Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V (eBook)

Preface 5
Contents 7
Part I Plenary Sessions 70
New Insights into X-ray Binaries 71
1 Introduction 71
2 Black Holes in X-ray Binaries 72
3 The Bowen Project 76
4 Echo Tomography 78
5 Conclusions 79
References 80
OSIRIS: Final Characterization and Scientific Capabilities 83
1 Introduction 83
1.1 Brief History 83
1.2 Institutions and Budget 84
1.3 The Challenge 84
2 OSIRIS Characteristics 85
3 User Information and Pipelines 85
4 Characterization Tests 86
4.1 Instrument Transmission 86
4.2 Overheads 87
4.3 Optical Elements 88
4.4 Tunable Filters 88
5 OSIRIS Evolution and Context 89
5.1 Instrument Evolution 89
5.2 A Comparison 90
6 Future Upgrades 90
7 OSIRIS Core Team Surveys 91
7.1 TF Tomography 91
7.2 OTELO 92
7.3 Ly Emitters 93
8 Summary 93
8.1 More Information 94
References 94
Gravitational Lenses: An Update 95
1 Introduction 95
2 CASTLES: A Lensed Quasar Sample 99
2.1 CASTLES Follow-Up Results 99
2.1.1 Dark Matter 99
2.1.2 Extinction 100
3 Time Delay Measurements 102
4 Conclusions 104
References 106
First Scientific Results from the ALHAMBRA: Survey 107
1 Introduction 107
1.1 Spectroscopy and Photometric Redshifts 108
2 ALHAMBRA: Origin and Design 108
2.1 Comparison with Other Surveys 110
2.2 Expected Redshift Accuracy and Number of Detections 111
3 Present Status 112
3.1 Photometric Redshifts and Spectroscopic Comparisons 112
4 Early Scientific Analysis 114
References 116
Magnetic Fingerprints of Solar and Stellar Oscillations 118
1 Introduction 118
2 Waves in Sunspots 121
3 Waves in Small-Scale Flux Tubes 122
4 Local Helioseismology in Magnetic Regions 124
5 Oscillations in Magnetic roAp Stars 126
6 Conclusions 129
References 129
The Search for Gravitational Waves: Opening a New Window into the Universe 131
1 Introduction 131
2 The Search for Gravitational Waves 133
2.1 Resonant Mass Detectors 133
2.2 Ground Based Interferometers 134
2.3 LISA: A Space-Based Interferometer 136
2.4 Big Bang Observatory: BBO 137
3 Astrophysical Sources 137
3.1 Compact Binaries 137
3.2 Galactic Binaries 138
3.3 Massive Black Hole Captures 139
3.4 Stellar Collapse, Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts 139
3.5 Spinning Neutron Stars 140
3.6 Stochastic Background 141
References 141
Part II Sea Prize 143
Formation, Evolution and Multiplicity of Brown Dwarfs and Giant Exoplanets 144
1 ``De Fuscis Pusillis Astris et Giganteis Exoplanetis'' (Part I) 144
1.1 Brown Dwarfs and Objects Beyond the Deuterium-Burning Mass Limit (Chap.1) 145
2 The Substellar Population in Orionis and Its Relationwith the Stellar Population (Part II) 146
2.1 The Orionis Cluster (Chap.2) 146
2.2 Multiobject Spectroscopy in Orionis: A Bridge Betweenthe Stellar and Substellar Populations (Chap.3) 146
2.3 A New Mini-Search in the Center of Orionis (Chap.4) 148
2.4 Multiplicity in Orionis: Adaptive Optics in the Near Infrared (Chap.5) 149
2.5 The Mass Function Down to the Planetary Domain:The ``Anaga'' Survey (Chap.6) 150
3 Activity and Meteorology in Ultracool Objects: Discsand Atmospheres (Part III) 150
3.1 Photometric Variability of Young Brown Dwarfs in Orionis (Chap.7) 150
3.2 SOri J053825.4–024241: A Classical T Tauri-Like Objectat the Substellar Boundary (Chap.8) 151
4 Very Low-Mass Companions to Young Stars and Ultracool Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood (Part IV) 152
4.1 A Search for Very Low-Mass Objects Around Nearby Young Stars (Chap.9) 152
4.2 Multiplicity of L Dwarfs: Binarity and Habitable Planets (Chap.10) 152
5 Conclusions, Appendices and Bibliography (Part V) 153
5.1 Summary (Chap.11) 153
References 153
Part III Galaxies and Cosmology 156
An Overview of the Current Status of CMB Observations 157
1 Introduction 157
2 Observational Results 158
3 Summary of CMB Experiments 162
4 Conclusions 163
References 164
The Anisotropic Redshift Space Galaxy Correlation Function: Detection on the BAO Ring 167
1 Gravitational Instability 167
1.1 BAO Signature 168
1.2 Growth Factor 169
2 Analysis of Data 170
2.1 Errors and Simulations 170
2.2 Redshift Space Distortions 172
References 174
UKIDSS: Surveying the Sky in the Near-IR 175
1 High-z QSOs and the Epoch of Reionization 175
2 The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey 176
3 The VISTA Hemisphere Survey (VHS) 180
References 180
Galaxies Hosting AGN Activity and Their Environments 182
1 Introduction 182
2 AGN in Galaxies 183
3 The Role of the Local/Large Scale Environment 183
4 AGN and Bars 184
4.1 Isolated Galaxies and the DEGAS Project 185
5 A General Picture for Low-Luminosity AGN 187
6 Final Considerations 187
References 188
The QUIJOTE CMB Experiment 190
1 Introduction 191
2 Science Goals 192
3 Experimental Details 193
3.1 Project Baseline 193
3.2 Telescope and Enclosure 194
3.3 First Instrument 195
3.4 Second Instrument 196
3.5 Source Subtractor Facility 197
4 Conclusions 197
References 198
Part IV The Galaxy and Its Components 199
The ABDoradus System Revisited: The Dynamical Mass of ABDorA 200
1 Introduction 201
2 Observations and Data Reduction 201
2.1 Phase-Referenced Map of ABDorA 202
2.2 Reflex Orbit 203
3 Comparison with PMS Models 205
References 205
Spectrophotometry with Gaia 207
1 Gaia: An Enormous Step Forward 207
2 Aim of Spectrophotometry 209
3 Spectrophotometry Instrument 210
4 Calibration Principle 211
5 Results 212
References 214
The Least Massive (Sub)Stellar Componentof the Milky Way 215
1 Introduction 215
2 2MASS 171123: A Deeply-Embedded Low-Mass Protostar 216
3 Very Low-Mass Accreting Objects Scattered Around the Milky Way 217
4 Probing the Very Low-Mass Population of the Coresof Nearby Open Clusters 218
5 A Young Very Low-Mass Wide Couple 219
6 The Search for Starlight Reflected from Extrasolar Planets 219
7 Relics of the Formation of the Solar System 220
References 221
A Pilot Survey of Stellar Tidal Streamsin Nearby Spiral Galaxies 223
1 Introduction 224
2 Stellar Tidal Streams in External Galaxies 225
3 A Pilot Survey of Stellar Tidal Stream in Nearby Galaxies (2006–2008) 226
3.1 The Tidal Stream of NGC 5907 226
3.2 Discovery of Stellar Tidal Streams in Warped Disk Galaxies 227
3.3 Diffuse Light Structures in Nearby Spiral Galaxies 228
4 Future Work 228
References 230
Massive Young Stellar Clusters in the Milky Way 231
1 Introduction 231
2 Cygnus OB2 232
3 Westerlund 1 233
4 The Red Supergiant Clusters 234
5 Future Work 235
References 236
Part V The Sun and the Solar System 238
The Impact of Energetic Particle Precipitation on the Earth's Atmosphere 239
1 Introduction 239
2 MIPAS Observations 240
3 Composition Changes During the October/November 2003 Solar Proton Event 241
4 Polar Winter Descent of NOx Generated by Energetic Electron Precipitation During 2002–2004 242
5 Conclusions 246
References 246
Marco Polo: Hunting and Capture of Material from a Primitive Asteroid 248
1 Introduction 248
2 Scientific Objectives 249
3 Possible Targets 251
4 Mission Scenario 252
5 Payload 254
6 The Spanish Contribution 256
7 Conclusions 257
References 257
Part VI Observatories and Instrumentation 258
The DUNE Mission 259
1 Introduction 259
2 The Dark Universe Explorer Concept 260
3 The Euclid Mission Concept 262
3.1 The Euclid Mission Implementation 264
3.2 The Euclid Mission Assessment Phase 265
The Nordic Optical Telescope 267
1 Introduction 267
2 NOT User Services 268
3 ALFOSC 269
4 FIES 270
5 NOTCam 271
6 MOSCA 272
7 StanCam 272
8 Visitor Instruments 272
9 The Educational Role of the NOT 273
10 Future Perspectives 273
References 274
The Space Telescope for Ultraviolet Astronomy WSO-UV 275
1 Introduction 275
2 Technical Overview 276
3 Science: Instruments and Operations 278
3.1 Imaging and Slitless Spectroscopy Instrument for Surveys: ISSIS 278
3.2 High Resolution Double Echelle Spectrograph: HIRDES 279
3.3 The Long Slit Spectrograph 280
3.4 Scientific Operations 280
4 Science: Core Program and Scientific Policy 281
References 281
Science in the Spanish Virtual Observatory 282
1 The Virtual Observatory 282
2 The Role of Science in the Virtual Observatories 283
3 The Role of Science in the Spanish Virtual Observatory 284
3.1 Identification of Accreting Brown Dwarfs Using VO Tools 284
3.2 Automated Determination of Physical ParametersUsing VOSA: The Case of Collinder 69 285
3.3 Young Stars and Brown Dwarfs Around Alnilam and Mintaka 288
References 289
Part VII Teaching and Outreach of Astronomy 290
Contributions of the Spanish Astronomical Society to the International Year of Astronomy 2009 291
1 Introduction 291
2 `12 Months, 12 Themes' 292
3 `Astronomy Made in Spain' 292
4 `A University, a Universe' 293
5 Collaboration SEA: elpais.com 293
6 Funding 294
Confieso que Divulgo. Reflexiones y Experiencias de una Astrofísica 295
1 Prólogo 295
2 Reflexiones Basadas en Experiencias, Experiencias para Reflexionar 296
2.1 Señas de identidad de la divulgación científica 296
2.2 De la intuición al oficio 296
2.2.1 Palabra e imagen 296
2.2.2 Estrategias eficaces 299
2.2.3 Todo vale… 300
2.3 ¿Nos atrevemos? 300
2.3.1 Exposiciones poco convencionales 300
2.3.2 Espacios públicos como foros de comunicación 301
2.3.3 ¡Arriba el telón! 301
2.3.4 Sinergias infrecuentes 301
2.3.5 Para llegar a todos los públicos 302
3 Epílogo 302
Part VIII Abstracts of the Contributions in the Online Extra Materials 303
Galaxies and Cosmology 303
VIMOS-VLT Two-Dimensional Kinematics of Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies 305
Recovering the Real-Space Correlation Function from Photometric Redshift Surveys 306
Probing Outer Disk Stellar Populations 307
Deconstructing the K-Band Number Counts 308
Extremely Compact Massive Galaxies at 1.7< z<
Cold Dark Matter Halos Based on Collisionless Boltzmann–Poisson Polytropes 310
Use of Neural Networks for the Identification of New z 3.6QSOs from FIRST–SDSS DR5 311
Integral Field Spectroscopy of Local Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies: NGC 7673, a Case Study 312
Blue Massive Stars in NGC 55: A First Quantitative Study 313
A Morphological Study of Sigma-Drop Galaxies 314
Average Iron Line Emission from Distant AGN 315
The WMAP Cold Spot 316
Constraints on the Non-linear Coupling Parameter fnl Using the CMB 317
Kinematics of Inner Bars. The Stellar -Hollows 318
Gas on the Virgo Cluster from WMAP and ROSAT Observations 319
N-body Simulations of the Rees-Sciama Effect 320
Bulges of Disk Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts: Nuclear Densities and Colours 321
Cosmic Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei 322
The Buildup of E–S0 Galaxies at z < 2 from Pure Luminosity Evolution Models
Evolution of the Tully–Fisher Relation 324
Color Dependence of the Truncation of the Stellar Disc 325
Cosmological Analysis of the Satellite Galaxy Distribution 326
Extremely Red Objects in a Hierarchical Universe 327
Near-Infrared and Optical Observations of Galactic Warps 328
Morphological Evolution from z 2 in the COSMOS Field from Ks-Band Imaging 329
High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy of Radio Broad Absorption Line Quasars 330
Metallicity Estimates with SDSS–DR6 331
The Merger Fraction Evolution up to z 1 332
New Empirical Fitting Functions for the Lick/IDS Indices Using MILES 333
Modelling Starburst in Hii Galaxies: from Chemical to Spectro-Photometric Evolutionary Self-Consistent Models 334
Studying Barred Galaxies by Means of Numerical Simulations 335
Photometric and Kinematic Characterization of Tidal Dwarf Galaxy Candidates 336
Chemical Enrichment of Spiral Galaxies: Metallicity–Luminosity Relation 337
Studying the Population of Radio-Loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars (BAL QSOs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey 338
Origin of the Near-UV Light in the Circumnuclear Regions of Seyfert Galaxies 339
Radial Distribution of Dust Properties in Nearby Galaxies 340
Calibration of Star Formation Rate Tracers Using Evolutionary Synthesis Models 341
MAGIC Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei 342
Baryonic Matter at Supercluster Scales: The Case of the Corona Borealis Supercluster 343
Spitzer/IRS Mapping of Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies 344
Observational Evidence of Different Evolutionary Stages in Galactic Bars 345
OTELO Survey: Deep BVRI Broad-Band Photometry of the Groth Strip: Number Counts and Two-Point Correlation Functions 346
Spitzer View on the Downsizing Scenario of Galaxy Formation and the Role of AGN 347
Search for H Emitters in Galaxy Clusters with Tunable Filters 348
Exploring Mergers of Galaxy Clusters in a Cosmological Context 349
OTELO Survey: Properties of X-ray Emitters in the Groth Field – I. Optical Counterparts and Morphological Classification 350
Red Galaxies in the GOYA Photometric Survey: Passive and Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies 351
Spectral Energy Distribution of Hyper-Luminous Infrared Galaxies 352
AMIGA Project. Radio Continuum and Nuclear Activity in a Complete Sample of Isolated Galaxies 353
Cosmological Vector Perturbations and CMB Anomalies 354
On the Fractal Distribution of HII Regions in Disk Galaxies 355
OTELO Survey: X-ray Emitters in the Groth Field – II. Properties of the AGN Population 356
A New Veto Strategy for Continuous Gravitational Wave Signals 357
Observing Supermassive Black Hole Binary Systems with LISA 358
Cosmic Evolution of Stellar Disk Truncations 359
Robotic Optical Monitoring of a Compact Lens System: FBQ 0951+2635 in the i Sloan Filter 360
Distance Determination to the Andromeda Galaxy Using Variable Stars 361
Star Formation in Bars: Where and Why? 362
The Galaxy and Its Components 362
Origin of the Moving Groups and Their Contribution to the Determination of the Large-scale Galactic Potential 364
Spectroscopy of Pre-CV Candidates in the Open Cluster M 67 365
Spitzer/IRAC Young Stellar Objects Candidates in 30 Doradus 366
An Application of the Mayrit Catalogue: Very Wide Binaries in the Orionis Cluster 367
Preliminary Results on a Virtual Observatory Search for Companions to Luyten stars 368
High-Energy Emission from Microquasars (with BH) 369
Tidal Remnants Around the Galactic Globular Clusters NGC1851 and NGC1904 370
Calibration Model for Gaia Photometry and Spectrophotometry 371
Testing the Initial–Final Mass Relationship of White Dwarfs 372
Unveiling New Quiescent Black Holes with IPHAS 373
Results of the Analysis of Several Galactic Sources Observed by MAGIC 374
Weak Flares on M-Dwarfs 375
Herbig–Haro Objects and Protoplanetary Discs 376
Diffusion of Cosmic-Rays and Gamma-Ray Sources 377
SWIFT J195509+261406: Dramatic Flaring Activity from a New Galactic Magnetar 378
Pulsating B and Be Stars in the Magellanic Clouds 380
Constraints to the Proposed Close-in Perturber to GJ 436 b 381
FR Cnc Nature Revisited 382
Massive Stars with Weak Winds 383
Numerical Modeling of Type Ia Supernovae Explosions 384
GALEP, Spectral Mapping of the Inner Galaxy with EMIR 385
And the Oscar Goes to: BD+20 1790 for ``The Mystery of the Unseen Companion'' 386
GUMS & GOG: Simulating the Universe for Gaia
HD 64315: A Very Massive Spectroscopic Binary 388
Spectroscopic Studies of Nearby Cool Stars: The DUNES Sample 389
Simultaneous Modelling of the Complete SN1993J Expansion and Radio Light Curves 390
High Resolution Spectroscopic Characterization of the FGK Stars in the Solar Neighbourhood 391
Optical Spectroscopic Monitoring of Pre-Main Sequence Stars: The UXOr Sub-Sample 392
Identification of Isolated Post T Tauri Stars in the Solar Neighborhood 393
Interstellar Reddening Determination Trough the 2200 Å Dust Absorption Band 394
Low-Mass Stars as Tests for Stellar Models 395
A Kinematical Study of the Galactic Disk Using Red Clump Stars 396
High Energy Sources Monitored with OMC 397
Photoelectric Absorption in the Stellar Wind of the Binary System 4U 1538–52/QV Nor 398
Distribution for the Regular Component of the Galactic Magnetic Field Using 5-Year WMAP Data 399
The Origin of the Galactic 26Al and 60Fe 400
CdC-SF Catalogue.II: Application of its Proper Motions to Open Clusters 401
The Sun and the Solar System 401
Damping of Fast Magnetohydrodynamic Oscillations in Quiescent Filament Threads 403
Dynamics and Clouds in Jupiter Equatorial Zone 404
Turbulence in Jupiter's Clouds 405
The Importance of the Nucleus Rotation on the Size of the Dust Particle Ejected from Comets 406
Venus Spectrophotometry During the MESSENGER Mission Fly-By 407
Three Dimensional Structure of Penumbral Filaments from Hinode Observations 408
The Temporal Evolution of Linear Fast and Alfvén MHD Waves in Solar Coronal Arcades 409
Structure and Dynamics of Penumbral Filaments 410
Observatories and Instrumentation 410
A VO Archive for the DSS-63 Antenna at Robledo 412
BLAST: Study of the Earliest Stages of Galactic Star Formation 413
The EUCLID–NIS Mission 415
Final Optical Design of PANIC, a Wide-Field Infrared Camera for CAHA 416
Searching for Good Blank Regions in the Sky for Flatfielding 417
EURECA: The X-ray Universe in High Spectral Resolution 418
AXIS–SVO Data Centre Creation 419
XMM–Newton Data Analysis with SAS Software Over GRID Technology 420
CIRCE: The Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment 421
Design of Wide Band Bow-Tie Slot Antennas for Multi-Frequency Operation in CMB Experiments 422
OAdM Observatory: Towards Fully Unattended Control 423
Status of MAGIC and the CTA Project 424
In the Search of Exoplanets 425
First Results of the Optical Speckle Interferometry with the 3.5 m Telescope at Calar Alto (Spain): Measurements and Orbits of Visual Binaries 426
The INTEGRAL–OMC Scientific Archive 427
Observatorio Astronómico De Cantabria 428
A Displayer of Stellar Hydrodynamics Processes 429
GUAIX: The UCM Group of Extragalactic Astrophysics and Astronomical Instrumentation 430
ASTRONET: Towards a Strategic Plan for European Astronomy 431
Development of a Virtual Observatory Tool for the Characterization of Stellar Objects in the DUNES Project Framework 432
Simulations of Array Configurations for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) 433
Metallicity Estimation Using N2 Method with OSIRIS 434
Supervised Star Classification System for the OMC Archive 435
Preparation of the Gaia Data Processing: First Astrometric Results 436
Fast-Switching in the Submillimeter Array: A Step Toward Gain Calibration in ALMA 437
The Gaia Simulator: Design and Results 438
Infrared Instrumentation for Dome C: Conceptual Design 439
Data Quality Check and On-Site Analysis of the MAGIC Telescope 440
Free Software in Astronomy: Fedora Astronomy 441
A Fully GTC-Compliant Pipeline for the Direct Imaging Mode of EMIR 442
Calar Alto Academy 443
INSA Scientific Activities in the Space Astronomy Area 444
Theoretical Models in the Virtual Observatory 445
Searching for New Hot Subdwarfs by Means of the Virtual Observatory 446
Virtual Observatory Activities in the AMIGA Group 447
Light Pollution in Spain: A European Perspective 448
The Herschel Space Observatory: Mission Overview and Observing Opportunities 449
Astrophysics on the Edge: New Instrumental Developments at the ING 450
Data Mining Projects, Discoveries and Statistics in Large Astronomical Archives: The Astrostatistics Group of the Spanish Virtual Observatory 451
Gas Cell Development for Infrared Spectra Calibration 452
The COROT Archive at LAEFF 453
Teaching and Outreach of Astronomy 453
The Music and The Astronomy 455
Failed Subject: Communication and Didactics of Astronomy 456
Teaching and Communicating Astronomy at Rey Juan Carlos University 457
I Workshop on Science and Astronomy at the DAM of the UB 458
Astronomical Activities with Disabled People 459
PARTNeR: A Tool for Outreach and Teaching Astronomy 460
Index 461