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Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V

:	J.G. Gorgas, J.I. González-Serrano, L. J. Goicoechea, J. M. Diego
:	Jose M. Diego, LuisJ. Goicoechea, J. Ignacio González-Serrano, Javier Gorgas
:	Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9783642112508
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:	CHF 190.00
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:	Astronomie
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Astronomy is a scienti?c discipline that has developed a rapid and impressive growth in Spain. Thirty years ago, Spain occupied a purely anecdotal presence in the international context, but today it occupies the eighth position in the world in publication of astronomical articles, and, among other successes, owns and op- ates ninety per cent of the world's largest optical telescope GTC (Gran Telescopio Canarias). The Eighth Scienti?c Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Espanol a de Astronom´ a, SEA), held in Santander in July 7-11 2008, whose p- ceedings are in your hands, clearly shows the enthusiasm, motivation and quality of the present Spanish astronomical community. The event brought together 322 participants, who represent almost 50% of Spanish professional astronomers. This percentage, together with the continuously increasing, with respect to previous SEA meetings, number of oral presentations and poster contributions (179 and 127 respectively), con?rms that the SEA conferences have become a point of reference to assess the interests and achievements of astrophysical research in Spain. The most important and current topics of modern Astrophysics were taken into accountat thepreliminarymeeting,aswell as the numberandqualityofparticipant and their contributions, to select the invited speakers and oral contributors. We took a week to enjoy the high quality contributions submitted by Spanish astronomers to the Scienti?c Organizing Committee. The selection was dif?cult. We wish to acknowledge the gentle advice and commitment of the SOC members.

	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 Fact