ICCUB Annual Report 2014
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Institute of Cosmos Sciences REPORT OF ACTIVITIE S 2 0 1 4 FOREWORD In 2014 the directing body of the Institute of Cosmos new modality named Maria de Maeztu was announced in Sciences was renovated. I was honored to be elected its order to have a specific, better suited call for centers and Director, along with Vice Director Dra. Francesca Figueras institutions that belong to universities. The requisites, and Secretary Dr. Bartomeu Fiol. required levels, demands and procedures of evaluation set by the Ministry were exactly the same as for the previous I would like to use these lines to gratefully acknowledge Severo Ochoa calls. In this first edition of the Maria de Dra. Figueras and Dr. Fiol for the invaluable help and Maeztu call organized at the end of 2014, the ICCUB support they offered me from the very beginning. I finally received the distinction of belonging to the repu would also like to express my deep gratitude to our table group of Units of Excellence. former Director Dr. Eduard Salvador and to our current Scientific Director Dr. Josep Maria Paredes, for laying the This award represents an important recognition to the foundations that allowed our Institute to be recognized hard work done so far, and it is a unique opportunity to as a Center of Excellence. The joint effort of all ICCUB enhance the research conducted at the Institute and to take members has enabled the institution to be awarded in 2015 it to higher levels of excellence. It is now our responsibility the distinction Unidad de Excelencia Maria de Maeztu in to properly use this recognition and the additional financial the first call organized by the Ministry of Economy and support associated to it in order to increase our scientific Competitiveness (MINECO). achievements during the next four years. Since 2011 the ICCUB has been participating in the successive calls of the Severo Ochoa program for Spanish Research Centers/Units of Excellence, obtaining an in Lluís Garrido Beltrán creasingly high score over time. It was in 2014 when a Director CONTENTS 1. THE ICCUB 7 4. PROJECTS AND FUNDS 28 Organization Chart 7 European Projects and Funds 28 2014 The ICCUB in Figures 8 Other International Projects 29 National Plan Projects 29 2. ICCUB STAFF 9 Consolider Ingenio Projects 32 Researchers 9 Other National Grants 32 Engineers and Technicians 10 Consolidated Groups 33 Services and Administration Personnel 10 Contracts with the Industry 33 3. RESEARCH ACTIVITY 11 5. PUBLICATIONS 35 Cosmology and Large Scale Structure 12 SCI Publications 35 Experimental Particle Physics 13 NonSCI Publications 55 Galaxy Structure and Evolution 14 Technical Documents and Reports 58 Gravitation and Cosmology 15 High Energy Astrophysics 16 6. THESES 62 Nuclear and Hadronic Physics 17 PhD Theses 62 Particle Physics Phenomenology 18 Master Theses 65 Star Formation 19 Theoretical Physics 20 7. ACTIVITIES 67 Additional Areas of Research 21 ICCUB Colloquia 67 Electronic and Instrumentation Development 24 Seminars 67 Very Large Data Processing and Analysis 26 Event Organization 72 Knowledge Transfer and Innovation 27 Public Outreach 73 THE ICCUB 1 The Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) is an interdisciplinary center which is devoted to fundamental research in the field of cosmology, as well as to the technological applications of the sciences of the cosmos in general. It gathers researchers from the departments of Astronomy and Meteorology, Structure and Constituents of Matter, Fundamental Physics, Applied Mathematics, Organic Chemistry and Electronics. It was created in 2006 as the instrument of the University of Barcelona for the active support of research in these PHYSICS FACULTY, HEADQUARTERS OF THE fields, paying special attention to their synergies, as well INSTITUTE OF COSMOS SCIENCES as to promote experimental and instrumental activity, C. Martí i Franquès, 1 · 08028 Barcelona enabling a significant participation of the UB in large Tel: +34 93 402 15 88 international collaborations, and to attract highly qualified [email protected] · http://icc.ub.edu scientific personnel. ORGANIZATION CHART Executive Board Scientific Board Director: Lluís Garrido Francesca Figueras (Deputy Director) Deputy Director: Francesca Figueras Bartomeu Fiol Secretary: Bartomeu Fiol Lluís Garrido (Director) Ricardo Graciani Simone Migliari Council of the Institute Josep M. Paredes (Scientific Director) Domènec Espriu Bartomeu Fiol (Secretary) International Advisory Council Francesca Figueras (Deputy Director) Lluís Garrido (Director) Felix Aharonian, Dublin Institute for Advanced Eugeni Graugés Studies and Max Planck Institute für Kernphysik, David Mateos Heidelberg (Chair) Simone Migliari Alan Heavens, Imperial Centre for Inference and Jordi Miralda Cosmology, Imperial College, London. Josep Maria Paredes Slava Mukhanov, ASC, Physics Department, Àngels Ramos LMU, Munich. Blai Sanahuja Tatsuya Nakada, LPHE, École Polytechnique Joan Soto Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne. 8 1. THE ICCUB 2014 - THE ICCUB IN FIGURES Staff National Plan & Consolider 59 Permanent Staff Projects: 2430 k€ 6 Ramon y Cajal Members 3 Juan de la Cierva Members EU Projects: 1150 k€ 29 Postdoc Fellows 44 PhD Students Consolidated 20 Engineers and Technicians Groups:100 k€ 5 Services and Administration Personnel Other international 11 Visiting Scholars projects: 60 k€ Contracts with the industry: 240 k€ Other : 320 k€ Projects and Funds TOTAL : 4300 k€ 16 European Projects PROJECTS AND FUNDS 2014: BUDGET 3 Other international projects For projects with an execution period of more than one year, 35 National Plan & Consolider Projects only the proportional amount has been considered. 10 Consolidated Groups 13 Contracts with the industry 15 Other Funds Publications 281 SCI Publications 44 Non SCIPublications 95 Technical Reports Theses 10 Finished PhD Theses 64 Ongoing PhD Theses 21 Finished Master Theses Activities 7 ICCUB Colloquia 83 Group Seminars 9 Event Organization 40 Public Talks 4 Exhibitions ICCUB STAFF 2 RESEARCHERS* Permanent Staff Paredes, Josep M. (UB) Postdoc Fellows Parreño, Assumpta (UB) Canal, Ramon (UB) Polls, Artur (UB) Àgueda, Neus Centelles, Mario (UB) Pons, Josep M. (UB) Aliu, Ester Crusats, Joaquim (UB) Ramos, Àngels (UB) Aran, Àngels D'Enterria, David (ICREA, leave of Ribó, Josep M. (UB) Attems, Maximilian absence) Ribó, Marc (UB) Balaguer, Dolores Diéguez, Ángel (UB) Ruiz, Hugo (UB) Bellini, Emilio ElHachemi, Zoubir (UB) Russo, Jorge G. (ICREA) Bergström, Johannes Emparan, Roberto A. (ICREA) Sala, Ferran (UB) Carrasco, José M. Espriu, Domènec (UB) Salvador, Eduard (UB) Cuesta, Antonio José Estalella, Robert (UB) Salvat, Francesc (UB) Fernández, Antón Fabricius, Claus Vilhelm (IEEC) Sanahuja, Blai (UB) García, Miguel Ángel Fernández, José M. (UB) Solà, Joan (UB) Gracia, Gonzalo Figueras, Francesca (UB) Solanes, José M. (UB) Haibo, Qiu Fiol, Bartomeu (UB) Soto, Joan (UB) Kundu, Arnab Garrido, Lluís (UB) Taron, Josep M. (UB) Masana, Eduard Garriga, Jaume (UB) Torra, Jordi (UB) Niro, Viviana Gómez, Gerard (UB) Verdaguer, Enric (UB) Pantelidou, Christiana Gómez, Jose M. (UB) Verde, Licia (ICREA) Portell, Jordi Gomis, Joaquím (UB) Viñas, Xavier (UB) Roca, Santi González, María Concepción (ICREA) Romero, Mercè Graciani, Ricardo (UB) Sestayo, Yolanda Graugés, Eugeni (UB) Ramon y Cajal Members Simpson, Fergus Rae Goalen Guasch, Jaume (UB) Tanabe, Kentaro Guzmán, Rafael (UB & U. Florida) Bosch, Valentí Tarrio, Luis Javier Iwasawa, Kazushi (ICREA) Casalderrey, Jorge Tywoniuk, Konrad Jimenez, Raúl (ICREA) Iblisdir, Sofyan Voss, Holger Jordi, Carme (UB) Julià, Bruno Weiler, Michael Latorre, José I. (UB) Migliari, Simone Zanin, Roberta Llosa, Josep (UB) Notari, Alessio Zilhao, Miguel López, Rosario (UB) Luri, F. Xavier (UB) Magas, Volodymyr (UB) Juan de la Cierva Members Visiting Scholars Manrique, Alberto (UB) Mateos, David (ICREA) Tarrio, Luis Javier Andrianov, Alexander Mescia, Federico (UB) Tywoniuk, Konrad Ballesteros, Guillermo Miralda, Jordi (ICREA) Zanin, Roberta Casademunt, Jaume Molina, Alfred (UB) Jorba, Ángel Núñez, Jorge C. (UB) Lizzi, Fedele Padoan, Paolo (ICREA) Prieto, Joaquin * Researchers with ICCUB affiliation between 1. January and 31. December 2014 10 2. STAFF Ruiz, Josep Xavier Di Dato, Adriana Moreno, Víctor Ruiz, M. Pilar Feijoo, Albert Munar, Pere Talavera, Pere Fröb, Markus Olikara, Zubin Philip Torrelles, José María Gabbanelli, Luciano Oriol, Pablo Yun, Joao Galindo, Daniel Pablos, Daniel Garolera, Blai Paita, Fabrizio Gómez, Adrià Palmer, Max PhD Students Gontcho A Gontcho, Satya Paredes, Xavier González, Juan Pérez, Daniel Abedi, Hoda Juan, Enric Pérez, Ignasi Alsina, Daniel Juárez, Carmen PérezObiol, Axel Ariño, Andreu Maneu, Jordi Planells, Xumeu Barranco, Alejandro Marcote, Benito Renau, Albert Camboni, Alessandro Marín, Carla Rives, Vicente Carbone, Arianna Mariño, Mauricio Torrents, Genís Casamiquela, Laia Martínez, Marina Triana, Miquel Cheng, Yu Mas, Lluís Vilella, Eva Dector, Aldo Merino, M. Teresa ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS Antiche, Erika Comerma, Albert Pérez, Gabriel Borrachero, Raúl Garralda, Nora Picatoste, Eduard Casajús, Adrià Gascón, David Roma, David Casanova, Raimon González, Juan José Sabater, Josep Casas, Albert Julbe, Francesc Sanuy, Andreu Castañeda, Javier Mauricio, Joan Trenado, Juan Clotet, Marcial Molina, Daniel SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL ICCUB Secretariat Group Support Collaborating Students Frutos, Ariadna Macduff, Kayla Ortiz, Elisenda Moreno, Ana Belén Olarte, Surinye RESEARCH ACTIVITY 3 Research at ICCUB, a center