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ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS J.M. Diego L.J. Goicoechea J.I. González-Serrano J. Gorgas Editors Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V First Kodai-Trieste Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics held in Kodaikanal, India, August 27–September 7, 2007 123 Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Forfurthervolumes: http://www.springer.com/series/7395 Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V J. M. Diego Editor Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain L. J. Goicoechea Editor Universidad de Cantabria, Spain J. I. González-Serrano Editor Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain J. Gorgas Editor Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain 123 Editors Jose M. Diego J. Ignacio González-Serrano Instituto de Física de Cantabria Instituto de Física de Cantabria Avda. de Los Castros, s/n Avda. de Los Castros, s/n 39005 Santander Cantabria 39005 Santander Cantabria Spain Spain [email protected] [email protected] Luis J. Goicoechea Javier Gorgas Universidad de Cantabria Universidad Complutense de Madrid Depto. Física Moderna Depto. Astrofísica Avda. de Los Castros, s/n Ciudad Universitaria, s/n 39005 Santander Cantabria 28040 Madrid Spain Spain [email protected] [email protected] Additional material to this book can be downloaded from http://extra.springer.com ISSN1570-6591 e-ISSN1570-6605 ISBN978-3-642-11249-2 e-ISBN978-3-642-11250-8 DOI10.1007/978-3-642-11250-8 SpringerHeidelbergDordrechtLondonNewYork LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2010921801 (cid:2)c Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2010 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright. Allrightsarereserved,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialis concerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation,broadcasting, reproductiononmicrofilmorinanyotherway,andstorageindatabanks.Duplicationofthispublication orpartsthereofispermitted onlyundertheprovisionsoftheGermanCopyrightLawofSeptember9, 1965,initscurrentversion,andpermissionforusemustalwaysbeobtainedfromSpringer.Violationsare liabletoprosecutionundertheGermanCopyrightLaw. Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,etc.inthispublicationdoesnotimply, evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantprotectivelaws andregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. Coverdesign:eStudioCalamarS.L. Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Preface Astronomy is a scientific discipline that has developed a rapid and impressive growth in Spain. Thirty years ago, Spain occupieda purely anecdotalpresence in the internationalcontext, but today it occupies the eighth position in the world in publication of astronomical articles, and, among other successes, owns and oper- atesninetypercentoftheworld’slargestopticaltelescopeGTC(GranTelescopio Canarias). The Eighth Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Espan˜olade Astronom´ıa,SEA), held in Santander in July 7–11 2008,whose pro- ceedings are in your hands, clearly shows the enthusiasm, motivation and quality of the present Spanish astronomical community. The event brought together 322 participants,whorepresentalmost50%ofSpanishprofessionalastronomers.This percentage, together with the continuously increasing, with respect to previous SEAmeetings,numberoforalpresentationsandpostercontributions(179and127 respectively),confirmsthattheSEAconferenceshavebecomeapointofreference toassesstheinterestsandachievementsofastrophysicalresearchinSpain. ThemostimportantandcurrenttopicsofmodernAstrophysicsweretakeninto accountatthepreliminarymeeting,aswellasthenumberandqualityofparticipants andtheircontributions,toselecttheinvitedspeakersandoralcontributors.Wetook a week to enjoy the high quality contributionssubmitted by Spanish astronomers to the Scientific Organizing Committee. The selection was difficult. We wish to acknowledgethegentleadviceandcommitmentoftheSOCmembers. ThecontentsoftheseProceedingsreflectthebroadinterestsoftheSpanishastro- nomicalcommunity,but we want to emphasize two importantaspects. In the first place, although only 15years ago our community played a passive role using the observing facilities provided by other countries, in the last few years we have witnessed a spectacular increase in the active participation of the community in handlinginstrumentsandinthecreationofgroupsinourresearchcenters,mainly propelled by the GTC enterprise and other internationalprojects. For example, in the first volumeof HighlightsofSpanishAstrophysicsof onlyten yearsago, 15% of the contributions were about instruments. In this volume, the contributions in the Observatories (real and virtual) and Instrumentation category constitute 30% of the total number. Secondly, in this meeting, for the first time, parallel sessions devoted to Teaching and Outreach of Astronomy were organized. The success of v vi Preface these sessions, with a high numberof participants,reflects the involvementof our communityinthecelebrationoftheInternationalYearofAstronomy2009andour commitmenttoreturntothesocietytheknowledgethatwearegathering. Welcoming friendsat home is always a pleasure. But welcoming abouthalf of the Spanish astronomical community in Santander was, in addition, a challenge. Preparationsforthisbigevent,thelargesteverorganizedinAstronomybythecom- munityatthe Instituto deF´ısica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC) andat the Universityof Cantabria,took abouta year and a half. Forthe LocalOrganizingCommittee,the eventwasasuccess,andwebelievethatitwasalsoperceivedassuchbytheSpanish astronomerswho visited Santander. A number of activities were organizedincon- nection with the meeting, devoted mostly to enhance the link of Astronomy with society. That included public talks, school contests, industry displays and articles and interviews in newspapers, among other activities. We also believe this extra componentofthemeeting,notrecordedinthisbook,wasworththeeffortthatwe investedinit.Publishingtheproceedingsofthemeetingisthelastpartoftheactiv- itiesoftheLOC,sothisformallyclosestheircontributiontothisseries.Wearenow eagerly waiting to help our colleaguesin and aroundMadrid to organizethe next onein2010. Thismeetingwaspossiblethankstothefinancialsupportofgovernmentalinsti- tutions,universities,researchcentersandprivateSpanishcompanies.TheSocietyis indebtedtothehostinstitutions(theInstitutodeF´ısicadeCantabriaandtheUniver- sityofCantabria),andtothewonderfulandfriendlycityofSantander,anditscity council,formakingusfeelathome.Itwasawonderfulexperience. Jose´ MiguelRodr´ıguezEspinosa-SEAPresident Jose´ M.Diego EmilioJ.Alfaro-ChairmanoftheSOC LuisJ.Goicoechea XavierBarcons-ChairmanoftheLOC Jose´ IgnacioGonza´lezSerrano JavierGorgas Editors Contents PartI PlenarySessions NewInsightsintoX-rayBinaries................................................. 3 J.Casares OSIRIS:FinalCharacterizationandScientificCapabilities.................. 15 JordiCepa GravitationalLenses:AnUpdate ................................................ 27 EmilioE.Falco FirstScientificResultsfromtheALHAMBRA:Survey....................... 39 A.Ferna´ndez-Soto MagneticFingerprintsofSolarandStellarOscillations....................... 51 ElenaKhomenko TheSearchforGravitationalWaves:OpeningaNewWindow intotheUniverse ................................................................... 65 AliciaM.Sintes PartII SeaPrize Formation,Evolutionand Multiplicity of Brown Dwarfs andGiantExoplanets.............................................................. 79 J.A.Caballero PartIII GalaxiesandCosmology AnOverviewoftheCurrentStatusofCMBObservations.................... 93 R.B.Barreiro vii viii Contents TheAnisotropicRedshiftSpaceGalaxyCorrelationFunction: DetectionontheBAORing .......................................................103 EnriqueGaztan˜agaandAnnaCabre UKIDSS:SurveyingtheSkyintheNear-IR ....................................111 E.A. Gonza´lez-Solares, B.P. Venemans, R.G. McMahon, S.J. Warren, D.J. Mortlock, M. Patel, P.C. Hewett, S. Dye, R.G.Sharp,andtheUKIDSSCollaboration GalaxiesHostingAGNActivityandTheirEnvironments.....................119 IsabelMa´rquezandJosefaMasegosa TheQUIJOTECMBExperiment................................................127 J.A. Rubin˜o-Mart´ın,R. Rebolo,M.Tucci,R. Ge´nova-Santos, S.R.Hildebrandt,R.Hoyland,J.M.Herreros,F.Go´mez-Ren˜asco, C.Lo´pezCaraballo,E.Mart´ınez-Gonza´lez,P.Vielva,D.Herranz, F.J.Casas,E.Artal,B.Aja,L.delaFuente,J.L.Cano,E.Villa, A.Mediavilla,J.P.Pascual,L.Piccirillo,B.Maffei,G.Pisano, R.A. Watson, R. Davis, R. Davies, R. Battye, R. Saunders, K.Grainge,P.Scott,M.Hobson,A.Lasenby,G.Murga,C.Go´mez, A.Go´mez,J.Arin˜o,R.Sanquirce,J.Pan,A.Vizcargu¨enaga,and B.Etxeita PartIV TheGalaxyandItsComponents The ABDoradusSystemRevisited: The DynamicalMass ofABDorA.........................................................................139 J.C. Guirado, I. Mart´ı-Vidal, J.M. Marcaide, L.M. Close, J.-F.Lestrade,D.L.Jauncey,S.Jime´nez-Monferrer,D.L.Jones, R.A.Preston,andJ.E.Reynolds SpectrophotometrywithGaia ....................................................147 C.Jordi,J.M.Carrasco,C.Fabricius,F.Figueras,andH.Voss The Least Massive (Sub)Stellar Component oftheMilkyWay...................................................................155 E.L.Mart´ın,V.J.S.Be´jar,H.Bouy,J.Licandro,B.Riaz,F.Rodler, L.Valdivielso,R.Deshpande,andR.Tata A Pilot Survey of Stellar Tidal Streams inNearbySpiralGalaxies.........................................................163 David Mart´ınez–Delgado,R. Jay Gabany,Jorge Pen˜arrubia, Hans-Walter Rix, Steven R. Majewski, IgnacioTrujillo, and MichaelPohlen Contents ix MassiveYoungStellarClustersintheMilkyWay..............................171 IgnacioNegueruela PartV TheSunandtheSolarSystem The Impact of Energetic Particle Precipitation ontheEarth’sAtmosphere........................................................181 B. Funke, M. Lo´pez-Puertas, M. Garc´ıa-Comas, D.Bermejo-Pantaleo´n,G.P.Stiller,andT.vonClarmann Marco Polo: Hunting and Capture of Material fromaPrimitiveAsteroid.........................................................191 JavierLicandro PartVI ObservatoriesandInstrumentation TheDUNEMission ................................................................203 F.J.Castander TheNordicOpticalTelescope.....................................................211 AnlaugAmandaDjupvikandJohannesAndersen TheSpaceTelescopeforUltravioletAstronomyWSO-UV....................219 AnaI.Go´mezdeCastro,B.Shustov,M.Sachkov,N.Kappelmann, M.Huang,andK.Werner ScienceintheSpanishVirtualObservatory.....................................227 EnriqueSolano PartVII TeachingandOutreachofAstronomy Contributions of the Spanish Astronomical Society totheInternationalYearofAstronomy2009...................................237 B.Montesinos Confieso que Divulgo. Reflexionesy Experiencias de una Astrof´ısica...........................................................................241 I.Rodr´ıguezHidalgo PartVIII AbstractsoftheContributionsintheOnlineExtraMaterials GalaxiesandCosmology ..........................................................251 x Contents VIMOS-VLTTwo-DimensionalKinematicsofLocalLuminous InfraredGalaxies...................................................................253 JuliaAlfonso-Garzo´n,AnaMonreal-Ibero,SantiagoArribas, andLuisColina Recovering the Real-Space Correlation Function fromPhotometricRedshiftSurveys..............................................255 PabloArnalte-Mur,AlbertoFerna´ndez-Soto,VicentJ.Mart´ınez, andEnnSaar ProbingOuterDiskStellarPopulations.........................................257 JuditBakos,IgnacioTrujillo,andMichaelPohlen DeconstructingtheK-BandNumberCounts...................................259 G.Barro,J.Gallego,P.G.Pe´rez-Gonza´lez,M.C.Eliche-Moral, M.Balcells,V.Villar,N.Cardiel,D.Cristobal-Hornillos,A.Gilde Paz,R.Guzma´n,R.Pello´,M.Prieto,andJ.Zamorano ExtremelyCompactMassiveGalaxiesat1:7<z<3..........................261 FernandoBuitrago,IgnacioTrujillo,andChristopherJ.Conselice Cold Dark Matter Halos Based on Collisionless Boltzmann–PoissonPolytropes...................................................263 J. Calvo, E. Florido, O. Sa´nchez, E. Battaner, J. Soler, and B.Ruiz-Granados Use of Neural Networks for the Identification of New z(cid:2)3:6QSOsfromFIRST–SDSSDR5...........................................265 R. Carballo, J.I. Gonza´lez-Serrano, C.R. Benn, and F.Jime´nez-Luja´n IntegralField Spectroscopyof LocalLuminous Compact BlueGalaxies:NGC7673,aCaseStudy ........................................267 A.Castillo-Morales,J.Gallego,J.Pe´rez-Gallego,R. Guzma´n, C.Garland,D.J.Pisano,F.J.Castander,N.Gruel,andJ.Zamorano BlueMassiveStarsinNGC55:AFirstQuantitativeStudy...................269 N. Castro, A. Herrero, M. Garcia, C. Trundle, F. Bresolin, W.Gieren,G.Pietrzynski,R.-P.Kudritzki,andR.Demarco AMorphologicalStudyofSigma-DropGalaxies...............................271 S.Comero´n,J.H.Knapen,andJ.E.Beckman
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