Towards a reliable star formation history of the galactic disk in the Gaia era
A new tool is being developed to derive the star formation and chemical enrichment history of the galactic disc through comparison of future Gaia data with...
Towards an automatic classification of distortions as merging indicators in AGN host galaxies
Does a merging event always precede AGN activity? In this starting PhD project, we will try to address this question by quantifying the distortions and...
Towards an optimal enclosure for the future large telescope in the ORM
The preservation of the excellent image quality of the 'Roque de los Muchachos' Observatory (ORM) is one of the most important design criteria for the enclosure...
Towards ensemble asteroseismology of the young open clusters χ Persei and NGC 6910
As a result of the variability survey in χ Persei and NGC 6910, the number of β Cep stars that are members of these two open clusters is increased to twenty...
Towards integrated modelling: full image simulations for WEAVE
We present an integrated end-end simulation of the spectral images that will be obtained by the weave spectrograph, which aims to include full modelling of all...
Towards Long-Term Solar Irradiance Modelling: Network Contrasts from Magneto-Convection Simulations
Solar irradiance changes on a wide range of time scales and is a key driver of the Earth's climate where secular variability in particular is relevant. This is...
Towards orbital-element distributions for M-dwarf stars
We report preliminary results of a long-term radial-velocity search for companions of nearby M-dwarf stars with the two CORAVEL spectrographs in both...