Lavega
Instrumentation and Data Archives
On the Threshold of Tomorrow's Astronomy	389	(4)
F. Sanchez
The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)	393	(8)
P.A. Shaver
ALMA observations of nebulae surrounding evolved stars	401	(4)
V. Bujarrabal
Radio Spectroscopy Observations at the Madrid Deep Space Station	405	(4)
J.F. Gomez
I. De Gregorio-Monsalvo
E. Jimenez-Bailon
C. Garcia-Miro
O. Suarez
T.B.H. Kuiper
Calar Alto -- New Approaches to Maximise Scientific Return	409	(4)
R. Gredel
CanariCam: Progress and Spanish Exploitation	413	(4)
M. Kidger
The Magic Telescope for Gamma-Ray Astronomy	417	(4)
M. Lopez-Moya
V. Fonseca
J.L. Contreras
F. Lucarelli
E. Ona
R. De Los Reyes
Observations of VHE γ-rays with the HEGRA IACTs system	421	(4)
F. Lucarelli
V. Fonseca
J.L. Contreras
M. Lopez
E. Ona
R. De Los Reyes
Liris a new near infrared spectrograph for the WHT: Project status	425	(4)
A. Manchado
M. Barreto
J. Acosta-Pulido
E. Ballesteros
S. Correa
J.M. Delgado
C. Dominguez-Tagle
E. Hernandez
R. Lopez
A. Manescau
H. Moreno
F. Prada
P. Redondo
V. Sanchez
N. Sosa
F. Tenegi
Spectrophotometric Calibration of CanariCam: Results and Prospects	429	(4)
F. Martin-Luis
M. Kidger
A.M. Perez-Garcia
D. Nar-Butis
M. Cohen
T. Megeath
Transformation of the Camera Baker-Nunn of San Fernando: Quick CCD Survey	433	(4)
J. Nunez
J.L. Muinos
O. Fors
F. Belizon
M. Vallejo
J.M. Codina
Databases and Neural Networks applied to Spectral Classification	437	(4)
A. Rodriguez
O. Suarez
M. Manteiga
J.C. Dafonte
B. Arcay
Development of a multi-mission data server at Laeff	441	(4)
E. Solano
R. Gutierrez
B. Montesions
C. Morales
J. Garcia
PARTNeR: A radio telescope for educational use	445	(4)
O. Suarez
J.F. Gomez
O. Delgado
J.J. Valle
J. Garcia
B. Montesinos
A prototype of the Gaia Data Base	449	(4)
J. Torra
X. Luri
F. Figueras
C. Jordi
E. Masana
Observations with the ROA CCD Transit Circle in Argentina	453	(4)
M. Vallejo
J.L. Muinos
F. Belizon
C. Mallamaci
J.A. Perez
Digitization of Carte du Ciel plates, San Fernando Zone, using a flatbed scanner	457	(4)
B. Vicente
C. Abad
Poster Contributions
Science with small telescopes: the Stare project	461	(1)
R. Alonso
J.A. Belmonte
T.M. Brown
A photometric study of circumnuclear star forming rings: Hα results	462	(1)
M. Alvarez-Alvarez
A.I. Diaz
M. Castellanos
Proton flux prediction: First version of an operational code	463	(1)
A. Aran
B. Sanahuja
D. Lario
Photometry of the Galactic Open Clusters: NGC 2548 and NGC 1817	464	(1)
L. Balaguer-Nunez
C. Jordi
D. Galadi-Enriquez
Search for Substellar Companions around Young Nearby Stars	465	(1)
J.A. Caballero
R. Rebolo
V.J.S. Bejar
M.R. Zapatero Osorio
J.A. Sanchez-Garcia
Extension of the Calibration of Ca II Triplet as Metallicity Indicator	466	(1)
R. Carrera
C. Gallart
R. Zinn
E. Pancino
The long duration GRB 001007: a bright optical afterglow and its host galaxy	467	(1)
J.M. Castro Ceron
J. Gorosabel
A. Castro-Tirado
Spectroscopic monitoring with high temporal resolution of the flare star AD Leo	468	(1)
I. Crespo-Chacon
D. Montes
J. Lopez-Santiago
M.J. Fernandez-Figueroa
D. Garcia-Alvarez
B.H. Foing
Ks number counts in the Coppi and Groth strip fields	469	(1)
D. Cristobal
M. Prieto
M. Balcells
R. Guzman
A. Serrano
J. Gallego
N. Cardiel
R. Pello
The Input Catalogue for the OMC camera on-board Integral	470	(1)
A. Domingo
F. Figueras
J.M. Mas-Hesse
J. Torra
C. Jordi
M.D. Caballero
Cosmos Survey: U and B Observations of the Groth Strip	471	(1)
C. Eliche
M. Balcells
M. Prieto
D. Cristobal-Hornillos
R. Guzman
Kinematic evolution of the young stars in the solar neighbourhood	472	(1)
D. Fernandez
F. Figueras
J. Torra
The [O II]λ3727 Luminosity Function of the Local Universe	473	(1)
J. Gallego
C.E. Garcia-Dabo
J. Zamorano
Multiwavelength optical observations of three X ray/EUV selected binaries	474	(1)
M.C. Galvez
D. Montes
L.W. Ramsey
M.J. Fernandez-Figueroa
E. De Castro
M. Cornide
First results from the UCM-CIDA-YALE survey	475	(1)
C.E. Garcia-Dabo
J. Gallego
A. Bongiovanni
G. Bruzual
P. Coppi
Tidal tails of the dwarf satellite galaxies and the Milky Way halo	476	(1)
M.A. Gomez-Flechoso
D. Martinez-Delgado
Development of an automatic method for the calculation of stellar abundances: Application to the Export sample	477	(1)
B. Gonzalez-Garcia
E. Solano
Protoplanetary disks: Detectability and statistical study of C17O(3-2) line	478	(1)
I. De Gregorio-Monsalvo
J.F. Gomez
P. D'Alessio
Future Integral Observations of Classical Novae	479	(1)
M. Hernanz
P. Jean
J. Jose
A. Coc
S. Starrfield
J. Truran
J. Isern
G. Sala
A. Gimenez
The starburst Seyfert 2 nucleus of NGC 1808 as seen by XMM-Newton	480	(1)
E. Jimenez Bailon
M. Santos Lleo
M. Ehle
M. Guainazzi
M. Dahlem
M. Mas-Hesse
Gaia: derivation of stellar parameters	481	(1)
C. Jordi
J.M. Carrasco
F. Figueras
J. Torra
X. Luri
E. Masana
Radio and X-ray Observations of NGC 1052	482	(1)
M. Kadler
E. Ros
J. Kerp
A.P. Lobanov
H. Falcke
J.A. Zensus
A Catalogue of High-Precision JHK Photometry of a Sample of Over 500 stars	483	(1)
M. Kidger
F. Martin-Luis
CanariCam: The Multimode Mid-IR imager for the GTC	484	(1)
M. Kidger
Statistical study of the ISM and star formation in isolated galaxies: A new database	485	(1)
U. Lisenfeld
L. Verdes-Montenegro
D. Espada
E. Garcia
S. Leon
Kinematics of Planetary Nebulae and Jets in T Tauri stars	486	(1)
L. Lopez-Martin
Can interactions be the main star formation mechanism in Wolf-Rayet galaxies?	487	(1)
A.R. Lopez-Sanchez
C. Esteban
The Stellar Content of NGC 5850: A Prototype Double Barred Spiral	488	(1)
S. Lourenso
J.A.L. Aguerri
A. Vazdekis
J.E. Beckman
R.F. Peletier
Density determination of ices of astrophysical interest by double-laser interferometry	489	(1)
R. Luna
M.A. Satorre
G. Blanes
M.C. Santonja
M. Domingo
O. Gomis
Kinematic analysis of the solar neighbourhood	490	(1)
E. Masana
C. Jordi
X. Luri
Recent developments at Bootes	491	(1)
T.J. Mateo Sanguino
A.J. Castro-Tirado
J.M. Castro Ceron
A. De Ugarte Postigo
J.A. Berna
Two dwarf galaxies undergoing galactic winds?	492	(1)
V. Melo
C. Munoz-Tunon
J.A. Acosta-Pulido
A.M. Perez-Garcia
J.M. Rodriguez-Espinosa
A.M. Varela
Bubbles features in the edge-on star-burst galaxy NGC 4631	493	(1)
V. Melo
C. Munoz-Tunon
Analysis of the ionizing sources of IRAS 14348--1447 with Integral	494	(1)
A. Monreal
S. Arribas
L. Colina
Eurd: Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph for the observation of diffuse radiation	495	(1)
C. Morales
J.F. Gomez
C. Rodrigo
M. Montero-Castano
G. Quitana-Lacaci
I. Crespo-Chacon
S. Bowyer
J. Edelstein
E. Korpela
Effect of pulsar timing noise and glitches on γ-pulsar observation	496	(1)
E. De Ona-Wilhelmi
O.C. De Jager
J.L. Contreras
R. De Los Reyes
V. Fonseca
M. Lopez
F. Lucarelli
Contribution of the photospheric magnetic network to the solar cycle irradiance variability	497	(1)
A. Ortiz
V. Domingo
B. Sanahuja
Atlas of star-burst galaxies observed from Canarias	498	(1)
A.M. Perez Garcia
P. Rodriguez Hidalgo
M.J. Vidal Nunez
J.A. Acosta Pulido
B. Garcia Lorenzo
V.P. Melo
J.I. Gonzalez Hernandez
J.M. Rodriguez Espinosa
C. Munoz Tunon
A.M. Varela
Multi-wavelength VLA observations of the young supernova SN 1993J	499	(1)
M.A. Perez-Torres
A. Alberdi
J.M. Marcaide
Analysis of the soft X-ray background towards the northern sky	500	(1)
J. Pradas
J. Kerp
P.M.W. Kalberla
Spatial distribution of the Galactic X-ray halo absorbing material	501	(1)
J. Pradas
J. Kerp
Are S0 Galaxies dynamically different than Spirals?	502	(1)
M. Prieto
J. Alfonso
L. Aguerri
A direct and accurate distance to M31 from eclipsing binaries	503	(1)
I. Ribas
C. Jordi
F. Vilardell
A. Gimenez
E.F. Guinan
A Multi-Frequency Study of 3C309.1	504	(1)
E. Ros
A.P. Lobanov
Photometric study of GSC 4832.400	505	(1)
F. Sanchez-Bajo
P. Merchan Benitez
M. Jurado Vargas
Automated classification of light curves using ANNs	506	(1)
L.M. Sarro
C. Sanchez Fernandez
A. Gimenez
D. Lopez Marin
Transformation of Galaxies by Mergers	507	(1)
C. Scannapieco
P.B. Tissera
K'-Band Galaxy Counts in the Groth Strip Flanking Fields	508	(1)
A. Serrano
N. Cardiel
J. Gallego
M. Balcells
M. Prieto
D. Cristobal
R. Guzman
R. Pello
Detection of M supergiants in inner regions of the Galaxy	509	(1)
J. Torra
F. Comeron
F. Figueras
S. Ribas
Real time access to remote telescopes using web based technology	510	(1)
J.M. Torrejon
J.A. Berna
G. Bernabeu
Physical conditions and abundances in H II regions: Ne lines	511	(2)
O. Zamora
J.M. Vilchez
Author Index	513