Any successful model of galaxy formation needs to explain the low rate of star formation in the small progenitors of today’s galaxies. This inefficiency is...
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CharlaSimulations of Galaxy Formation: Feedback and the early formation of compact spheroids by disc instabilities.
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CharlaStarburst and AGN: incidental or causal symbiosis?
Nuclear activity and intense star formation are two phenomena known to co-exist in a variety of galaxies, spanning several orders of magnitude in luminosity. I...
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CharlaStellar twins and Galactic phylogenetics
Galactic archaeology is the study of the structure, formation and evolution of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Today, this is mainly done via combining the ages and...
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CharlaTests, lessons, and successes of exoplanet transit observations with the GTC
Our group is presently conducting an observational campaign, using the 10-meter Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), to obtain the transmission spectrum of several...
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CharlaThe formation of high mass young stellar objects and the importance of their massive protostellar jets
In contrast with low-mass young stellar objects (LMYSOs), very little is known about high-mass YSOs (HMYSOs). Latest results indicate that HMYSOs might be born...
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CharlaThe search for earth-like planets around M-Dwarfs
The discovery of earth-like planets is nowadays the main goal of the entire exoplanets field. Despite the recent success of transiting programs, the measurement...
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CharlaThe XLENS Project: Constrain the Initial Mass Function and the Luminous & Dark Matter distribution in massive Early-Type Galaxies
I will present results from The X-Shooter Lens Survey (XLENS). With XLENS we are unambiguously separate the stellar from the dark-matter content in the internal...
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Charla"Introducción a proyectos espaciales" y el "Entorno espacial y sus efectos"
La primera parte de la charla está dedicada a una introducción a las misiones espaciales, presentando una breve perspectiva histórica de los casi 60 años de...
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Charla100xciencia Award of the contest "Your minute of science"