AYUDAS RAMÓN Y CAJAL CONVOCATORIA 2022 -MONTSERRAT ARMAS PADILLA
"The purpose of the aid object of this call is to promote the incorporation into research organizations of research personnel, both Spanish and foreign, with an outstanding career in order for them to acquire the skills and abilities that allow them to obtain a stable position in a research organization of the Spanish System of Science, Technology
Precision Astronomy with Small Satellites: Research on Pointing Correction Techniques
This proposal aims to develop an innovative Pointing and Focus Correction System (PFCS) to address critical challenges in achieving high-precision observations with small satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The PFCS represents a transformative leap in space instrumentation, enabling high-precision pointing stability at the 2-arcsecond level and
Preparing the preliminary design review of EST MCAO
The objective of this proposal is to validate the high-level design of the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) of the European Solar Telescope (EST) in order to prepare the corresponding Preliminary Design Review (PDR). With a 4.2 m primary mirror, EST will be the largest solar telescope in Europe and it will provide the scientific community
Science and technology for the Ariel mission: IAC contribution
The exoplanet field has witnessed a revolution with the results of the Kepler and CoRoT space missions, which uncovered a large population of small planets, a few of which in the habitable zones of their stars. The more recent TESS mission is helping to make a census of planets with bright stellar hosts. Furthermore, a new generation of space
MASSIVE BINARY INTERACTION PRODUCTS REVEALED BY LARGE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS
Over the past two decades, our understanding of massive star evolution has undergone a paradigm shift. For nearly 40 years, theoretical and observational efforts focused on refining a framework in which massive stars were assumed to evolve predominantly as single, with four key factor playing a dominant role: mass, rotation, stellar winds, and