Massive stars are key agents in the chemical and dynamical evolution of the Universe. Not only for millions of years do they continously deliver radiative and...
Metrology equipment for the manufacture of large optics
The IAC has defined as a strategic objective for the coming years to have the infrastructure, equipment and human group that allows the manufacture of mirrors...
MHD MODeling and beyond: in preparation for European Solar Telescope
Solar Physics research will experience a big step forward in the next years. This progress will be founded on the contribution from recent and upcoming...
MICAL: Strategic improvements in scientific-technological infrastructures and logistical support to the canary island observatories.
MICAL consists of two main tasks: 1. Development of Instrumentation Prototypes for the European Solar Telescope, with two specific actions: a) Demonstrator of...
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has a long history in the development of electronic systems for astrophysical and spatial instrumentation. The...
Mineralogical characterization of primitive asteroids and space exploration
The scientific objective of this project is the compositional characterization of the primitive asteroids, which we will carry out through three actions: 1...
MNLP-RES: Improvements in the La Palma node of the Spanish supercomputing network.
Within the Strategic Plan of the Spanish Network of Supercomputing (RES) Institute of Astrophysics The Canary Islands (IAC) proposes a series of actions...
Multiband studies of rapid variability in X-ray binaries
X-ray binaries (XRBs) are arguably the best sources for studying accretion and jets, because they traverse various accretion states with greatly differing jet...
Multiband study of rapid variability in X-ray binaries
X-ray binaries (XRBs) are arguably the best sources for studying accretion and jets, because they traverse various accretion states with greatly differing jet...