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The Astronomy and Astrophysics Group at UPC Barcelona
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Group (GAA) gathers researchers from the Department of Physics of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) since 1995. Currently, the GAA consists of 5 faculty members, 1 Ramon y Cajal fellow (tenure-track position), and 7 PhD students.
The research interests of the GAA comprise a wide spectrum of areas in Astronomy & Astrophysics, mostly in stellar structure and evolution. The main research interests of the group are:
Astrophysics
- Stellar Structure and Evolution
- AGB and Super-AGB Stars
- Physics of White Dwarfs: Cooling, Populations; Surveys
- Compact Binaries and Stellar Explosions: Type Ia supernovae; Supernova Progenitors; Classical and Recurrent Novae; Neutron Star and Black Hole X-Ray Binaries; X-Ray Bursts
- Stellar Mergers
- Physics of Neutron Stars: Mass and Radius Constraints
- Galactic Astrophysics
- Galactic Evolution: Age, Star Formation History, Minor Mergers
- Galactic Components
- Kinematics
Techniques
- Computational Astrophysics
- Spherically Symmetric and Multidimensional Modeling
- MHD
- Nuclear Astrophysics
- Nucleosynthesis. Sensitivity Studies. Nuclear Reactions
- Laboratory Astrophysics
- Plasma Physics
Observations and Space Missions
- High-energy (X- and γ-rays) and optical observations
- Space Missions: Ground Segment and Payload
Keywords
Accretion, accretion disks; Convection; Hydrodynamics; Instabilities; Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; Plasmas; Shock waves; Methods: numerical; Astronomical data bases; Catalogs; Stars: AGB and post-AGB; Stars: binaries; Stars: evolution; Stars: neutron; Stars: novae, cataclysmic variables; Stars: pulsars; Stars: rotation; Stars: supernovae; Stars: white dwarfs; Galaxy: structure; Gamma rays; X-rays: binaries; X-rays: bursts; Space Missions
Head-on collision of two neutron stars (credit: R. Cabezon, D. García-Senz, GAA)
In the period 2000 – 2017, the GAA members have published 345 refereed papers, 7 invited review papers, 1 book, 5 book chapters and 244 non-refereed publications, and has advised (or co-advised) 22 PhD Theses in these topics.
The GAA is currently located in two campuses: the Campus Diagonal-Besòs (Barcelona) and the Campus Castelldefels (Castelldefels, 15 km south of Barcelona).
Group Members
- Domingo García-Senz [Associate Professor]
- Jordi José [Professor], GAA Coordinator
- Manuel Linares [Associate Professor]
- Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas [Ramon y Cajal Fellow]
- Glòria Sala [Associate Professor]
- Santiago Torres [Associate Professor]
Web page
ChETEC contact person
- Jordi José (jordi.jose
upc.edu)