Recent Talks

What would a 35m-scale narrow field-of-view telescope look like that is designed for high dynamic range direct imaging science? The EU has charged the IAC in a 5 year program to explore and develop the concepts and technologies that could make such a ground-based telescope possible. From tensegrity mechanics to astrophotonic wavefront sensing and control in Fizeau optics, the IAC and IACTEC "Laboratory for Innovation in Optomechanics (LIOM)" is just now starting these research activities. This talk will outline the motivation, concepts, and prototypes that LIOM and the IAC will advance over the next few years.

Sabemos que la música lleva con nosotros desde la prehistoria y ha ido evolucionando con el pasar de los años hasta convertirse en lo que conocemos y practicamos a día de hoy. Pero, ¿es acaso que descubrimos un "lenguaje universal" como la llaman algunos o no es más que una argucia armónica que inventamos para complacer a nuestros sentidos? Esta charla presenta un análisis matemático de las características armónicas de la música a través de las distintas etapas que ha atravesado con el pasar de los siglos, con demostraciones experimentales y ejemplos auditivos.

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Understanding stellar structure and evolution significantly impacts our understanding of the tight-knit evolution of galaxies and exoplanet systems. However, hidden behind the luminous layers of the stellar atmosphere, the deep interior of a star is eluding from direct measurements. The seismic study of waves propagating the deep interior provides the only way to measure the internal structure, dynamics, and mixing in any given star and compare it to theoretical models.

With the photometric data from space missions, such as the NASA Kepler telescope, a golden age has begun for seismology. In particular, the seismic studies of thousands of solar-like have led to numerous breakthroughs in our understanding of the stellar structure of red-giant stars. Complimentary information on stellar binarity, tidal forces, rotation, and lithium abundance provide additional constraints to characterize the advanced evolution of stars further and provide high-resolution insights into complex internal adjustments. Approaching a sample of ~1000 identified solar-like oscillators in binary systems, provided by the ESA Gaia and NASA TESS missions draws an exciting picture on the interaction of stellar and orbital evolution.

https://rediris.zoom.us/j/89275150368?pwd=QnNxc09KbmJMTmdaRmVGdjZYSlBqdz09
ID de reunión: 892 7515 0368

Código de acceso: 101169

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We divide this talk into two parts. In the first part, we will introduce the numerical codes we use, mainly in solar physics, to infer information about the solar atmosphere from spectro-polarimetric observations. In particular, we will present a new version that was recently developed (see Ruiz Cobo et al., 2022). In the second part of the talk, we will learn how we opted to bring the code to the public through online tutorials, and we will show where to find them (see the link below). Also, we will explain why we believe this new approach could be interesting for other research areas and give some tips in case someone is interested in trying the method.

The previous years have witnessed a big leap forward in our understanding of the Milky Way. Thanks to the highly accurate astrometry and photometry provided by the Gaia mission in combination with large photometric and spectroscopic all-sky surveys, we have now a clearer view of the chemo-dynamics of the stellar populations that constitute our Galaxy. Our former characterization of the Milky Way components (the bulge, halo, and thick and thin discs) is now compromised by the latest discoveries and their limits are blurrier than ever. However, hints on the kind of events and processes that led to the formation of our Galaxy emerge from the analysis of these high-quality data. In this talk I will review the latest results about what caused the current stellar halo configuration and the observational evidences of the dawn of the Milky Way’s disc. I will also present the project carried out at the ULL/IAC to derive the star formation history of the Milky Way which will provide the temporal information that is still missing in Galactic research.

https://rediris.zoom.us/j/85737198942?pwd=dG1lYmNVRjR3dzRGZFhldUhGRloyUT09
ID de reunión: 857 3719 8942

Código de acceso: 350472

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Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are the most luminous persistent sources in the universe. A minority of AGN are characterised by powerful plasma jets extending from close to the supermassive black hole at the centre of their host galaxy up to megaparsec scales in the intergalactic space. Inside these jets, charged particles are accelerated to relativistic speeds and emit non-thermal radiation. In blazars one jet is oriented at a small angle with respect to the line of sight, and this causes Doppler beaming of the jet emission, with consequent flux enhancement, and decrease of the variability time scales. The dominant contribution of the jet radiation to the blazar emission makes these objects ideal sources to investigate what happens in the inner regions of AGN jets and even what is the jet structure and dynamics. We have been studying blazar variability for more than 20 years in the framework of the Whole Blazar Telescope (WEBT) Collaboration, including many tens of astronomers observing mainly in the optical, but also in the radio and near-infrared bands. The analysis of the wealth of multiwavelength data gathered during the WEBT monitoring campaigns, with unique time resolution in the optical band, allowed us to outline a model for the blazar variability, involving an inhomogeneous twisting jet. In the final part of the seminar we will mention the contribution to blazar understanding that is expected from Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

 A lo largo del último año, el equipo de IACTEC-Espacio ha implementado la ingeniería basada en modelos (MBSE de sus siglas en inglés) progresivamente en todos sus desarrollos. Esta metodología tiene como objetivo último la utilización de modelos que representen un repositorio de información única y fidedigna en los desarrollos de ingeniería. La herramienta utilizada permite definir la estructura de producto, los requisitos a nivel de sistema y a niveles inferiores y el proceso de verificación de los mismos, así como la realización de análisis basados en las variables del modelo y la gestión de tareas del equipo. En la charla se mostrará cómo se ha implementado la ingeniería basada en modelos en el desarrollo de DRAGO-2 y de VINIS, resaltando las ventajas y limitaciones de esta metodología.

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Gravitational-wave observations have revealed the population of stellar remnants from a new angle. Yet their stellar progenitors remain uncertain, in particular in the case of black holes. At least a fraction of these progenitors is believed to form in isolated binary systems. In this talk, I will discuss how binary mass transfer affects the late evolution and final fate of massive stars. The focus will be on stars that transfer their outer layers to a companion star and become binary-stripped. Binary-stripped stars develop systematically different core structures compared to single stars. I will discuss consequences for supernova progenitors, black hole formation, supernova nucleosynthesis, and gravitational-wave observations.

Finally, I will summarise our ongoing JWST work within the GATOS (Galactic Activity, Torus and Outflow Survey) collaboration. In particular, I will focus on our recent study about the survival of PAH molecules in AGN-driven outflows.