Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

In this gallery you will find information on some of the most outstanding scientific advances made by IAC researchers. They have been selected by the IAC's Head of Research and are based on scientific articles that have either already been published in high-prestige scientific research journals or are currently in the press.

2013

• A Black Hole Nova Obscured by an Inner Disk Torus. Author/s: J. M. Corral-Santana, J. Casares, T. Muñoz-Darias, P. Rodríguez-Gil, T. Shahbaz, M. A. P. Torres, C. Zurita, A. A. Tyndall Reference: 2013, Science, Vol. 339, No. 6123, pp. 1048-1051 | Link
• Bayesian Analysis of Multiple Harmonic Oscillations in the Solar Corona. Author/s: I. Arregui, A. Asensio Ramos, A. J. Díaz Reference: 2013, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 765, L23
• An Integral View of Fast Shocks around Supernova 1006. Author/s: S. Nikolic, G. van de Ven, K. Heng, D. Kupko, B. Husemann, J. C. Raymond, J. P. Hughes, J. Falcon-Barroso Reference: 2013, Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1228297
• The filling factor - radius relation for 58 HII regions across the disk of NGC6946. Author/s: B. Cedrés, J.E. Beckman, A. Bongiovanni, J. Cepa, A. Asensio Ramos, C. Giammanco, A. Cabrera-Lavers , E. Alfaro Reference: ApJ, 765, L24, doi:10.1088/2041-8205/765/1/L24 | Link
• A new key to solving the mystery of the diffuse interstellar bands. Author/s: D. A. García-Hernández, J. J. Díaz-Luis Reference: 2013, García-Hernández & Díaz-Luis 2013, A&A, 550, L6
• GTC OSIRIS z-band imaging of Y dwarfs. Author/s: N Lodieu, V Sanchez Bejar, R Rebolo Reference: Lodieu et al. 2013, A&A, 750, L2
• Very Metal-poor Stars in the Outer Galactic Bulge Found by the APOGEE Survey. Author/s: García Pérez, A E.; Cunha, K; Shetrone, M; Majewski, S R.; Johnson, J A.; Smith, V V.; Schiavon, R P.; Holtzman, J; Nidever, D; Zasowski, G; Allende Prieto, C; Beers, T C.; Bizyaev, D; Ebelke, G; Eisenstein, D J.; Frinchaboy, P M.; Girardi, L; Hearty, F R.; Malanushenko, E; Malanushenko, V; Meszaros, S; O'Connel, R W.; Oravetz, D; Pan, K; Robin, A C.; Schneider, D P.; Schultheis, M; Skrutskie, M F.; Simmonsand, A; Wilson, J C. Reference: ApJ Letters, en prensa (eprint arXiv:1301.1367) | Link