Scientific analysis of ultra-deep astronomical images
One of the projects with the greatest impact currently being developed by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is the state-of-the-art analysis of optical...
Scientific exploitation of the NIR spectrographs EMIR and MIRADAS at the GTC
This project is proposed with two generic objectives. On the one hand, carry out the initial scientific exploitation of the EMIR and MIRADAS instruments through...
Search and charazzterization of amino acids in star-formins regions
One of the unresolved issues in astrophysics and astrochemistry is to understand how prebiotic molecules assemble into complex structures and establish which...
Search, impact and fundamental properties of Ultra-compact X-ray binaries
The vast majority of the known galactic population of stellar-mass black holes and a significant fraction of the neutron stars are found in X-ray binary systems...
The last decade, the CoRoT and Kepler/K2 missions have showed the power of asteroseismology in order to determine the fundamental stellar parameters with a...
Main objective of this project is to maximize the scientific exploitation of the unique capabilities of SONG (Stellar Observations Network Group) high-precision...
SHARKS: In-depth study of the formation and evolution of distant galaxies
SHARKS (Southern H-ATLAS Regions Ks-band Survey; IP: Helmut Dannerbauer) is a deep near-infrared survey of a 300-square-degree region of the sky being carried...
Small-ELF: a propotype for the future 40-50m ExoLife Finder (ELF) hybrid optical telescope
The objective of this proposal is to apply for funding to complete the construction and implementation of a 3.5 m prototype, dubbed Small-ELF, at Teide...
Solar atmosphere: theory, computational tools and support for observations
This project aims to understand the key physical laws and processes underlying a range of basic phenomena observed in the solar atmosphere. We will study the...