El Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) obtiene el distintivo de Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa
13 de Julio de 2018
El distintivo dota a los centros con un millón de euros anual durante cuatro años
El programa tiene como objetivo financiar y acreditar a los centros de investigación que demuestran impacto y liderazgo a nivel internacional El IAA es el único centro andaluz acreditado como Severo Ochoa
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) ha obtenido el distintivo de Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, una acreditación que reconoce a los centros que realizan investigación básica de frontera y se encuentran entre los mejores del mundo en su área de trabajo. Destacan por su alta competitividad, sus ambiciosos planes estratégicos, una producción de máxima calidad y gran capacidad para atraer talento. Dotado con un presupuesto de un millón de euros anual durante cuatro años, el distintivo forma parte del Subprograma de Fortalecimiento Institucional del Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica Técnica y de Innovación.
The atmosphere of Kelt-9b, the hottest known planet, is being dragged towards its star
July 3rd 2018
Similar to Jupiter, Kelt-9 is hotter than some stars
Thanks to the CARMENES instrument at Calar Alto Observatory, astronomers detected an extensive hydrogen envelope around Kelt-9b that escapes and is being captured by the star
The Kelt-9b conditions are infernal: it rotates extremely close to its host star, Kelt-9, whose temperature doubles that of the Sun. It is the hottest exoplanet discovered, and a recent study with the CARMENES instrument at Calar Alto, has revealed the presence of an hydrogen atmosphere around Kelt-9, which is being dragged and captured by the gravitational force of its star. Led by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, the result has been published in Nature Astronomy.
Best 2017 PhD in Astronomy uses CALIFA data
June 28th 2018
Laura Sánchez-Menguiano was awarded the best 2017 PhD thesis in Astronomy by the Spanish Astronomical Society. Laura’s thesis uses CALIFA data, taken with the PMAS Integral Field Spectrograph at the 3.5-m Calar Alto telescope, to scrutinize the spiral structure in disk galaxies.
Most galaxies in the local Universe display beautiful spiral arms, concentrations of bright stars in a rotating disk, like a whirl around a bulge made of older stars. Although omnipresent, the formation and persistence of this twisting spiral structure is still not well understood, despite the arms should play a major role in the chemical and dynamical evolution of disk galaxies.
Call for letters of intent for the construction of the next generation instrument for CAHA 3.5m telescope
May 11th 2018
Calar Alto is looking for competitive science cases and associated instrumentation concepts for its flagship telescope, the CAHA 3.5m. It is expected that the current observatory mode of operation will remain in the future, with most of the time devoted to high impact science cases requiring large allocations of time.
