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IEEC · The Institute

The Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) was founded in February of 1996 as an initiative of the Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca (FCR), in collaboration with the University of Barcelona (UB), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) with the objective of creating a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional institute devoted to space research and their applications. In 2006 the FCR was reformed (currently its name is Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la innovació -FCRi) and its role was assumed by the Department of the Catalan Government responsible of scientific affairs.

From the administrative point of view, the IEEC is a private, non-profit foundation. The reason why this administrative form was adopted was to dispose a versatile tool able to deal with the private industries and companies that finally are responsible of the construction of the systems and subsystems that eventually will fly.

The agreements between the IEEC (a private institution) and the scientific institutions participating in the creation and governance of the institute (all of them public) allow the exchange of personnel and funds. To properly separate the private and public affairs, each one of these institutions created a scientific unit according their own bylaws in such a way that scientists can simultaneously act as member of their institutions or as a members of the IEEC.

These units are:

• The Institute of Cosmos Sciences [ACE (ICCUB)] is a university institute created by the UB devoted to high energy physics, gravitation, cosmology and astrophysics. Only the section of space sciences is affiliated to the IEEC. • The Specific Center for Space Research [CERES (UAB)] is an “institute without walls” created by the UAB grouping physicists and engineers involved in space research. • The Aeronautics and Space Research Center (formerly devoted to aeronautics and space – [CRAE- CTE (UPC)]) is an “institute without walls” created by the UPC grouping astronomers, physicists and engineers devoted to space research. • The Institute of Space Sciences [ICE (CSIC)]. This institute is devoted to Astrophysics (High Energy Astrophysics, Astroparticle Physics and Stellar Physics), Cosmology, Planetary Systems and Earth Sciences.

The institute is governed by a Board of Directors composed by the directors of each unit. One of them, nominated by the Board of Trustees, acts as the chair of the Director’s Board. The administrative affairs are managed by the Head of Administration. As it corresponds to a confederate structure, the organization of each Research Unit is completely independent.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The IEEC is governed by the Board of Trustees, composed by the Minister of the Department responsible of research, the General Director of Research, the General Secretary of Industry, from the Catalan Government, the Rectors of the Barcelona University, Barcelona Autonomous University and Catalonia Polytechnic University, and the president of the Spanish Research Council. The Board of Trustees is chaired by the Minister of the Department of Research.

President Hble. Sr. Andreu Mas-Colell Minister of Economy and Knowledge Government of Catalonia

Secretary Sr. Josep Ma Martorell i Rodón General Research Director Government of Catalonia

Members Excm. i Mg. Sr. Enric Fossas Colet Rector Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)

Excm. Sr.Emilio Lora-Tamayo D’Ocon President Spanish Research Council (CSIC)

Excm. i Mg. Sr. Dídac Ramírez i Sarrió Rector University of Barcelona (UB)

Excm. i Mg. Sr. Ferran Sancho Pifarré Rector Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)

Sr. Antoni Maria Grau Costa General Industry Director Government of Catalonia

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The IEEC is governed by a board formed by the director of each unit and director of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia.

Director of the IEEC Dr. Jordi Torra Roca (replaces Dr. Jordi Isern in September 2015)

Director of the ICE-CSIC Dr. Jordi Isern Vilaboy

Director of the ACE-ICCUB Dr. Francesca Figueras Siñol

Director of the CERES-UAB Dr. Carles Ferrer Ramis

Director of the CTE-UPC Dr. Juan Ramos Castro

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

The Scientific Advisory Committee is nominated by the Board of Trustees and its tasks is to inform about the quality of scientific and technical production of the institute, the adequacy of the strategic plans and to advice about the acceptance of new members and the permanence of older ones.

Dr. Stephen S. Eikenberry Full Professor University of Florida Dr. Álvaro Giménez CSIC Research Professor Director of Science and Robotic Exploration European Space Agency (ESA) Dr. Manuel Martín-Neira Staff Engineer European Space Agency (ESA) Dr. Tsevi Mazeh Professor University of Tel Aviv Director of Wise Observatory Dr. Yannick Mellier Institute of Astrophysics of Paris (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris)

Staff

IEEC

Surname, name Category Bertolín, Anna Contracts manager Colomé, Josep Project Manager and KTT Guerrero, Josep IT services Minguell, Marta Administration Montes, Pilar Manager Notario, Eva Administration

OADM

Surname, name Category Gil, Pere Technician Sanz, Josep Technician Vilardell, Francesc Astronomer

Per unitats: [ACE (ICCUB)]

Surname, name Category Abedi , Hoda PhD Student Àgueda Costafreda, Neus Postdoc Aliu Fusté, Ester Postdoc Antiche Garzón, Erika Engineer Aran Sensat, Àngels Postdoc Ariño Prats, Andreu PhD Student Balaguer Núñez, Dolores Postdoc // Project manager Bascón Sánchez, Susana Technical Administrative Personnel Bellini , Emilio Postdoc Bernal Mera, José Luís PhD Student Borrachero Sánchez, Raúl Engineer Bosch Ramon, Valentí Ramon y Cajal Canal Masgoret, Ramon UB Professor Carrasco Martínez, José M. Postdoc

Casademunt Viader, Jaume UB professor Casamiquela Floriach, Laia PhD Student Casas Bou, Albert Engineer Castañeda Pons, Javier Engineer

Cheng , Yu PhD Student

Clotet Altarriba, Marcial Engineer Crusats Aliguer, Joaquim UB Professor Cuesta Vázquez, Antonio José Postdoc Del Ser Badia, Daniel PhD Student El-Hachemi Metni, Zoubir UB Professor Estalella Boadella, Robert UB Professor Fabricius , Claus Vilhelm IEEC senior Researcher Farràs Casas, Martí PhD Student Figueras Siñol, Francesca UB Professor Galindo Fernández, Daniel PhD Student García Palau, Carles PhD Student Garralda Torres, Nora Engineer Gascón Fora, David Engineer Gómez Cama, Jose M. UB Professor Gómez Muntané, Gerard UB Professor Gontcho A Gontcho , Satya PhD Student González Vidal, Juan José Engineer Gracia Abril, Gonzalo IEEC Senior researcher Guzmán Llorente, Rafael UB Researcher Hu, Bin Postdoc Iwasawa , Kazushi ICREA research professor Jiménez Tellado, Raúl ICREA research professor Jorba Monte, Ángel Invited researcher Jordi Nebot, Carme UB Professor Juan Rovira, Enric PhD Student Juárez Rodríguez, Carmen PhD Student Julbe López, Francesc Engineer López Hermoso, Rosario UB Professor Luri Carrascoso, F. Xavier UB Professor Manrique Oliva, Alberto UB Professor Marcote Martin, Benito PhD Student Mas Ribas, Lluís PhD Student Masana Fresno, Eduard IEEC Senior researcher Merino Espasa, M. Teresa PhD Student Migliari , Simone Ramon y Cajal Miralda Escudé, Jordi ICREA research professor

Molina Compte, Alfred UB Professor Molina Martínez, Daniel Engineer Mor Crespo, Roger PhD Student Moreno de la Cita, Víctor PhD Student Núñez de Murga, Jorge C. UB Professor Olarte Vives, Surinye Technical Administrative Personnel Olikara , Zubin Philip PhD Student Oriol Bitaubé, Pablo PhD Student Pacheco Mateo, Daniel PhD Student Padoan , Paolo ICREA research professor Paita , Fabrizio PhD Student Palmer , Max PhD Student Paredes Fortuny, Xavier PhD Student Paredes Poy, Josep Maria UB Professor Pérez Palau, Daniel PhD Student Pérez Ràfols, Ignasi PhD Student Porqueres Rosa, Natalia Master Student Portell i de Mora, Jordi Postdoc Reina Campos, Marta Master Student Ribó Gomis, Marc UB Professor Ribó Trujillo, Josep M. UB Professor Roca Fàbrega, Santi Postdoc Roma Dollase, David Engineer Romero Gómez, Mercè Postdoc Ruiz Martí, Josep Xavier Invited researcher Sabater Morros, Josep Engineer Sala Mirabet, Ferran UB Professor Salvador Solé, Eduard UB Professor Sanahuja Parera, Blai UB Professor Sanuy Charles, Andreu Engineer Simpson , Fergus Rae Goalen Postdoc Solanes Majua, José M. UB Professor Torra Roca, Jordi UB Professor Torres Albà, Núria Master Student Verde , Licia ICREA research professor Voss , Holger Postdoc Weiler , Michael Postdoc Zanin , Roberta Postdoc

CTE (UPC)

Surname, name Category Ahmad, Fayyaz PhD Student Alonso Arroyo, Alfonso PostDoc Aznar Siguan, Gabriela PhD Student Barragán Cuesta, Ruben PostDoc Camps Carmona, Adriano Professor Campos Costa, Joana PhD Student Chaparro Danon, David PostDoc Crespo Artiaga, Daniel Professor Cojocaru, Elena Ruxandra PostDoc De La Torre Sangrà, David Adjunct lecturer Duffo Ubeda, Nuria Professor Fantino, Elena Tenured assistant professor García Senz, Domingo Professor García-Berro Montilla, Enrique Professor Gil Pons, Pilar Collaborating lecturer José Pont, Jordi Professor Martínez-Benjamín, Juan José Professor Masdemont Solé, Josep Professor Onrubia Ibáñez, Raúl PAS Pablos Hernández, Miriam Researcher Parikh, Anuj Lecturer Park, Hyuk Juan de la Cierva PostDoc Pascual Biosca, Daniel PostDoc Piles Guillem, Maria PAS Pino González, David Tenured assistant professor Querol Borras, Jorge PAS Ramírez de la Piscina, Laureano Professor Ramos Castro, Juan Professor Riera Mora, Àngels Professor Rocadenbosch Burillo, Francesc Professor Rojas Gregorio, José Ignacio Visiting lecturer Sala Cladellas, Gloria Lecturer Sicard, Michael Professor Torres Gil, Santiago Tenured assistant professor Torres Torres, Francesc Professor Tristancho Martínez, Joshua Assistant Vall-llossera Ferrán, Mercè Associate Professor

CERES UAB

Surname, name Category Arnau Jiménez, Carolina Technician Cardona Cardona, Luis Andrés Phd Student del Peral Rosado, José Antonio Phd student Ferrer Ramis, Carles Professor Font Guiteras, Lluís Associated professor Garrido Terrats, Daniel Phd Student Gaug, Markus Postdoc Gòdia Casablancas, Francesc Professor Lawlor, Bernard Technician Locubiche Serra, Sergi PhD Student López Salcedo, José Antonio Lecurer Mondelo González, Josep M. Professor Navarro Gallardo, Moisés Phd Student Parro Jiménez, Juan Miguel PhdD Student Peiró Cezón, Enrique Ernesto Technician Seco Granados, Gonzalo Associated professor Serra Graells, Francesc Associated professor Sutula, Stepan Technician Vilalta, Laia Associated professor

ICE (CSIC)

Surname, name Category Arco, Juan Carlos Engineer Alarcón, Alex Álvarez, Laura Technician Artigues, Gabriel Engineer Blot, Linda Researcher Busquet, Gemma PostDoc Cardellach, Estel Ramon y Cajal PostDoc Casas, Ricard Engineer Castander, Francisco CSIC Researcher Castroviejo, Jaime Chan Kwan, Chuen researcher Colomé, Josep CSIC Technician Crocce, Martin Ramon y Cajal PostDoc Delgado, Laura PhD Student Elizalde, Emili CSIC Research Professor

Fabra, Fran Researcher Fdez Sopuerta, Carlos Researcher Fosalba, Pablo CSIC Scientist Gálvez, Jose Luís Engineer García, Álvaro Engineer Gaztañaga, Enrique CSIC Research Professor Gesa, Lluís Engineer Girart, Josep Miquel CSIC Scientist Guardia, Josep Engineer Gibert, Ferran PhD Student Hernanz, Margarida CSIC Research Professor Herrero, Enrique PhD Student Hoffmann, Kai PhD Student Isern, Jordi CSIC Research Professor Izard, Albert PhD Student Jian, Li Engineer Juárez, Carmen PhD Student Lafarga, Marina PhD Student Li, Weiqiang Engineer Lloro, Ivan Science Manager López, Josefa Administration López, Juan Pedro PhD Student Manuel, Cristina CSIC Researcher Martín, Jonatan PhD Student Martín, Víctor Engineer Martínez, Marina Masip, Guadalupe Administration Mateos, Ignacio Engineer Mendoza, Ma Angeles Moltó, Isabel Manager Morales, Antonia PhD Student Moyano, Carles PhD Student Nofrarias, Miquel PostDoc Odintsov, Sergei ICREA Professor Oliveras, Santi Engineer de Oña, Emma Ramon y Cajal PostDoc Padullés, Ramon PhD Student Papitto, Alessandro PostDoc Perger, Manuel Researcher Pujol, Arnau PhD Student Rea, Nanda Ramon y Cajal PostDoc Ribas, Ignasi CSIC Researcher

Ribó, Serni CSIC Technician Rius, Antoni CSIC Professor ad Honorem Rivas, Francisco PhD Student Rodríguez, Hilda Engineer Rosich, Albert Engineer Santos, Daniel PhD Student Sanz, Josep Technician Serenelli, Aldo Ramon y Cajal PostDoc Serrano, Santi Researcher Tolós, Laura Ramon y cajal PostDoc Tomás, Sergio Engineer Torrelles, José María CSIC Research Professor Torres, Diego ICREA Professor Trigo, Josep Maria CSIC Scientist Vigano, Daniele PostDoc Vinyoles, Núria PhD Student Wu, Man Ho PhD Student

ACE (ICC-UB)

The ICCUB is an institute of the University of Barcelona devoted to cosmos sciences, from astrophysics and space sciences (macrocosmos) to nuclear and particle physics (microcosmos) and cosmology (at the interface between the micro and the macrocosmos). It is in fact one of a handful of institutes in the world fully devoted to Physical Cosmology and one of the only two institutes equally invested in both astrophysics and high energy physics.

It was created in 2006 as the instrument of the UB for the active support of research in these fields, paying special attention to their synergies, as well as to promote experimental and instrumental activity, enabling a significant participation of the University of Barcelona in large international collaborations, and to attract highly qualified scientific personnel

The ICCUB is formally divided into two distinct sections: Astrophysics and Space Sciences and Particle and Nuclear Physics and Gravitation. The ICCUB members formally grouped in the Astrophysics and Space Sciences division constitute one of the four units forming the IEEC consortium, the ACE-ICCUB unit.

The ACE-ICCUB unit gathers researchers from the departments of Astronomy and Meteorology, Applied Mathematics, Organic Chemistry and Electronics of the UB, as well as ICREA and invited researchers. It currently has 82 members from 12 different countries, including researchers, students, engineers and administrative staff.

ACE (ICC-UB) RESEARCH ACTIVITY 2015 ACE-ICCUB scientists carry out their research in different areas related to astrophysics and space sciences. Their research can be classified into the following fields:

• Cosmology and Large Scale Structure. • Galaxy structure and evolution • High Energy Astrophysics • Stellar Physics • Additional Lines of Research, including : o Astrodynamics and Celestial Mechanics o Chirality and prebiotic chemistry o Image reconstruction o Heliospheric physics and space weather o Microgravity

These areas are complemented with the following transversal technological lines:

• Electronic and Instrumentation Development. • Very Large Data Processing and Analysis.

Which induce large participation in Knowledge Transfer and Innovation.

COSMOLOGY AND LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE One of the main interests at ICCUB is the study of the connection between cosmological observations and the physics behind the standard cosmological model. This research effort aims at answering the big open questions of modern cosmology: what makes up the Universe? What is dark matter? What is dark energy? What powered inflation? What lights up the Universe? In the Cosmology and Large Scale Structure group researchers follow both a theoretical and observational approach.

Theoretical investigations include the equation of state of dark energy, the physics of supernova explosions, the origin of the cosmic gamma-ray background, modeling of the formation and evolution of galaxies and the distribution of gas in space, including statistical applications and data analysis.

The observations considered and analysed are gravitational lensing by galaxies, clusters of galaxies and large-scale structure, microlensing of stars or quasars by any kind of compact object, the spatial distribution of galaxies and that of matter in intergalactic space as measured from absorption signatures in spectra of background sources, the structure of dark matter halos studied through the dynamics of galaxies in clusters and supernovae and hig-redshift supernovae and their host galaxies. ACE- The cosmic distance ladder, traditionally interpreted as a way to calibrate ICCUB is involved in several cosmological projects of cosmological distances using observations of our local Universe, has been found to work also the other way round. Direct and inverse cosmic distance ground-based and space surveys, such as SDSS-III, ladders are in agreement within the context of a LCDM model. There is no EUCLID, DESI, CORE+, LSST and SCP. clear need for physics beyond the standard LCDM..

GALAXY STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION Research in galactic astronomy at the ACE-ICCUB includes three main lines of research: galaxy modeling, the study of stellar constituents and stellar luminosity calibration. At present, this research is highly influenced by the preparation of the scientific exploitation of the Gaia mission, in which ACE-ICCUB researchers are deeply involved (see the Very Large Data Processing and Analysis section).

ACE-ICCUB’s contribution to galaxy modeling is directed towards a better understanding of the origin and evolution of the large structures in the galactic disk —bar, spirals and warp— and the archaeology of the Milky Way —missing satellites—, through an in-depth investigation of the dynamics and chemistry of the system.

The study of the stellar constituents of the galactic disk and halo focuses on two aspects: where do the stars form and what are their astrophysical properties. ACE-ICCUB’s contribution is organized around two central goals: to provide new insights into the popular scenario that all stars have formed in clusters, i.e. to investigate cluster formation and evolution, and to capitalize on the opportunities that Gaia brings to the study of variable stars’ data. ACE-ICCUB is also involved in the Gaia-ESO Spectroscopic survey to acquire complementary data for Gaia stars.

THE MILKY WAY

The Milkyw Way is described at present as being a spiral galaxy dominated by just two arms wrapping off theends of a central bar of stars. Galaxy modelling is one ofthe research fields at ICCUB.

The Gaia satellite will also have a dramatic impact on the definition of the cosmic distance scale, providing a direct measurement, via parallaxes, of the local primary distance indicators and, in turn, a direct re-calibration of the secondary distance indicators. This will significantly improve our estimate of the Hubble constant. At the same time Gaia will offer a unique opportunity to assess the systematics affecting the various indicators contributing to the cosmic distance scale as well as to establish new standard candles. ACE-ICCUB is working on stellar luminosity calibration in order to develop the necessary tools to achieve these goals.

HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS. A general aim of ACE-ICCUB researchers working on this field is to achieve a better understanding of the high energy galactic sources, gathering data over a large wavelength range (from radio to TeV energies) as well as modeling emission processes in different scenarios (jets, shocks, interaction with the interstellar medium, etc.).

In particular, ACE-ICCUB researchers are interested in the study of microquasars, as objects which exhibit the characteristic accretion disc and perpendicular jets of relativistic matter of quasars, both thereby being governed by essentially the same physical processes, while being subject to a timescale which is much more amenable to observations. They are also interested in the study of gamma-ray binaries, which are able to accelerate particles up to TeV energies. Moreover, the ACE-ICCUB high energy astrophysicists are members of the MAGIC Collaboration since February 2006, and are now participating, together with experimental physicists and engineers of the ACE-ICCUB, in the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project, an initiative to build the next generation ground-based gamma-ray instrument.

Overview of the large scale structure of the G14.2 complex. White contours represent the 3 sigma contour level of the NH3 (1,1) integrated intensity map (Busquet et al. 2013). The NH3 synthesized beam is shown in the bottom left corner. Color scale is the 8 μm Spitzer image. Red stars indicate IRAS sources in the field, and pink crosses mark the position of H2O masers. Color stars depict the positions of YSOs with colors indicating their evolutionary stage. The SMA field of view of the two regions mosaiced, hub-N and hub-S, are indicated in green

STAR FORMATION ACE-ICCUB research in the field of star formation focuses on the investigation of the dynamics of star- forming regions in our Galaxy and on the study of the first stages of stellar evolution. ACE-ICCUB researchers intend to acquire a perspective as wide as possible by pursuing both an observational approach, ranging from the optical to the radio domain, and a theoretical approach, based on state-of- the-art supercomputer simulations of the evolution of star-forming regions. Observations and simulations are compared through the generation of synthetic observations of the simulations.

Specific areas of research at ACE-ICCUB include the characterization of the role of the magnetic field in the star formation process, and in the launching and collimation of the astrophysical jets associated with young stellar objects and planetary nebulae; the investigation of the early stages of the formation of massive stars; the search for signatures of planet formation within the protoplanetary disks; the study of the transition from hot molecular cores to bright HII regions; the numerical modeling of the turbulent X-ray counterpart of the first Be/black hole system XMM-Newton fragmentation process to understand the origin of the stellar initial mass function and the star formation XMM-Newton EPIC-pn camera image at the position of MWC656 in the 0.3– 5.5 keV energy band smoothed using a Gaussian interpolation with a 2” rate in molecular clouds; the numerical modeling of kernel the ISM on very large scale, to study the role of supernova explosions in the driving of the ISM turbulence and in the formation and disruption of giant molecular clouds.

ADDITIONAL LINES OF RESEARCH

HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS AND SPACE WEATHER ACE-ICCUB’s lines of research in heliospheric physics mainly focuse on solar energetic particles (SEP) events triggered by solar activity and by interplanetary disturbances, i.e. energetic protons and near relativistic electrons. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections, the main agents of SEP-acceleration, together with proxies of solar activity, the solar wind plasma and the interplanetary magnetic field, are the background components of the SEP scenario. Similarly, ACE-ICCUB researchers are working both on data analysis and the study of SEP events, both individual and multispacecraft events. They also model energetic particle events and give scientific support to the participation of technological groups of the UB in ESA’s Solar Orbiter project (see section Electronic and Instrumentation Development).

MICROGRAVITY In recent years, the ACE-ICCUB’s invited researchers have been consistently studying the formation and management of small bubbles under microgravity conditions, in particular in the context of turbulent flows, an area of fundamental interest in multiphase flows and with important applications in space technology, from life support systems to thermal control of space vehicles. Experiments are conducted in the ESA Drop Tower facility at ZARM (Bremen). The use of the tower is supported by ESA and the research is financially supported by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (USA) through the European Office

of Aeorspace Research and Development. The main objective is to elucidate physical mechanisms that control bubble formation, bubble-flow interactions, and heat exchange in the absence of gravity, in view of improving current designs and searching for new strategies for efficient thermal control in microgravity environments.

ASTRODYNAMICS AND CELESTIAL MECHANICS ACE-ICCUB researchers on Astrodynamics are devoting their efforts to addressing some fundamental issues concerning: the problems related to orbit and attitude control in formation flying of swarms of spacecraft; the development of some dynamical indicators to determine regions and structures that separate different dynamic regimes in autonomous and non-autonomous dynamical systems; the optimal transfer to polar orbits around the Moon; the analysis of the phase space in the vicinity of an irregular asteroid; the study of mass transport mechanisms in the Solar System.

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION The group on image processing is focused on the use of the wavelet and curvelet transforms to improve the ability of image sensors to detect faint stars and moving objects. Applications to Astronomy and Remote Sensing are developed. The group is studying the effects of the curvelet transform over interferometric images and the effect of deconvolution (using wavelets and curvelets-based maximum likelihood estimator) in adaptive optics observations. ACE-ICCUB researchers are also working on obtaining super-resolution using additive-substitutive wavelets techniques on remotely sensed images.

ELECTRONIC AND INSTRUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT MIRADAS The ACE-ICCUB is responsible of the MIRADAS project of the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC).

The trajectory algorithm has been designed. It has been necessary a through analysis of the collisions, and possible interferences between the probe arms. The algorithm has been tested with base cases, providing promising results. (see the section devoted to ground instrument projects)

SOLAR ORBITER The ACE-ICCUB is part of the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager instrument for the Solar Orbiter mission (SO/ PHI). The ACE-ICCUB responsibility is the development and implementation of an Image Stabilization System (ISS) that includes a camera, a controller for a piezo-electric based Tip-Tilt mirror, and the control firmware for the FPGA that controls the whole system. The ISS has been optimized to minimize the power consumption and provide the best performance making use of the reduced number of parts available for space applications.

ACE-ICCUB researchers have tested the Engineering Model of the Image Stabilization System, reaching the desired characteristics. An Electronic Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) has been prepared to test the following models (Qualification, Flight and Spare). It has also been started the manufacturing of the Qualification Model of the ISS in collaboration with Sener. (see the section devoted to space missions)

CHERENKOV TELESCOPE ARRAY (CTA) Researchers and engineers of the Nuclear Physics and Gravitation section of the ICCUB have more than ten years of experience in the design of instrumentation and radiation-tolerant application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for high speed photodetectors like photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) or Silicon

photomultipliers (SiPM, MPPC, GAPDs, etc.). This experience is now being applied, in collaboration with researchers of the High Energy Astrophysics group of ACE-ICCUB, in the design of different ASICs for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).

The ASICs PACTAv1.4, a wideband (500 MHz) 16 bit dynamic range current mode PreAmplifier, ACTAf 2Ch F, a wideband pulse amplifier for NECTAr chip and TL0R1, a versatile ASIC for L0 triggering in Cherenkov Telescopes, have been successfully tested. PACTA and TL0R will foreseeably be used in the Large Size Telescopes (LST) and in the Middle Size Telescopes camaras of CTA, whereas ACTA has been designed only to be used in MST.

Correlation Tracking Camera Engineering Model (top View) Correlation Tracking Camera Engineering Model (bottom View)

This version corresponds to the closed design of the engineering model. Key This version corresponds to the closed design of the engineering elements: STAR 1000 radiation tolerant image sensor (left side) and the 12 bit model. On the left side there is the A54SX72 anti-fuse FPGA, 50 Msps rad-hard analog-to-digital converter (ADC). equivalent to the radiation tolerant RTSX72SU model used on flight and qualification models. This FPGA contains the firmware used for i d t d i d l d f th j t

Tip Tilt Controller Qualification Model Correlation Tracking Camera Engineering Model with housing

Correlation Tracking Camera (CTC) with the housing. All parts are Tip Tilt Controller Qualification Model. All parts are flight quality. engineering quality. The small opening of the left side is where the light This electronics will be the first one fully equivalent to the flight comes to the sensor. The holes around it are where the optical front head part and will go to all the ESA qualification campaigns. will be attached.

Image of one probe arms prototype being tested at ICCUB laboratory The whole FOV of Miradas with the five arms intersection zones.

In colour, the arm patrolling surface.

VERY LARGE DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS GAIA DPAC Gaia is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission launched on 19 December 2013 and aimed at producing the most accurate 3D map of the Milky Way to date.

The ACE-ICCUB Professor Jordi Torra is the principal investigator of the Spanish contribution to the mission and ACE-ICCUB's Gaia group is deeply involved since the very beginning (1998) in the design, management and data reduction of the mission as well as in some of the scientific topics where Gaia will be crucial. It was soon recognized that the most challenging aspect of Gaia is the data management and reduction process to yield the final Gaia catalogue.

ACE-ICCUB has been involved in the Gaia mission since the very early phases, helping to design the instrumentation. Now, ACE-ICCUB is participating The "sky" seen by Gaia when passing through the Omega Centauri globular within the Gaia Data Processing & Analysis cluster. This figure is just an example of the automatic diagnostics that the Initial Data Treatment system (IDT) generates every day on the data Consortium (DPAC). The group has important received from the satellite. IDT, the core element in the daily processing of responsibilities in the Coordination Units CU2 Gaia data, is responsibility of the ICCUB Gaia group. (simulations), CU3 (core processing), DPCB (Data Processing Center of Barcelona), CU5 (photometry) and leads the CU9 (Gaia Archive). The ACE-ICCUB leads an EU FP7-funded project named GENIUS to contribute to the development of the Gaia Archive, and participates in an EU FP7-funded initiative (GREAT- ITN) and a research network (GREAT-RNP) funded by the European Science Foundation, both aiming to form the next generation of experts in the scientific use of Gaia data. ACE-ICCUB has one representative in the Gaia Scientific Team and one in the DPAC Executive Committee. They also have deputy managers in CU2 and in CU3.

Left: HST image of the Cat's Eye nebula (the image is ~1 by ~1 arcminute). The knowledge gained on data compression tools Middle: the ~84,000 Gaia detections that were made in this area from 25 allows our group to register a patent for one of our July to 21 August 2014. Right: a superposition of the two images, showing that Gaia is actually able to detect not only stars but also high surface SW/HW solutions. We have created a spin-off, brightness filamentary structures. During Operations Rehearsal 5, these DAPCOM, which is the first one participated by the on-board detections were mapped on the sky during the cross-matching process at the Data Processing Centre in Barcelona (DPCB). This process is UB and the UPC to commercialize these products. a part of IDT. DAPCOM (see Knowledge Transfer and Innovation section).

CTE (UPC)

The CTE (Space Science and Technology) is a multidisciplinary group that integrates all researchers at the UPC that have an active participation in scientific and space missions in collaboration with the other IEEC groups.

The main research areas are:

DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO CELESTIAL MECHANICS AND STRODYNAMICS. The main applications are related to formation flight, satellite constellations, celestial mechanics and low energy transfers in solar system. The main goals of research are to optimize fuel consumption in mission analysis, to determine a database of suitable asteroids for capture and mining and to estimate space debris collision probabilities.

APPLICATIONS OF PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES TO EARTH OBSERVATION.

They have been participating in the SMOS data analysis to improve spatial resolution and accuracy of soil moisture and sea surface salinity maps. Other area of active research is the Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) where Navigation Satellite Signals are used to estimate sea state, soil moisture, vegetation height and water content, snow thickness, and ice monitoring. CTE-UPC has participated jointly with ICE/CSIC in the PARIS IoD (In Orbit Demonstration) Phase A studies, and more recently in the preparation of the GEROS ISS Phase and GARCA proposals aiming, respectively, at designing a GNSS-R reflectometer to be boarded in the International Space Station, and the associated scientific studies.

DEVELOPEMENT OF SMALL SATELLITES (NANOSATS)

Developement of small satellites (Nanosats) for scientific research and Technology validation for space (UPC NanoSat Lab). More than 30 students from different degrees have been collaborating in the development and final integration of the cubesat 3Cat-1. It has been scheduled for launching during the first half of 2015. A second CubeSat (3Cat-2) with a GNSS-R scientific payload is under way. The feasibility study of a third mission (3Cat-3) with a moderate resolution (5 m) multispectral imager is underway with the Institut cartogràfic de Catalunya as a main customer (www.tsc.upc.edu/nanosatlab)). (see the section devoted to Space Missions).

DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR LARGE MISSIONS. Researchers from CTE-UPC have been participating in the validation of the thermal and magnetic subsystems for LISA Pathfinder in collaboration with the IEEC LISA group. They are working together in the development of the new thermal and magnetic diagnostics systems for the future mission eLISA. (see the section devoted to Space Missions).

CubeCat-1 (3Cat-1), 10 cc. © UPC

STELLAR EVOLUTION AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS, In a complementary way, that research has allowed the GAA group from UPC to participate in the design and development of payloads for scientific missions. Their research has a strong component of intensive numerical computation, for which they use their own resources as computer clusters, but also other supercomputers they have access, with the Mare Nostrum BSC as the most representative. Specifically, their studies have focused on the study of the evolution of AGB stars, white dwarfs, novae and supernovae, as well as simulating the coalescence white dwarfs, among other aspects of relevance in present Astronomy. With regard to participation in scientific missions it should be noted that we have participated in the design and development of software to the missions GAIA, LISA and LOFT, and in the simulation of several of its subsystems.

ICE (CSIC)

The ICE is organized in multi-institutional research lines with a group leader as a head. Every group is organized into open teams, with a Team Leader as responsible. Each team is open, in the sense the number of individuals can change with time and a scientist, depending on his/her seniority, can contribute to several lines.

The teams are:

COSMOLOGY, GRAVITATION AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS This group is focused on the problem of the dark matter and dark energy nature, as well as on the origin of galaxies. From the theoretical point of view this problem is being examined in terms of the quantum vacuum and in terms of modified gravity (see for instance Phys. Rep. 505, 59 2011that has received 500 citations). From the observational point of view the group is participating in the team that has built the DES (Dark Energy Survey) camera already working in Cerro Tololo and it is responsible of the Spanish contribution to the ESA mission Euclid. This activity has been done in collaboration with the Space Technology Unit. Furthermore, the team is responsible of a large numerical simulation aimed to provide a mock to interpret the DES and Euclid observations.

The group is also involved in the problem of detecting gravitational waves and using them as an astronomical tool able to provide information in the mili-Hz band. From the theoretical point of view they are also working, in collaboration with the High Energy Astrophysics and the Stars and Planets groups, in the prediction of the emission of gravitational waves under different astrophysical scenarios and on the coupling between gravitational and electromagnetic waves in the neighborhood of neutron stars. From the observational point of view, the group has provided a number of hardware and software items, in collaboration with the Space unit and industry, that have been successfully accepted by ESA as the on board Data and Diagnostic System of the LISA Pathfinder mission (see the section devoted to Space Missions). The group is also involved in STE-QUEST, a mission devoted to test several aspects of the Einstein Equivalence Principle (se also the section devoted to Space Missions). Image Composition of various individual images - Credits: DMU unit, thermal sensors (Sopuerta et. al), ESA

HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICAL PHENOMENA The properties of matter under extreme conditions are key areas of research in Physics and in many other branches of science. However, despite decades of research, the ignorance of many physical processes related with strong gravity, very high energies, and extreme magnetic fields is still vast. The high-energy astronomical observations provide the only possibility to test theoretical predictions for new physical processes and the state of matter under the most extreme conditions. This group aims at studying the most extreme Galactic objects in all of their colorful flavors, black holes, white dwarf and neutron stars and black hole, as well as associated phenomena like supernovae, novae or binary X-ray sources. Besides being interesting per se, these systems are also likely connected with the production of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. The group

tackles the most upfront scientific questions in the field from many different aspects: from a purely observational approach, through theoretical modeling, and up until working on the development and the scientific definition of the new generation instruments.

The group is involved in the study of transient events in strongly magnetized neutron stars, the link between low-mass X-ray binaries and milisecond pulsars and developing detailed models of pulsar wind nebulae as well as in performing observational tests to probe the nature of gamma-ray binaries. Concerning explosive phenomena, the group is involved in the study of supernovae, both from the observational and theoretical points of view, in order to determine which systems explode as SNIa and how the explosion develops. Concerning novae, it has been possible to characterize during 2014 the properties of galactic and extragalactic (M31) novae.

Furthermore, there has been important advances in the understanding of the hidh energy emission (at the GeV range) of novae.

To bring fresh insights into these problems, the group is actively participating in ground facilities and space missions. It participates in the MAGIC Telescope, with important responsibilities in the cooperation (membership in the collaboration and publication boards), and in the Cherenkov Telescope Array - CTA – (also with important responsibilities: Physics coordination from 2007 to date, coordinatioin of the Science Community link WP of the preparatory Phase 2009/14 and member of the Collaboration Board). The group is also participating in the observations of the NASA-FERMI mission. The group has also been involved in the preparation of LOFT (see the Space Missions Section), a mission devoted to the study of the spectral variations of the X-ray emission with time. The involvement was at tge level of co-PI of the Wide Field Camera.

STARS AND OUR SUN, EXO-PLANETS AND OUR EARTH

Image composition of varios individual Image composition of various individual artist impressions: crédits (ESA - images - Credits: ESA, NASA, David T C.Carreau, NASA/ JPL-Caltech, Hardy, Casey Reed, PSU(neutron star) NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble

This research group addresses a comprehensive approach to star and planetary star formation and evolution. This group was involved, at a level of Co.PI in the definition of the ESA M3 EChO mission and Marco Polo-R at the level of science team (see the Space Mission Section). The leader of the group is the Project Scientist of the instrument CARMENES, to be placed in Calar Alto, devoted to the detection of exoplanets. This line is interested not only in the properties of exoplanets, but also on the behavior of the Earth as a planet. For this reason this group has focused its interest on the application of the Global Navigation satellite System (GNSS) to sound the atmosphere using the radio occultation techniques (RO) and the sea and cryosphere surfaces using reflectometry (GNSS-R). The group is considered a world leader in these techniques and is the responsible of a polarimetric radio occultation GNSS proof-of-concept experiment on board of the Spanish Earth Observation Mission PAZ, to be launched in 2015. Furthermore, the first radio-interferometric Ocean

altimeter ever was prototyped at ICE-CSIC/IEEC for ESA during the period 2009-2011, and successfully proven from an aircraft to yield GNSS-altimetry of unprecedented precision-levels (2-cm/km).

SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER

This group is a multidisciplinary group that integrates researchers and technicians from the different lines. They are experts in different space engineering techniques, going from electronics and thermal analysis to on board software.

They have been responsible of the Data Analysis Tasks of LISA Pathfinder and have been working in Euclid as well as on the technical work demanded by the ESA M3 missions. In the domain of the Earth observation they have been involved with the ESA mission SMOS, and they have been responsible of the design, development and building of the new GNSS techniques and receptors as well as of their implementation on board of PAZ.

This unit has been also responsible of the robotization tasks of the Image composition of various individual Montsec telescope as well as of the building of its spectrograph (nearly images - Credits: S. Ribó, SMOS-ESA, finished), as well as of exporting these techniques to the SuperWASP J. Torrobella) Qatar Telescope. They are also providing technical support to CARMENES and CTA.

OAdM

The Observatori Astronòmic del Montsec (OAdM, www.oadm.cat) is a scientific infrastructure that is managed by the IEEC by virtue of an agreement with the Direcció General de Recerca of Generalitat de Catalunya. The OAdM comprises four facilities for research in astronomy and two measurement stations devoted to meteorological studies (Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya) and environmental pollution (Institut Jaume Almera – CSIC), respectively. The astronomical equipment consists of three robotic telescopes: Telescopi Joan Oró (TJO, IEEC-Generalitat de Catalunya), Telescopi Fabra-ROA Montsec (Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona and Real Observatorio de la Armada) and XO-Montsec (Space Telescope Science Institute, USA). In addition, it houses a camera for the detection of fireballs and hazardous near-Earth asteroids (AllSky Camera, IEEC).

The TJO enclosure.

The mission of the OAdM is to provide the tools to carry out cutting-edge research in astronomy as well as to provide the necessary support to exploit the facilities. The largest telescope, the TJO, and the AllSky Camera are directly managed by the IEEC. The main feature of the TJO is its robotic operation, so that the performance of observations and the decision-making process in case of incidences are carried out directly and without human intervention (without “in situ” personnel). The robotic operation of the TJO requires of a large array of sensors (meteorological variables, electrostatic field, rain, clouds) that collect the data so that the system can evaluate the conditions to execute the observations. The “brain” of the TJO is composed of a software suite developed by IEEC and dubbed OpenROCS (registered software under GPLv3.0 license). This software is the central element of the control layer and performs the operation of the telescope, the dome and the instrumentation, at the same time that evaluates the possible existence of any type of alarm and eventually applies the prescriptive actions. OpenROCS is an application with great prospects for astronomical facilities (it has already been exported to another telescope, SQT, at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos), and also holds great potential for the control of industrial processes. Note that the area of industrial and space applications of robotics is among the “hot topics” of the H2020 European programme. Together with the OpenROCS control suite, a user environment has been developed (MUR; oadm.cat/en/content/57/observing.htm) that facilitates the submission of proposals, introducing the details of the observations and retrieve the collected data.

The current instrumentation of the TJO is a high-performance CCD camera for astronomical imaging (MEIA) with a set of Johnson-Cousins UBVRI filters. An upgraded camera (MEIA2) is also available and about to become the primary instrument. In parallel, new instrumentation is being developed (see below). The personnel of the OAdM is a full-time astronomer (who programs and supervises the execution of observations, interacts with the users, and manages the “in situ” operations at the observatory), a part-time maintenance technician (who performs all maintenance operation and takes care of mechanical improvements) and a part-time software engineer (who maintains and improves the control software suite of the observatory).

Since 2013 the TJO is operating in routine mode and is providing useful data that are distributed through the OAdM web portal and also through the node of the Spanish Virtual Observatory. The telescope carries out multi-purpose astronomical observations and is also a testbed to develop new instrumentation. The compromise of the TJO is to offer 100% of the available time to the astronomical community (IEEC, Spain and international), with the sole requirement of maximizing the scientific and technical performance of the instrumentation. At the end of 2014 the OAdM had 56 registered users, 16 of them from IEEC, 23 from other Spanish institutions, and 17 from international institutions. A total of 16 proposals from 8 different institutions (5 from Spain and 3 international) were received during 2014. Note that from 2013 the call for proposals is permanently open and users are guaranteed less than one-month response time (which is pushed down to one week in case of urgent proposals). In this way, the TJO can best exploit its flexibility as robotic telescope and therefore can react to transient events, new discoveries, etc.

The IEEC has established a Time Allocation Committee (composed of two members of IEEC and an external member – from IAC) that evaluates the proposals, makes a time allocation and assigns a relative priority. The TJO observed autonomously during 190 nights, providing over 700 hours of science data (a 103% increase with respect to 2013). The mean completeness percentage of the proposals that ended during 2014 was at the 66% level, representing an oversubscription factor of 1.5.

The TJO has also entered as a full member into the Spanish System for Space Surveillance and Tracking (S4T), being one of the three optical telescopes in Spain that have proven their capabilities to become a member of this collaboration. The main goal of this program is to develop a European network of telescopes capable to track satellites and space debris.

We have also continued the installation of the medium-resolution fiber-fed ARES spectrograph. This spectrograph will greatly improve the scientific appeal of the TJO by providing R=12000 spectroscopy in two different wavelength regions (around 520 and 660 nm) and with high-efficiency optics. Calculations indicate that a signal-to-noise ratio of 100 could be attained in a 1-hour integration for V=13 mag targets. ARES will open the door to using the TJO for a variety of new science cases, including chemical abundance determination, measurement of radial velocities and monitoring of stellar activity through the Halpha feature. While there are numerous photometric robotic telescopes in the world, only a few of them have spectroscopic capabilities. ARES will thus put the TJO at world- class level.

Telescopi Joan Oró

Publications SCI

OADM

1. Damasso, M. et al. (including Ribas, I.). The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG. V. A comprehensive analysis of the XO-2 stellar and planetary systems. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2015; 575, A111. 2. Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Morales, J.C., Caballero, J.A., Montes, D., Klutsch A., Mundt, R., Cortés-Contreras, M., Ribas, I. Reiners, A., Amado, P.J., Quirrenbach, A., Jeffers, S.V. CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs. I. Low-resolution spectroscopy with CAFOS. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2015; 577, A128. 3. Maldonado, J. et al. (Including Ribas, I.). Stellar parameters of early-M dwarfs from ratios of spectral features at optical wavelengths. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2015; 577, A132. 4. Mallonn, M. von Essen, C., Weingrill, J., Strassmeier, K.G., Ribas, I., Carroll T.A., Herrero E.,, Granzer, T.,Claret, A., Schwope, A.. Transmission spectroscopy of the inflated exo-Saturn HAT-P-19b. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2015; 580, A60 5. Sanchis-Ojeda, R., Rappaport, S., Pallé E., Delrez, L., DeVore, J., Gandolfi, A. Fukui, I. Ribas, Stassun, K.G., Albrecht, S.,Dai, F., Gaidos, E., Gillon, M., Hirano, T., Holman, M., Howard, A.W., Isaacson, H., Jehin E., Kuzuhara, M., Mann, A.W., Marcy, G.W., Miles-Páez, A.P., Montañés-Rodríguez, P., Murgas, F., Narita, N., Nowak, G., Onitsuka, M., Paegert, M., Van Eylen, V., Winn, J.N., Yu, L. The K2-ESPRINT Project I: Discovery of the Disintegrating Rocky Planet K2-22b with a Cometary Head and Leading Tail. Astrophysical Journal. 2015; 812, A112 6. Triaud, H.M.J., Gillon, M., Ehrenreich, D., Herrero E,, M. Lendl, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, L. Delrez, B.-O. Demory, C. Hellier, K. Heng, E. Jehin, P. F. L. Maxted, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, Ribas, I., B. Smalley, A. M. S. Smith, S. Udry. WASP-80b has a dayside within the T-dwarf range. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2015; 450: 2279-229. 7. Tinetti, G., Drossart, P., Eccleston, P., Hartogh, P., Isaak, K., Linder, M., Lovis, C., Micela, G,.Ollivier,C.,Puig, L., Ribas, I. et al. The EChO science case. Experimental Astronomy. 2015; 40: 329-391. 8. Puig, L., Isaak, K., Linder, M., Escudero, I., Crouzet, P.E., Walker, R.,Ehle, M., Hübner, J., Timm, R., de Vogeleer, B., Drossart, P., Hartogh, P., Lovis, C., Micela, G., Ollivier, M., I. Ribas, I. Snellen, B. Swinyard, G. Tinetti, P. Eccleston. The phase 0/A study of the ESA M3 mission candidate EChO. Experimental Astronomy 2015; 40: 393- 425. 9. Garcia-Piquer, I. Ribas, J. Colomé. Artificial intelligence for the EChO mission planning tool. Experimental Astronomy. 2015; 40:671-694.

[ACE (ICCUB)]

1. Altavilla, G.; Marinoni, S.; Pancino, E.; Galleti, S.; Ragaini, S.; Bellazzini, M.; Cocozza, G.; Bragaglia, A.; Carrasco, J.M.; Castro, A.; Di Fabrizio, L.; Federici, L.; Figueras, F.; Gebran, M.; Jordi, C.; Masana, E.; Schuster, W.; Valentini, G.; Voss, H., "The Gaia spectrophotometric standard stars survey -- II. Instrumental effects of six ground-based observing campaigns", Astronomische Nachrichten(DEU), Vol. 336, Num. 6, p. 515 - 529 (2015) 2. Antoja, T.; Mateu, C.; Aguilar, L.; Figueras, F.; Antiche, E.; Hernández-Pérez, F.; Brown, A. G. A.; Valenzuela, O.; Aparicio, A.; Hidalgo, S.; Velázquez, H., "Detection of satellite remnants in the Galactic halo with Gaia- III. Detection limits for ultrafaint dwarf galaxies", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 453, p. 541 - 560 (2015) 3. Arinyo-i-Prats, A.; Miralda-Escudé, J.; Viel, M.; Cen, R., "The non-linear power spectrum of the Lyman alpha forest", Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics(826), Vol. 2015, Num. 17, (2015) 4. Audren, B.; Bellini, E.; Cuesta, A.J.; Gontcho A Gontcho, S.; Lesgourgues, J.; Niro, V.; Pellejero-Ibanez, M.; Perez- Rafols, I.; Poulin, V.; Tram, T.; Tramonte, D.; Verde, L., "Robustness of cosmic neutrino background detection in the cosmic microwave background", Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics(826), Vol. 3, Num. 36, (2015) 5. Bautista, J. E.; Bailey, S.; Font-Ribera, A.; Pieri, M. M.; Busca, N. G.; Miralda-Escudé, J.; Palanque-Delabrouille, N.; Rich, J.; Dawson, K.; Feng, Y.; Ge, J.; Gontcho A Gontcho, S.; Ho, S.; Le Goff, J.M.; Noterdaeme, P.; Pâris, I.; Rossi, G.; Schlegel, D., "Mock Quasar-Lyman-α forest data-sets for the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey", Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics(826), Vol. 2015, Num. 60, (2015)

6. Bellini, E.; Jimenez, R.; Verde, L., "Signatures of Horndeski gravity on the dark matter bispectrum", Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics(826), Vol. 2015, Num. 57, (2015) 7. Benaglia, P.; Marcote, B.; Moldón, J.; Nelan, E.; De Becker, M.; Dougherty, S. M.; Koribalski, B. S., "A radio map of the colliding winds in the very massive binary system HD 93129A", Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 579, p. A99 (2015) 8. Blanco, C.; Ribó, J.M.; Hochberg, D., "Modelling spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and deracemization phenomena: Discrete versus continuum approaches", Physical Review E(USA), Vol. 91, Num. 2, p. 022801 (2015) 9. Blomqvist, M.; Kirkby, D.; Bautista, J. E.; Arinyo-i-Prats, A.; Busca, N. G.; Miralda-Escudé, J.; Slosar, A.; Font-Ribera, A.; Margala, D.; Schneider, D.P.; Vazquez, J. A., "Broadband distortion modeling in Lyman-a forest BAO fitting", Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics(826), Vol. 2015, Num. 34, (2015) 10. Bosch-Ramon, V., "Non-thermal emission from standing relativistic shocks: an application to red giant winds interacting with AGN jets", Astronomy and Astrophysics(DEU), Vol. 575, p. 109 - 114 (2015) 11. Bosch-Ramon, V.; Barkov, M.V.; Perucho, M., "Orbital evolution of colliding star and pulsar winds in 2D and 3D; effects of: dimensionality, EoS, resolution, and grid size", Astronomy and Astrophysics(DEU), (2015) 12. Cuesta, A.J.; Gontcho A Gontcho, S.; Miralda-Escude, J.); Aubourg, E.; Bailey, S.; Bautista, J.E.; Beutler, F.; Bhardwaj, V.; Bizyaev, D.; Blanton, M.; Blomqvist, M.; Bolton, A.S.; Bovy, J.; Brewington, H.; Brinkmann, J.; Brownstein, J.R.; Burden, A.; Busca, N.G.; Carithers, W.; Chuang, C.-H.; Comparat, J.; Dawson, K.S.; Delubac, T.; Eisenstein, D.J.; Font- Ribera, A.; Ge, J.; Le Goff, J.-M.; Gott, J.R.III; Gunn, J.E.; Guo, H.; Guy, J.; Hami, "Cosmological implications of baryon acoustic oscillation measurements", Physical Review D(USA), Vol. 92, Num. 12, p. 123516 (2015) 13. Carrera, R.; Casamiquela, L.; Ospina, N.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Jordi, C.; Monteagudo, L., "Radial velocities and metallicities from infrared Ca II triplet spectroscopy of open clusters II. Berkeley 23, King 1, NGC 559, NGC 6603 and NGC 7245", Astronomy and Astrophysics(DEU), Vol. 578, Num. A27, p. 27 - 36 (2015) 14. Casamiquela, L.; Carrera, R.; Jordi, C.; Balaguer-Núñez, L., "The OCCASO Survey: Open Clusters Chemical Abundances from Spanish Observatories", EAS Publications Series, Vol. 67-68, p. 361 - 361 (2015) 15. Cuesta, A.J.; Verde, L.; Riess, A.; Jimenez, R., "Calibrating the Cosmic distance scale ladder: the role of the sound horizon scale and the local expansion rate as distance anchors", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society(826), Vol. 448, Num. 4, p. 3463 - 3471 (2015) 16. del Palacio, S.; Bosch-Ramon, V.; Romero, G. E., "Gamma-ray binaries beyond one-zone models: an application to LS 5039", Astronomy and Astrophysics(DEU), Vol. 575, Num. A112, (2015) 17. Delubac, T.; Bautista, J. E.; Busca, N. G.; Rich, J.; Kirkby, D.; Bailey, S.; Font-Ribera, A.; Slosar, A.; Lee, K-G.; Pieri, M. M.; Hamilton, J-C.; Aubourg, E.; Blomqvist, M.; Bovy, J.; Brinkmann, J.; Carithers, W.; Dawson, K.S.; Eisenstein, D. J.; Gontcho A Gontcho, S.; Kneib, J-P.; Le Goff, J-M.; Margala, D.; Miralda-Escudé, J.; Myers, A. D.; Nichol, R. C.; Noterdaeme, P.; O'Connell, R., "Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Lya forest of BOSS DR11 quasars", Astronomy and Astrophysics(DEU), Vol. 574, Num. A59 (2015) 18. Fabricius, C., "Gaia Validation Tasks", EAS Publications Series, Vol. 67-68, p. 57 - 60 (2015) 19. Gil-Marín, H.; Noreña, J.; Verde, L.; Percival, W.J.; Wagner, C.; Manera, M.; Schneider, D.P., "The power spectrum and bispectrum of SDSS DR11 BOSS galaxies - I. Bias and gravity", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society(826), Vol. 451, p. 539 - 580 (2015) 20. Gil-Marín, H.; Verde, L.; Noreña, J.; Cuesta, A.J.; Samushia, L.; Percival, W.J.; Wagner, C.; Manera, M.; Schneider, D.P., "The power spectrum and bispectrum of SDSS DR11 BOSS galaxies II: cosmological interpretation", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society(826), Vol. 452, Num. 2, p. 1914 - 1921 (2015) 21. Gómez, J. F.; Rizzo, J. R.; Suárez, O.; Palau, A.; Miranda, L. F.; Guerrero, M. A.; Ramos-Larios, G.; Torrelles, J. M., "A search for water maser emission toward obscured post-AGB star and planetary nebula candidates", Astronomy and Astrophysics(DEU), Vol. 578, Num. A119 (2015) 22. Iwasawa, K.; Vignali, C.; Comastri, A.; Gilli, R.; Vito, F.; Brandt, W. N.; Carrera, F. J.; Lanzuisi, G.; Falocco, S.; Vagnetti, F., "The XMM deep survey in the CDF-S. VIII. X-ray properties of the two brightest sources", Astronomy and Astrophysics(DEU), Vol. 574, Num. A144 (2015) 23. Lanzuisi, G.; Ranalli, P.; Georgantopoulos, I.; Georgakakis, A.; Delvecchio, I.; Akylas, T.; Berta, S.; Bongiorno, A.; Brusa, M.; Cappelluti, N.; Civano, F.; Comastri, A.; Gilli, R.; Gruppioni, C.; Hasinger, G.; Iwasawa, K.; Koekemoer, A.; Lusso, E.; Marchesi, S.; Mainieri, V.; Merloni, A.; Mignoli, M.; Piconcelli, E.; Pozzi, F.; Rosario, D. J.; Salvato, M.; Silverman, J.; Trakhtenbrot, B.; Vignali, C.; Zamorani, G., "Compton thick AGN in the XMM-COSMOS survey", Astronomy and Astrophysics(DEU), Vol. 573, Num. A137 (2015) 24. López, R.; Acosta-Pulido, J.A.; Estalella, R.; Gómez, G.; García-Lorenzo, B., "3D kinematics of the near-IR HH 223 outflow in L723", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society(826), Vol. 447, Num. 3, p. 2588 - 2602 (2015) 25. Manrique, A.; Salvador-Solé, E., "An improved treatment of cosmological intergalactic medium evolution", Astrophysical Journal(USA), Vol. 803, Num. 2, p. 103 - 109 (2015) 26. Manrique, A.; Salvador-Solé, E.; Juan, E.; Hatziminaoglou, E.; Rozas, J.M.; Sagristà, A.; Casteels, K.; Bruzual, G.; Magris, G., "Leaving the Dark ages with AMIGA", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series(USA), Vol. 216, Num. 1, p. 1 - 17 (2015)

27. Marcote, B.; Ribó, M.; Paredes, J. M.; Ishwara-Chandra, C. H.; Swinbank, J. D.; Broderick, J. W.; Markoff, S.; Fender, R.; Wijers, R. A. M. J.; Pooley, G. G.; Stewart, A. J.; Bell, M. E.; Breton, R. P.; Carbone, D.; Corbel, S.; Eislöffel, J.; Falcke, H.; Grießmeier, J.-M.; Kuniyoshi, M.; Pietka, M.; Rowlinson, A.; Serylak, M.; van der Horst, A. J.; van Leeuwen, J.; Wise, M. W.; Zarka, P., "Orbital and superorbital variability of LS I +61 303 at low radio frequencies with GMRT and LOFAR", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society(826), Vol. 456, Num. 2, p. 1791 - 1802 (2015) 28. Marcote, B.; Ribó, M.; Paredes, J.M.; Ishwara-Chandra, C.H., "Physical properties of the gamma-ray binary LS 5039 through low- and high-frequency radio observations", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society(826), Vol. 451, Num. 1, p. 4578 - 4592 (2015) 29. Martí, J.; Luque-Escamilla, P.L.; Casares, J.; Marcote, B.; Paredes-Fortuny, X.; Ribó, M; Paredes, J.M.; Núñez, J., "In quest of non-thermal signatures in early-type stars", Astrophysics and Space Science(NLD), Vol. 355, Num. 2, p. 277 - 284 (2015) 30. Monguió, M.; Grosbol, P.; Figueras, F., "First detection of the field star overdensity in the Perseus Arm", Astronomy and Astrophysics(DEU) (2015) 31. Mor, R.; Robin, A. C.; Lemasle, B.; Figueras, F., "Impact of the uncertainties of the ISM when studying the IMF at intermediate masses. ", Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, Vol. 86, p. 562 - 562 (2015) 32. Muraveva, T.; Palmer, M.; Clementini, G.; Luri, X.; Cioni, M.-R.L.; Moretti, M. I.; Marconi, M.; Ripepi, V., "New near- infrared period-luminosity-metallicity relations for RR Lyrae stars and the outlook for Gaia", Astrophysical Journal(USA), Vol. 807, Num. 2, (2015) 33. 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1. Cojocaru, R., Torres, S., Althaus, L. G., Isern, J., García-Berro, E., Revisiting the luminosity function of single halo white dwarfs, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 581, pp. A108, (2015) 2. Mateos, I., Díaz-Aguiló, M., Ramos-Castro, J., García-Berro, E., Lobo, A., Interpolation of the magnetic field at the test masses in eLISA, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 32, 16, pp. 165003, (2015) 3. Henze, M., Ness, J. -., Darnley, M. J., Bode, M. F., Williams, S. C., Shafter, A. W., Sala, G., Kato, M., Hachisu, I., Hernanz, M., A remarkable recurrent nova in M 31: The predicted 2014 outburst in X-rays with Swift, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 580, pp. A46, (2015) 4. Masqué, J. M., Rodríguez, L. F., Araudo, A., Estalella, R., Carrasco-González, C., Anglada, G., Girart, J. M., Osorio, M., Proper Motions of the Outer Knots of the HH 80/81/80N Radio-jet, Astrophysical Journal, 814, pp. 44, (2015)

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1. Bitlloch, P.; Ruiz, X.; Ramírez-Piscina, L.; Casademunt, J., "Turbulent Bubble Jets in Microgravity. Spatial Dispersion and Velocity Fluctuations", Microgravity Science and Technology(DEU), Vol. 27, Num. 3, p. 207 - 220 (2015) 2. Olikara, Z.P.; Gómez, G.; Masdemont, J.J., "Dynamic mechanisms for spacecraft disposal from Sun Earth libration points", Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics(USA), Vol. 38, Num. 10, p. 1976 - 1989 (2015) 3. Pérez-Palau, D.; Masdemont, J.J.; Gómez, G., "Tools to detect structures in dynamical systems using Jet Transport", Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy(NLD), Vol. 123, Num. 3, p. 239 - 262 (2015)

Publications no SCI

ACE (ICCUB)

1. Abedi, H.; Figueras, F.; Aguilar, L.; Mateu, C.; Romero-Gómez, M.; López-Corredoira, M.; Garzón, F., "Galactic warp kinematics: model vs. Observations", p. 423 - 423. Proceeding (2015) 2. Antiche, E.; Voss, H.; Luri, X.; Anglada Escudé, G.; Jordi, C., "From Gaia to NEAT (Theia): synergies and results of the NEAT double-blind experiment", p. 631 - 631. Proceeding (2015) 3. Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Casamiquela, L.; Jordi, C.; Muiños, J. L.; Galadí-Enríquez, D.; Masana, E., "Studying the Outskirts of NGC 2682 (M 67) open cluster", p. 593 - 593. Proceeding (2015) 4. Carrasco, J. M.; Voss, H.; Jordi, C.; Fabricius, C.; Pancino, E.; Altavilla, G., "Selection of stars to calibrate Gaia", Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Proceedings of the XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on September 8-12, 2014, in Teruel, Spain. A. J. Cenarro, F. Figueras, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, p. 786 - 791. Proceeding (2015) 5. Carrera, R.; Casamiquela, L.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Jordi, C.; Pancino, E.; Allende-Prieto, C.; Blanco-Cuaresma, S.; Martínez-Vázquez, C. E.; Murabito, S.; del Pino, A.; et al., "The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances from Spanish Observatories survey (OCCASO)", p. 453 - 453. Proceeding (2015) 6. Casamiquela, L.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Jordi, C.; Masana, E., "Physical parameters of NGC6705 (M11) open cluster using Strömgren photometry", p. 596 - 596. Proceeding (2015) 7. Castañeda, J.; Fabricius, C.; Torra, J.; Clotet, M.; González, J.; Garralda, N.; Portell, J., "First cycle processing of Gaia data", Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Proceedings of the XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on September 8-12, 2014, in Teruel, Spain. A. J. Cenarro, F. Figueras, C. Hernández- Monteagudo, J. Trujillo Bueno, and L. Valdivielso (eds.), p. 792 - 797. Proceeding (2015) 8. Cuesta, A. J.; Verde, L.; Riess, A.; Jimenez, R., "The cosmic inverse distance ladder: baryon acoustic oscillations and type-Ia supernovae", p. 172 - 176. Proceeding (2015) 9. Figueras, F.; Jordi, C., "The Gaia scientific exploitation networks", p. 600 - 600. Proceeding (2015) 10. Jordi, C., "Gaia is now a reality", p. 390 - 390. Proceeding (2015) 11. Luque-Escamilla, Pedro L.; Martí, J.; Ramírez-Valenzuela, E.; Muñoz-Arjonilla, A. J.; Paredes, J. M., "Variability of the counterpart to the gamma-ray blazar GT0106+613", Vol. 313, p. 87 - 88. Proceeding (2015) 12. Masana, E.; Luri, X.; Julbe, F.; Borrachero, R.; Antiche, E., "Gaia data simulations", p. 870 - 870. Proceeding (2015) 13. Monguió, M.; Grosbøl, P.; Figueras, F., "The Perseus arm in the anticenter direction", , p. 506 - 506. Proceeding (2015) 14. Mor, R.; Figueras, F.; Robin, A. C.; Lemasle, B., "Constraining the intermediate-mass range of the Initial Mass Function using Galactic Cepheids", p. 607 - 607. Proceeding (2015) 15. Palmer, M.; Luri, X.; Arenou, F.; Masana, E.; Clementini, G., "Luminosity calibration in the LMC with Gaia", p. 610 - 610. Proceeding (2015) 16. Palmer, M.; Luri, X.; Arenou, F.; Masana, E.; de Bruijne, J.; Antiche, E.; Babusiaux, C.; Borrachero, R.; Sartoretti, P.; Julbe, F.; et al., "Overview and stellar statistics of the expected Gaia Catalogue using the Gaia Object Generator", p. 530 - 530. Proceeding (2015) 17. Pèrez-Ràfols, I.; Miralda-Escudé, J., "Cross-correlation of Mg II absorption and galaxies in BOSS", p. 292 - 297. Proceeding (2015) 18. Portell, J.; Fabricius, C.; Torra, J.; Garralda, N.; González, J.; Castañeda, J., "Daily processing of Gaia data", Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Proceedings of the XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on September 8-12, 2014, in Teruel, Spain. A. J. Cenarro, F. Figueras, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, J. Trujillo Bueno, and L. Valdivielso (eds.), p. 822 - 827. Proceeding (2015) 19. Rio, J.; Jordi, C.; Antiche, E.; Luri, X.; Roelens, M.; Palmer, M., "Age determination of open clusters with Gaia", p. 547 - 547. Proceeding (2015) 20. Roca-Fàbrega, S.; Antoja, T.; Figueras, F.; Valenzuela, O.; Romero-Gómez, M.; Pichardo, B., "Vertex deviation maps to bracked the Milky Way resonant radius", p. 612 - 612. Proceeding (2015) 21. Roca-Fàbrega, S.; Valenzuela, O.; Figueras, F., "Towards a new cosmological Milky Way like galaxy simulation in the Gaia Era", p. 310 - 310. Proceeding (2015) 22. Romero-Gomez, M.; Figueras, F.; Antoja, T.; Abedi, H.; Aguilar, L. , "Gaia capabilities to determine the length and angle of the Galactic bar", p. 564 - 564. Proceeding (2015)

23. Sabater, J.; Gómez, J. M.; Torra, J.; López, M.; Raines, S. N.; Eikenberry, S. S., "Kinematics and trajectory generation for MIRADAS arms", p. 871 - 871. Proceeding (2015) 24. Sezima, T.; Galadí-Enríquez, D.; Paunzen, E.; Jordi, C.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Jilkova, L. , "Membership determination of Open Clusters with CLUSTERIX", p. 594 - 594. Proceeding (2015)

ICE (CSIC)

1. Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Montes, D., Caballero, J. A., Klutsch, A., Jeffers, S., Reiners, A., Zechmeister, M., Lamert, A., Passegger, V. M., Mundt, R., Morales, J. C., Ribas, I., et al, Preparation of the CARMENES Input Catalogue: Low- and High-resolution Spectroscopy of M dwarfs, 18th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, van Belle, G. T., Harris, H. C., 18, pp. 796-804, (2015) 2. Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Montes, D., Caballero, J. A., Klutsch, A., Mundt, R., Córtes-Contreras, M., Morales, J. C., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Reiners, A., Ribas, I., et al, CARMENES science preparation: low--resolution spectroscopy of M dwarfs, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Cenarro, A. J., Figueras, F., Hernández- Monteagudo, C., Trujillo Bueno, J., Valdivielso, L., pp. 441-446, (2015) 3. Alves, F., Franco, G., Girart, J. M., Frau, P., Wiesemeyer, H., The Emergent Low-Mass Cluster B59: How to Beat Magnetic Fields, Revolution in Astronomy with ALMA: The Third Year, Iono, D., Tatematsu, K., Wootten, A., Testi, L., 499, pp. 237, (2015) 4. Amaro-Seoane, P., Gair, J. R., Pound, A., Hughes, S. A., Sopuerta, C. F., Research Update on Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012002, (2015) 5. Armano, M., Audley, H., Auger, G., Baird, J., Binetruy, P., Born, M., Bortoluzzi, D., Brandt, N., Bursi, A., Caleno, M., Gesa, L., Gibert, F., Karnesis, N., Lloro, I., Martin, V., Mateos, I., Nofrarias, M., Sopuerta, C. F., et al, Free-flight experiments in LISA Pathfinder, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012006, (2015) 6. Armano, M., Audley, H., Auger, G., Baird, J., Binetruy, P., Born, M., Bortoluzzi, D., Brandt, N., Bursi, A., Caleno, M., Gesa, L., Gibert, F., Karnesis, N., Lloro, I., Martin, V., Mateos, I., Nofrarias, M., Sopuerta, C. F., et al, In-flight thermal experiments for LISA Pathfinder: Simulating temperature noise at the Inertial Sensors, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012023, (2015) 7. Armano, M., Audley, H., Auger, G., Baird, J., Binetruy, P., Born, M., Bortoluzzi, D., Brandt, N., Bursi, A., Caleno, M., Gesa, L., Gibert, F., Karnesis, N., Lloro, I., Martin, V., Mateos, I., Nofrarias, M., Sopuerta, C. F., et al, A noise simulator for eLISA: Migrating LISA Pathfinder knowledge to the eLISA mission, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012036, (2015) 8. Armano, M., Audley, H., Auger, G., Baird, J., Binetruy, P., Born, M., Bortoluzzi, D., Brandt, N., Bursi, A., Caleno, M., Gesa, L., Gibert, F., Karnesis, N., Lloro, I., Martin, V., Mateos, I., Nofrarias, M., Sopuerta, C. F., et al, A Strategy to Characterize the LISA-Pathfinder Cold Gas Thruster System, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012026, (2015) 9. Armano, M., Audley, H., Auger, G., Baird, J., Binetruy, P., Born, M., Bortoluzzi, D., Brandt, N., Bursi, A., Caleno, M., Gesa, L., Gibert, F., Karnesis, N., Lloro, I., Martin, V., Mateos, I., Nofrarias, M., Sopuerta, C. F., et al, Disentangling the magnetic force noise contribution in LISA Pathfinder, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012024, (2015) 10. Armano, M., Audley, H., Auger, G., Baird, J., Binetruy, P., Born, M., Bortoluzzi, D., Brandt, N., Bursi, A., Caleno, M., Gesa, L., Gibert, F., Karnesis, N., Lloro, I., Martin, V., Mateos, I., Nofrarias, M., Sopuerta, C. F., et al, The LISAPathfinder Mission, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012005, (2015) 11. Armano, M., Audley, H., Auger, G., Binetruy, P., Born, M., Bortoluzzi, D., Brandt, N., Bursi, A., Caleno, M., Cavalleri, A., Gesa, L., Gibert, F., Karnesis, N., Lloro, I., Martin, V., Mateos, I., Nofrarias, M., Sopuerta, C. F., et al, Bayesian statistics for the calibration of the LISA Pathfinder experiment, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012027, (2015) 12. Bongs, K., Sopuerta, C. F., et al, The Ste-Quest M4 Proposal, Proceedings, 50th Rencontres de Moriond Gravitation : 100 years after GR, pp. 137-140, (2015) 13. Cabrera, D., Tolos, L., Aichelin, J., Bratkovskaya, E., S = −1 meson-baryon interaction in hot and dense nuclear matter: chiral symmetry, many-body and unitarization for a road to GSI/FAIR, EPJ Web of Conferences, 97, pp. 00008, (2015)

14. Casagrande, L., Silva Aguirre, V., Serenelli, A., Stello, D., Feltzing, S., Schlesinger, K. J., The SAGA so far: reading the history of the Galaxy with asteroseismology, European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, 101, pp. 03001, (2015) 15. Cawthon, R., Giannantonio, T., Fosalba, P., Elsner, F., Leistedt, B., Benoit-Levy, A., Kirk, D., Crocce, M., Dodelson, S., Holder, G., et al, CMB Lensing Tomography with the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification galaxies, APS April Meeting Abstracts, (2015) 16. Chaplin, W. J., Lund, M. N., Handberg, R., Basu, S., Buchhave, L. A., Campante, T. L., Davies, G. R., Huber, D., Latham, D. W., Latham, C. A., Serenelli, A., et al, Asteroseismology of Solar-Type Stars with K2: Detection of Oscillations in C1 Data, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 127, pp. 1038-1044, (2015) 17. Coelho, H. R., Chaplin, W. J., Basu, S., Serenelli, A., Miglio, A., Reese, D., Testing the $\nu$$_max$ scaling relation, European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, 101, pp. 06017, (2015) 18. Cortes Contreras, M., Caballero, J. A., Bejar, V. J. S., Gauza, B., Montes, D., Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Ribas, I., Reiners, A., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Preparation of the CARMENES Input Catalogue: Multiplicity of M dwarfs from Tenths of Arcseconds to Hundreds of Arcminutes, 18th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, van Belle, G. T., Harris, H. C., 18, pp. 805-810, (2015) 19. Cortés-Contreras, M., J. S. Béjar, V., Caballero, J. A., Gauza, B., Montes, D., Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Ribas, I., Reiners, A., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., et al, CARMENES. Multiplicity of M dwarfs from tenths of arcseconds to hundreds of arcminutes, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Cenarro, A. J., Figueras, F., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., Trujillo Bueno, J., Valdivielso, L., pp. 597-597, (2015) 20. Destefanis, M., Galatyuk, T., Montes, F., Nicmorus, D., Petersen, H., Ratti, C., Tolos, L., Vogel, S., Proceedings, 3rd FAIR Next generation ScientistS (FAIRNESS 2014), Journal of Physics Conference Series, 599, 1, pp. pp. 011001, (2015) 21. Elias-Rosa, N., Morales-Garoffolo, A., Pastorello, A., Tartaglia, L., Benetti, S., Cappellaro, E., Terreran, G., Tomasella, L., Turatto, M., Noebauer, U., et al, Spectroscopic classification of PSN J13215756+3843229 in NGC 5112 at the Nordic Optical Telescope, The Astronomer's Telegram, 7223, pp. 1, (2015) 22. Elizalde, E., S.I. Vacaru, Einstein spaces modeling nonminimal modified gravity, European Physical Journal Plus, 130, pp. 119, (2015) 23. Ferrer Ribas, E., Armengaud, E., Avignone, F. T., Betz, M., Brax, P., Brun, P., Cantatore, G., Carmona, J. M., Carosi, G. P., Caspers, F., Isern, J., et al, The IAXO Helioscope, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 650, 1, pp. 012009, (2015) 24. Grimani, C., Fabi, M., Lobo, A. J., Mateos, I., Telloni, D., Role of GCR positive and negative particles in charging the LISA-PF test masses in 2015, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012025, (2015) 25. Gritsevich, M., Moreno-Ibáñez, M., Kuznetsova, D., Bouquet, A., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Peltoniemi, J., Koschny, D., Fireball data analysis: bridging the gap between small solar system bodies and meteorite studies, International Astronomical Union Circular, 22, pp. #2257523, (2015) 26. Henze, M., Sasaki, M., Haberl, F., Hatzidimitriou, D., Supersoft X-ray detections of M31 Novae with XMM-Newton, The Astronomer's Telegram, 8228, pp. 1, (2015) 27. Henze, M., Sasaki, M., Haberl, F., Hatzidimitriou, D., Recent X-ray transients in the M31 disk found with XMM- Newton, The Astronomer's Telegram, 8227, pp. 1, (2015) 28. Henze, M., Williams, S. C., Darnley, M. J., Shafter, A. W., Hornoch, K., Swift UVOT detection of the recurrent nova M31N 1963-09c during the 2015 eruption, The Astronomer's Telegram, 8235, pp. 1, (2015) 29. Hornoch, K., Kucakova, H., Vrastil, J., Henze, M., Valeev, A. F., Fabrika, S., Shafter, A. W., Sala, G., Jose, J., Figueira, J., Hernanz, M., et al, Optical light curve parameters of the M31 recurrent nova M31N 2006-11c during its 2015 outburst, The Astronomer's Telegram, 7142, pp. 1, (2015) 30. K.Bamba and , Odintsov, S. D., Inflationary cosmology in modified gravity theories , Symmetry, 7, pp. 220-240, (2015) 31. Kaur, A., Henze, M., Keel, W. C., Hartmann, D. H., Additional BVRI photometry of the recurrent nova M31N 1963- 09c during the 2015 eruption, The Astronomer's Telegram, 8243, pp. 1, (2015) 32. Khemchandani, K. P., Torres, M. A., Navarra, F. S., Nielsen, M., Tolos, L., Studying meson baryon systems with strangeness +1, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 630, 1, pp. 012054, (2015) 33. Kohout, T., Gritsevich, M., Lyytinen, E., Moilainen, J., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Kruglikov, N., Ishchenko, A., Yakovlev, G., Grokhovsky, V., Haloda, J., et al, Annama H5 Meteorite Fall: Orbit, Trajectory, Recovery, Pe-trology, Noble Gases, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides, 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, 1856, pp. 5209, (2015)

34. Konovalova, N. A., Madiedo, J. M., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Meteorite-Dropping Sporadic Fireball with an Asteroidal Origin and Its Parent Body, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 46, pp. 1194, (2015) 35. Kurtenkov, A., Tomov, T., Fabrika, S., Barsukova, E. A., Valeev, A. F., Pessev, P., Vida, K., Molnar, L., Sarneczky, K., Goranskij, V. P., Henze, M., et al, M31N 2015-01a - A Luminous Red Nova, The Astronomer's Telegram, 7150, pp. 1, (2015) 36. Martinez-Jiménez, M., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Alonso-Azcárate, J., Differences Within Carbonaceous Chondrite Groups from a Comparative ICP-MS Bulk Chemistry, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 46, pp. 1122, (2015) 37. Miller Bertolami, M. M., Melendez, B. E., Althaus, L. G., Isern, J., Testing Fundamental Particle Physics with the Galactic White Dwarf Luminosity Function, 19th European Workshop on White Dwarfs, Dufour, P., Bergeron, P., Fontaine, G., 493, pp. 133, (2015) 38. Morales-Garoffolo, A., Elias-Rosa, N., Isern, J., Early to late spectroscopic and photometric analysis of the type IIb SN 2013df, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Cenarro, A. J., Figueras, F., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., Trujillo Bueno, J., Valdivielso, L., pp. 518-523, (2015) 39. Moreno-Ibáñez, M., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Rodriguez, D., Sanchez, A., Astrometric and Photometric Follow-Up of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Using Joan Oró Robotic Telescope at Montsec Astronomical Observatory, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 46, pp. 1138, (2015) 40. Moyano-Cambero, C. E., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Comparative Study of CK Carbonaceous Chondrites and Asteroids Reflectance Spectra Between 0.3 and 2.6 \microm, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 46, pp. 1106, (2015) 41. Ocaña, F., Sánchez de Miguel, A., Zamorano, J., Izquierdo, J., Pascual, S., Palos, M. F., Oré, S., Rodríguez-Coira, G., Zamora, S., Lorenzo, C., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., et al, UCM Meteor and Fireball Research group: Results 2012--2014, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Cenarro, A. J., Figueras, F., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., Trujillo Bueno, J., Valdivielso, L., pp. 656-656, (2015) 42. Olvera-Valencia, E., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Moyano-Cambero, C. E., Cervantes-de la Cruz, K., Bischoff, A., Cordero- Tercero, G., Mestres, N., The Degree of Shock Metamorphism in Villalbeto de la Peña Polymict Chondrite Breccia Inferred from Raman Spectroscopy, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 46, pp. 1477, (2015) 43. Quirrenbach, A., Caballero, J. A., Amado, P. J., Ribas, I., Reiners, A., Mundt, R., Montes, D., Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration and Verification of CARMENES and Preparation of its Input Catalogue, 18th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, van Belle, G. T., Harris, H. C., 18, pp. 897-906, (2015) 44. Rodríguez-López, C., Anglada-Escudé, G., Amado, P. J., Ofir, A., Ribas, I., Caballero, J. A., Quirrenbach, A., Reiners, A., CARMENES Consortium, , KARMENES, the K2+CARMENES alliance, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Cenarro, A. J., Figueras, F., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., Trujillo Bueno, J., Valdivielso, L., pp. 613-613, (2015) 45. Sanchez, A., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Rodríguez, D., Monitoring of Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy During Close-Approach to the Earth, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 46, pp. 1757, (2015) 46. Santos-Oliván, D., Sopuerta, C. F., A new approach to the dynamics of AdS space-times, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 600, 1, pp. 012019, (2015) 47. Sopuerta, C. F., Gravitational Wave Astrophysics, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 40, (2015) 48. Tolos, L., Charmed baryonic resonances in medium, EPJ Web of Conferences, 97, pp. 00027, (2015) 49. Tolos, L., Cabrera, D., Khemchandani, K., Martinez-Torres, A., Bratkovskaya, E., Aichelin, J., Nielsen, M., Navarra, F. S., Strangeness At Extremes, 12th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics (HYP 2015) Sendai, Japan, September 7-12, 2015, (2015) 50. Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Alonso-Azcárate, J., Abad, M. M., Lee, M. R., Ultra High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy of Matrix Mineral Grains in CM Chondrites: Preaccretionary or Parent Body Aqueous Processing?, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 46, pp. 1198, (2015) 51. Urzaiz, M., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Mestres, N., Identification of a Silico-Phosphate in CK4 Carbonaceous Chondrite Allan Hills 85002, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 46, pp. 1785, (2015) 52. Villante, F. L., Serenelli, A., A Quantitative Analysis of the Solar Composition Problem, Physics Procedia, 61, pp. 366- 375, (2015) 53. Vogel, J. K., Armengaud, E., Avignone, F. T., Betz, M., Brax, P., Brun, P., Cantatore, G., Carmona, J. M., Carosi, G. P., Caspers, F., Isern, J., et al, The Next Generation of Axion Helioscopes: The International Axion Observatory (IAXO), Physics Procedia, 61, pp. 193-200, (2015) 54. Williams, S. C., Darnley, M. J., Henze, M., Shafter, A. W., Hornoch, K., Spectroscopic Confirmation of the 2015 Eruption of Recurrent Nova M31N 1963-09c, The Astronomer's Telegram, 8242, pp. 1, (2015)

55. Williams, S. C., Shafter, A. W., Hornoch, K., Henze, M., Darnley, M. J., PNV J00425773+4108123 is the 2015 Eruption of Recurrent Nova M31N 1963-09c, The Astronomer's Telegram, 8234, pp. 1, (2015)

ICE (CSIC)/ CTE (UPC)

1. Cojocaru, R., Torres, S., Isern, J., García-Berro, E., A Study of the Effects of Metallicity on the Population of Galactic Disk White Dwarfs, 19th European Workshop on White Dwarfs, Dufour, P., Bergeron, P., Fontaine, G., 493, pp. 389, (2015) 2. García-Berro, E., Torres, S., Lorén-Aguilar, P., Isern, J., Althaus, L. G., An Upper Limit to the Variation of G from the White Dwarf Cooling Sequence of NGC 6791, Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting: On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, Rosquist, K., pp. 1693- 1695, (2015) 3. Martin, F., Camps, A., Martin-Neira, M., D Addio, S., Fabra, F., Rius, A., Park, H., Significant wave height retrieval based on the effective number of incoherent averages, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2015 IEEE International, pp. 3634 - 3637, (2015), IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 4. Martin, F., Camps, A., Martin-Neira, M., D Addio, S., Fabra, F., Rius, A., Park, H., Impact of the elevation angle in the coherence time as a function of the sea wave height, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2015 IEEE International, pp. 3630 - 3633, (2015), IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 5. Mateos, I., Diaz-Aguiló, M., Gesa, L., Gibert, F., Karnesis, N., Lloro, I., Lobo, A., Martin, V., Nofrarias, M., Ramos- Castro, J., Sopuerta, C. F., et al, Magnetic field measurement using chip-scale magnetometers in eLISA, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012028, (2015) 6. Mateos, I., Patton, B., Zhivun, E., Budker, D., Wurm, D., Ramos-Castro, J., Noise characterization of an atomic magnetometer at sub-millihertz frequencies, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 224, pp. 147-155, (2015) 7. Mateos, I., Ramos-Castro, J., Lobo, A., Low-frequency noise characterization of a magnetic field monitoring system using an anisotropic magnetoresistance, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 235, pp. 57 - 63, (2015) 8. Fabrika, S., Barsukova, E. A., Valeev, A. F., Vinokurov, A., Sholukhova, O., Goranskij, V. P., Hornoch, K., Henze, M., Hernanz, M., Sala, G., et al, Spectroscopy and photometry of the nova M31N 2015-08c and photometry of the recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a, The Astronomer's Telegram, 8033, pp. 1, (2015) 9. Hornoch, K., Kucakova, H., Vrastil, J., Henze, M., Valeev, A. F., Fabrika, S., Shafter, A. W., Sala, G., Jose, J., Figueira, J., Hernanz, M., et al, Optical light curve parameters of the M31 recurrent nova M31N 2006-11c during its 2015 outburst, The Astronomer's Telegram, 7142, pp. 1, (2015) 10. Sala, G., Henze, M., Jose, J., Figueira, J., Hernanz, M., New optical nova candidate in the disk of M31, The Astronomer's Telegram, 7963, pp. 1, (2015) 11. Terán, M., Martin, V., Gesa, L., Mateos, I., Gibert, F., Karnesis, N., Ramos-Castro, J., Schwarze, T. S., Gerberding, O., Heinzel, G., Nofrarias, M., et al, Towards a FPGA-controlled deep phase modulation interferometer, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 610, 1, pp. 012042, (2015)

Books

ACE (ICC-UB)

1. Acosta-Pulido, J. A.; Agudo, I.; Alberdi, A.; Alcolea, J.; Alfaro, E. J.; Alonso-Herrero, A.; Anglada, G.; Arnalte-Mur, P.; Ascasibar, Y.; Ascaso, B.; and 109 coauthors including: Estalella, R.; Migliari, S.; Moldón, J.; Paredes, J.M.; Ribó, M.; Solanes, J.M., "The Spanish Square Kilometre Array White Book", Sociedad Española de Astronomía, p. 1 - 289. White Book (2015)

Conferences

OADM

1. Ribas, I. Exoplanet observations from the ground: present status and the golden future. Invited talk. Workshop «Exoplanets in Lund», 6-8 May 2015, Lund (Sweden). 2. Ribas, I. The CARMENES Survey: Design and Preparation. Invited talk. Workshop «Amazing Science with CARMENES», 21-22 May 2015, Granada, Spain 3. N. M. Crouzet, P. McCullough, P. Montañés-Rodríguez, I. Ribas, V. Bourrier, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, G. Hebrard, E. Garcia-Melendo, E. Herrero, F. Vilardell, J. Foote, B. Gary, P. Benni, M. Conjat, M. Deleuil, L. Akhenak, J. Garlitz, D. Long. XO-6b: A transiting hot Jupiter around a fast rotating star. Poster. American Astronomical Society, Extreme Solar Systems meeting #3, id.114.08, Hilo (USA)

ICC-UB

1. Agueda, N., "European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015", Austria Center Vienna (Vienna, Austria), Invited Talk. 12/04/15-17/04/15 2. Agueda, N.; Bütikofer, R.; Vainio, R.; Heber, B.; Afanasiev, A.; Malandraki, O.E. , "European Space Weather Week ", Kursaal (Ostend, Belgium), Poster. 23/11/15-27/11/15 3. Agueda, N.; Gómez-Herrero, R.; Rodríguez-Pacheco, J., "First Joint Solar Probe Plus-Solar Orbiter Workshop ", Villa "La Ferdinanda" in the village of Artimino (Florence, Italy), Presentation of communication. 02/09/15-04/09/15 4. Alcock, B.; Kontar, E.; Agueda, N., "AGU Fall Meeting", Moscone Center (San Francisco, USA), Poster. 14/12/15- 18/12/15 5. Alert, R.; Casademunt, J., "IV Jornada Complexitat.cat", Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), Invited Talk. 25/05/2015 6. Alert, R.; Casademunt, J., "Interdisciplinary workshop on cell motility: Adhesion, in vivo migration and polarity ", Institut Curie (Paris, France), Invited Talk. 23/03/15-25/03/15 7. Alert, R.; Casademunt, J., "Physics of cells: From molecules to systems", Kloster Banz (Bad Staffelstein, Germany ), Invited Talk. 30/08/15-04/09/15 8. Alert, R.; Casademunt, J., "Physics of Cells and Tissues 2015 – Modelling meets Experiment", EMBL Advanced Training Centre (Heidelberg, Germany), Invited Talk. 30/09/15-02/10/15 9. Aran, A.; Jiggens, P.; Pacheco, D.; Agueda, N.; Sanahuja, B., "European Space Weather Week ", Kursaal (Ostend, Belgium), Presentation of communication. 23/11/15-27/11/15 10. Blanch-Mercader, C.; Casademunt, J.; Joanny, J.F., "10th European Biophysics Congress", (Dresden, Germany), Invited Talk. 18/07/15-22/07/15 11. Blanch-Mercader, C.; Casademunt, J.; Joanny, J.F., "Interdisciplinary workshop on cell motility: Adhesion, in vivo migration and polarity ", Institut Curie (Paris, France), Invited Talk. 23/03/15-25/03/15 12. Bosch-Ramon, V., "Variable Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources III", Max-Planck-Haus (Heidelberg, Germany), Invited Talk. 04/05/15-06/05/15 13. Bosch-Ramon, V., "High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows V (HEPRO V) ", Honorable House of Senators of the Province of Buenos Aires (La Plata, Argentina), Invited Talk. 05/10/15-08/10/15 14. Bosch-Ramon, V., "Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources - XI", Splendid Hotel La Torre (Mondello, Palermo), Invited Talk. 25/05/15-30/05/15 15. Carrera, R.; Casamiquela, L.; Balaguer-Nuñez, L.; Jordi, C.; Pancino, E.; Allende-Prieto, C.; Blanco-Cuaresma, S.; Del Pino, A.; Marti nez-V azquez, C.E.; Murabito, S.; Aparicio, A.; Gallart, C.; Recio-Blanco, A. , "Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys and Wide Fields", Auditorium (Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain)), Poster. 02/03/15-06/03/15 16. Casademunt, J.; Blanch-Mercader, C., "10th European Biophysics Congress", (Dresden, Germany), Invited Talk. 18/07/15-22/07/15 17. Casademunt, J.; Blanch-Mercader, C., "Physics of Cells and Tissues 2015 – Modelling meets Experiment", EMBL Advanced Training Centre (Heidelberg, Germany), Invited Talk. 30/09/15-02/10/15

18. Casamiquela, L., "Gaia-ESO Survey Third Science Meeting", Hotel BEST WESTERN Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania ), Presentation of communication. 01/12/15-04/12/15 19. Casamiquela, L., "Stellar clusters::benchmarks of stellar physics and Galactic evolution", Evry Schatzman School (Banyuls sur mer, France), Presentation of communication. 04-09/10/2015 20. Casamiquela, L., Balaguer, L., "Gaia ESO Survey (GES)", Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lituania), Contributed talk. 01- 04/12/2015 21. Cela, J.M.; Fernández-Varea, J.M.; Freixas, L.; Garrido, L.; Gascón, D.; Graciani, R.; Marín, J.; Martínez, G.; Mauricio, J.; Oller, J.C.; Pérez, J.M.; Rato Mendes, P.; Sánchez, D.; Sanuy, A.; Sarasola, I.; de la Torre, O.; Vela, O., "IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference", Hotel Circle North, San Diego (California, USA), Poster. 31/10/15-07/11/15 22. Clotet, M., "DISPEC meeting", (Amsterdam, Holland), Presentation of communication. 09-10/09/2015 23. Cuesta, A.J., "III Russian-Spanish Congress", University of Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, Spain), Invited Talk. 08/09/15-11/09/15 24. El Hachemi, Z.; Crusats, J.; Ribó, J.M., "COST Action CM 1304, Systems Chemistry SYSCHEM2015", Abdij Rolduc (Netherlands), Poster. 19/05/15-22/05/15 25. El Hachemi, Z.; Crusats, J.; Ribó, J.M., "COST Action CM 1304, Systems Chemistry SYSCHEM2015", Abdij Rolduc (Netherlands), Presentation of communication. 19/05/15-22/05/15 26. Estalella, R.; Palau, A.; Busquet, G.; Fuente, A.; Girart, J.M.; Ho, P.T.P.; Commerçon, B.; Hennebelle, P.; Sánchez- Monge, Á.; Fontani, F.; Boissier, J.; Zhang, Q.; Bontemps, S.; Vázquez-Semadeni, E.; Ballesteros-Paredes, J.; Zapata, L.A, "6th Zermatt ISM Symposium", Grand Hotel Zermatterhof (Zermatt, Switzerland), Poster. 07/09/15-11/09/15 27. Evans, D.W.; Riello, M.; De Angeli, F.; Busso, G.; van Leeuwen, F.; Jordi, C.; Fabricius, C.; Carrasco, J.M.; Voss, H.; Weiler, M.; & CU5/DPCI team, "First Science From Gaia - the Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training (GREAT) Network Science Symposium, EWASS 2015", University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), Presentation of communication. 23/06/15-24/06/15 28. Fabricius,C., Antiche, E.,Gracia, G., "Gaia CU9 meeting Scientific validation", (Paris, France), Presentation of communication. 2-4/03/2015 29. Fabricius, C., "Gaia AGIS meeting", Universiteit Leiden (Leiden, Holland), Presentation of communication. 12- 14/10/2015 30. Figueras, F.; Roca, S.; Romero, M.; Mor, R.; Balaguer, L., "Third Gaia Challenge ", Universidad de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Presentation of communication. 31/08/2015-04/09/2015 31. Gómez Cama, J.M., "I Congreso de Ingeniería Espacial", Instituto de Ingeniería de España (Madrid, Spain), Speech. 24/06/15-25/06/15 32. Gracia, G., "DPCB RCI 2 ", Cambridge Institute of Astronomy (Cambridge, UK), Presentation of communication. 28- 30/04/2015 33. Gracia, G., Castañeda, J.,Clotet, M., "CNES CU1 DPCs meeting", (Toulousse, France), Presentation of communication. 24-27/03/2015 34. Iwasawa, K., "The 29th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (FM6)", Hawaii Convention Center (Honolulu, USA), Invited Talk. 03/08/15-14/08/15 35. Iwasawa, K., "Sesto Workshop 2015, From Dolomites to the event horizon (3rd edition)", Sexten Primary School (Sesto, Italy), Invited Talk. 13/07/15-17/07/15 36. Jiménez, R., "International BASP Frontiers workshop 2015 ", Hotel du Golf (Villars-sur-Ollon) (Switzerland), Invited Talk. 25/01/15-30/01/15 37. Jordi, C., "II Congreso Pro-Am", Alcalá la Real (Jaén, Spain), Invited Talk. 12/06/15-14/06/15 38. Jordi, C., "Reunión anual del Groupe Europeen d'Observation Stellaire, colaboración amateur-profesional", Agrupació Astronòmica de Sabadell (Barcelona, Spain), Invited Talk. 14/05/15-17/05/15 39. Jordi, C., "Amazing science with CARMENES", Residencia Universitaria Carmen de la Victoria (Granada, Spain), Invited Talk. 21/05/15-22/05/15 40. Jordi, C., "Red Infraestructuras Astronomía", Universidad de Granada (Granada, Spain), Invited Talk. 21-22/05/2015 41. Jordi, C., "First Science From Gaia - the Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training (GREAT) Network Science Symposium, EWASS 2015", University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), Presentation of communication. 23/06/15- 24/06/15 42. Jordi, C., "COSPAR Symposium on 'Measuring the Universe: Looking Back in Time with Modern Astronomy' ", Vienna International Centre (Vienna, Austria), Invited Talk. 02/02/2015 43. Jordi, C., "Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys and Wide Fields", Auditorium (Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain)), Invited Talk. 02/03/15-06/03/15 44. Jordi, C.; Carrasco, J.M., "CEFCA-GAIA", (Teruel, Spain), Presentation of communication. 17-18/02/2015 45. Jordi, C.; Figueras, F., "Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the next decade", (La Palma, Spain), Invited Talk. 01-04/03/15 46. Jordi, C.; Luri, X.; Mor, R.; Romero, M., "EWASS 2015", Universidad de la Laguna (La Laguna, Spain), Presentation of communication. 22-26/06/2015

47. Jordi, C.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Muiños, J.L.; Casamiquela, L., "First Science From Gaia - the Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training (GREAT) Network Science Symposium, EWASS 2015", University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), Poster. 23/06/15-24/06/15 48. Jordi, C.; Fabricius, C., "Gaia CU5 Plenary meeting #14 ", University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Presentation of communication. 27/01/15-29/01/15 49. Jordi, C.; Fabricius, C.; Carrasco, J.M.; Weiler, M.; Voss, H., "CU5 Plennary ", Royal Observatory of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland), Presentation of communication. 07-10/09/2015 50. Jordi, C.; Montaña, G.; Voss, H.; Carrasco, J.M., "Gaia CU5 Plennary meeting CU5M15", (Edinburgh, Scotland), Presentation of communication. 08/09/15-10/09/15 51. Jordi, C.; Fabricius, C., "GREAT-ESF Workshop: Next Steps Towards Future Space Astrometry Missions", Cambridge Institute of Astronomy (Cambridge, UK), Presentation of communication. 06-08/07/2015 52. Klein, K. L.; Agueda, N.; Bütikofer, R., "34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) ", World Forum (The Hague, The Netherlands), Presentation of communication. 30/07/15-06/08/15 53. Klein, K.L.; Agueda, N.; Bütikofer, R., "European Space Weather Week ", Kursaal (Ostend, Belgium), Presentation of communication. 23/11/15-27/11/15 54. López, R.; Acosta-Pulido, J.A.; Estalella, R.; Gómez, G.; García-Lorenzo, B., "Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys and Wide Fields", Auditorium (Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain)), Presentation of communication. 02/03/15-06/03/15 55. Luri, X., "CU9 workshop", ESAC (Madrid, Spain), Invited Talk. 21/01/2015 56. Luri, X., "AMS DPACE", (Amsterdam, Holland), Invited Talk. 11-12/12/2015 57. Luri, X., "Gaia AVI DPCE-RCI", (Madrid, Spain), Presentation of communication. 14-15/04/2015 58. Luri, X., "DPACE 22 meeting", (Pic du Midi, France), Invited Talk. 30/06/2015-03/07/2015 59. Luri, X., Gracia, G., "ASDC CU9 Cross Match", (Roma,Italy), Presentation of communication. 25-27/02/2015 60. Luri, X.; Masana, E.; Fabricius, C.; Antiche, E.; Romero, M.; Mor, R.; Figueras, F.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Jordi, C.; Torra, J.; Julbe, F.; Gracia, G., "CU9 Plennary", Universidad de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Presentation of communication. 21-23/09/2015 61. Malandraki, O.; Klein, K.-L.; Vainio R.; Agueda, N.; Nuñez, M.; Heber, B.; Butikofer, R.; Sarlanis, C.; Crosby, N.; Share, G.; Tylka, A.J.; Murphy, R.; Bazilevskaya, G.; Bindi, V., "34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) ", World Forum (The Hague, The Netherlands), Poster. 30/07/15-06/08/15 62. Marcote, B.; Ribó, M.; Paredes, J. M.; Ishwara-Chandra, C. H.; Swinbank, J.; Broderick, J.; Fender, R.; Markoff, S.; Wijers, R; Pooley, G. G.; Stewart, A. J.; Bell, M. E.; Breton, R. P.; Carbone, D.; Corbel, S.; Eislöffel, J.; Falcke, H.; Grießmeier, J.-M.; Kuniyoshi, M.; Pieta, M.; Rowlinson, A.; Serylak, M.; van der Horst, A. J.; van Leeuwen, J.; Wise, M. W.; Zarka, P., "High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows V (HEPRO V) ", Honorable House of Senators of the Province of Buenos Aires (La Plata, Argentina), Presentation of communication. 05/10/15-08/10/15 63. Marcote, B.; Ribó, M.; Paredes, J.M.; Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., "High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows V (HEPRO V) ", Honorable House of Senators of the Province of Buenos Aires (La Plata, Argentina), Presentation of communication. 05/10/15-08/10/15 64. Marcote, B.; Ribó, M.; Paredes, J.M.; Ishwara-Chandra, C.H., "Variable Galactic Gamma-ray Sources III ", Max- Planck-Haus Conference Center (Heidelberg, Germany), Presentation of communication. 04/05/15-06/05/15 65. Miralda-Escudé, J., "Advanced Workshop on Cosmological Structures from Reionization to Galaxies: combining efforts from analytical and numerical methods", Leonardo da Vinci Building (Trieste, Italy), Invited Talk. 12/05/15- 15/05/15 66. Miralda-Escudé, J., "Meeting on Fundamental Cosmology", Hotel Chiqui (Santader, Spain), Invited Talk. 17/06/15- 19/06/15 67. Montaña, G.; Jordi, C.; Voss, H.; Carrasco, J.M., "Gaia CU9 Plennary meeting", University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Presentation of communication. 21/09/15-23/09/15 68. Oriola, D.; Roth, S.; Dogterom, M.; Casademunt, J., "IV Jornada Complexitat.cat", Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), Invited Talk. 25/05/2015 69. Oriola, D.; Roth, S.; Dogterom, M.; Casademunt, J., "XX Congreso de Física Estadística", Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales (Badajoz, Spain), Invited Talk. 05/10/15-07/10/15 70. Oriola, D.; Roth, S.; Dogterom, M.; Casademunt, J., "Multiscale Motility of Biomolecular Motors", Harnack House (Berlin), Invited Talk. 07/12/15-09/12/15 71. Oriola, D.; Roth, S.; Dogterom, M.; Casademunt, J., "10th European Biophysics Congress", (Dresden, Germany), Invited Talk. 18/07/15-22/07/15 72. Oriola, D.; Roth, S.; Dogterom, M.; Casademunt, J., "Physics of Cells and Tissues 2015 – Modelling meets Experiment", EMBL Advanced Training Centre (Heidelberg, Germany), Invited Talk. 30/09/15-02/10/15 73. Pacheco, D.; Aran, A.; Agueda, N.; Sanahuja, B.; Jiggens, P., "European Space Weather Week", Kursaal (Ostend, Belgium), Poster. 23/11/15-27/11/15 74. Padoan, P., "EWASS 2015", University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), Invited Talk. 22/06/15-26/06/15

75. Paita, F.; Masdemont, J.J.; Gómez, G., "66th International Astronautical Congress ", Jerusalem International Convention Center (Jerusalem, Israel), Rellevant contribution. 12/10/15-16/10/15 76. Palacio, F.; Pruna, R.; Martínez, M.; Gómez, J.M.; Lee, M.; Errachid, A.; López, M., "4th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology (BITE 2015)", Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa (Lisbon, Portugal), Poster. 10/05/15-13/05/15 77. Paredes, J.M., "MAGIC Physics Meeting", DESY (Zeuthen, Berlin ), Invited Talk. 15/06/15-19/06/15 78. Paredes, J.M., "13th AGILE Science Workshop 'AGILE: 8 and counting'", ASI Headquarters (Rome, Italy), Invited Talk. 25/05/15-26/05/15 79. Paredes, J.M., "The Gamma-ray Sky with ASTROGAM. Second Astrogam Workshop", Amphitheatre "George Charpak" (Paris, France), Invited Talk. 26/03/15-27/03/15 80. Paredes, J.M., "GAMMA-400 Workshop in Barcelona", University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Invited Talk. 29/06/15-30/06/15 81. Paredes, J.M.; López-Oramas, A.; Hadasch, D.; Blanch, O.; Torres, D.F. for the MAGIC Collaboration; Casares, J.; Herrero, A. , "High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows V (HEPRO V)", Honorable House of Senators of the Province of Buenos Aires (La Plata, Argentina), Presentation of communication. 05/10/15-08/10/15 82. Paredes-Fortuny, X.; Bosch-Ramon, V.; Perucho, M.; Ribó, M., "High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows V (HEPRO V)", Honorable House of Senators of the Province of Buenos Aires (La Plata, Argentina), Presentation of communication. 05/10/15-08/10/15 83. Paredes-Fortuny, X.; Ribó, M.; Bosch-Ramon, V.; Casares, J.; Fors, O.; Núñez, J.; del Ser Badia, D., "Variable Galactic Gamma-ray Sources III", Max-Planck-Haus Conference Center (Heidelberg, Germany), Presentation of communication. 04/05/15-06/05/15 84. Paredes-Fortuny, X.; Ribó, M.; Bosch-Ramon, V.; Casares, J.; Fors, O.; Núñez, J.; del Ser Badia, D., "Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources", Splendid Hotel La Torre (Palermo, Italy), Presentation of communication. 25/05/15-30/05/15 85. Pérez-Ràfols, I.; Miralda-Escudé, J.; Font-Ribera, A.; Blomqvist, M.; Kirkby, D., "Advanced Workshop on Cosmological Structures from Reionization to Galaxies: combining efforts from analytical and numerical methods", Leonardo da Vinci Building (Trieste, Italy), Poster. 12/05/15-15/05/15 86. Portell, J.; Artigues, G.; Iudica, R.; García-Berro, E., "SPIE Remote Sensing Europe", Pierre Baudis Congress Centre (France, Toulouse), Rellevant contribution. 21/09/15-24/09/15 87. Portell, J.; Ludica, R., "SPIE Remote Sensing", (Toulousse, France), Presentation of communication. 20-22/09/2015 88. Ribó, M., "Spanish X-Ray Astronomy 2015 ", Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA) (Santander, Spain), Invited Talk. 03/06/15-05/06/15 89. Ribó, M., "Variable Galactic Gamma-ray Sources III ", Max-Planck-Haus Conference Center (Heidelberg, Germany), Invited Talk. 04/05/15-06/05/15 90. Ribó, M., "Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources ", Splendid Hotel La Torre (Palermo, Italy), Invited Talk. 25/05/15-30/05/15 91. Ribó, M., "ICCUB Christmas Meeting", Facultat de Física, UB (Barcelona, Spain), Invited Talk. 21/12/15-22/12/15 92. Roma, D.; Bosch, J.; Carmona, M.; Casas, A.; Herms, A.; Gomez, J.M.; Lopez, M.; Sabater, J.; Baumgartner, J.; Maue, T.; Nakai, E.; Schmidt, W.; Volkmer, R., "New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), 2015 IEEE 13th International", MINATEC (Grenoble, France), Poster. 07/06/15-10/06/15 93. Roma, D.; Gómez, J.M.; Hernández-Pajares, M.; Garcia-Rigo, A., "5th International Colloquium Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme", Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) (Braunschweig, Germany), Poster. 27/10/15-29/10/15 94. Romero-Gómez, M. (on behalf of the GaiaUB team), "ICCUB Christmas meeting", Facultat de Física, UB (Barcelona, Spain), Invited Talk. 21/12/15-22/12/15 95. Romero-Gomez, M.; Antoja, T.; Figueras, F.; Abedi, H.; Aguilar, L., "European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Symposium 9: First Science From Gaia - the Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training (GREAT) Network Science Symposium", University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), Presentation of communication. 22/06/15- 26/06/15 96. Romero-Gomez, M.; Roca-Fabrega, S.; Figueras, F.; Antoja, T.; Aguilar, L., "Gaia Challenge workshop", Facultat de Física, UB (Barcelona, Spain), Presentation of communication. 31/08/15-04/09/15 97. Ruiz-Lapuente, P., "EWASS 2015", Universidad de La Laguna (La Laguna, Spain), Invited Talk. 22/06/15-26/06/15 98. Salvador-Solé, E., "VIth Science with the GTC", Complejo Cultural Universitario, BUAP (Puebla, Mexico), Presentation of communication. 02/12/15-04/12/15 99. Torra, J., "ESO Industry day meeting", (Munich, Germany), Invited Talk. 08-09/04/2015 100. Torra, J., "Proyecto FEDER", MINECO (Madrid, Spain), Presentation of communication. 04/03/2015 101. Torra, J.; Luri, X.; Figueras, F.; Jordi, C.; Fabricius, C., "DPAC Consortium Meeting", Universiteit Leiden (Leiden, Holland), Presentation of communication. 16-20/11/2015 102. Torra, J.; Portell, J.; Gracia, G.; Fabricius, C.; Garralda, N.; Clotet, M.; Castañeda, J.; González. J.J., "CU3 meeting", Royal Observatory of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland), Presentation of communication. 09-12/06/2015

CTE (UPC)

1. Camps, A.; Park, H.; Carreño-Luengo, H.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Pascual, D.; Onrubia, R.; Querol, J..Current research activities at UPC on earth remote sensing using GNSS-R. 5th International Colloquium Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme. Year: 2015. 2. Piles, M.; Konings, A.; McColl, K.; Entekhabi, D.; Rötzer , K.; Chan, S.; Camps, A.; Vall-llossera, M.. A microwave vegetation optical depth retrieval approach for the new era of passive L-Band radiometers. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Year: 2015. 3. Wickert, J.; Cardellach, E.; Bertino, L.; Camps, A.; Catarino, N.; Chapron, B.; Foti, G.; Gommenginger, C.; Hatton, J.; Kern, M.; Martín-Neira, M.; Park, H.; Rius, A.; Semmling, M.; Soulat, F.; Sousa, A.; Xie, J.. GARCA: Observing System Simulation for GNSS-Reflectometry aboard ISS with GEROS. 8th Workshop on GNSS Reflectrometry. Year: 2015. 4. Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Querol, J.; Lopez, C.; Camps, A.; Park, H.; Pascual, D.; Onrubia, R.. GNSS-R correlation Peak statistics, SNR estimation and its relation to geophysical parameters. GNSS+R 2015. Place of publication: Postdam, Germany. Year: 2015. 5. Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Torrecilla, S.; Querol, J.; Camps, A.; Pascual, D.; Park, H.; Onrubia, R.. Two dedicated soil noisture experiments using the scatterometric properties of GNSS-reflectometry. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, 6. Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Camps, A.; Sanchez, N.; Pablos, M.; González-Zamora, Á.; Martinez, J.; Vall-llossera, M.; Pascual, D.. An airborne GNSS-R field experiment over a vineyard for soil moisture estimation and monitoring. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. 7. Barragan, R.; Sicard, M.; Totems, J.; Muñoz, C.. Characterization of Saharan dust ageing over the western Mediterranean Basin during a multi-intrusion event in June 2013 in the framework of the ADRIMED/ChArMEx campaign. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015-2789-1, 2015. 8. Barragan, R.; Sicard, M.; Totems, J.; Comeron, A.; Muñoz, C.; Pappalardo, G.; Rocadenbosch, F.; Rodriguez-Gomez, A.. Characterization of Saharan dust ageing over the western Mediterranean Basin during a multi-intrusion event in June 2013 in the framework of the ADRIMED/ChArMEx campaign. IEEE Young Professionals Conference on Remote Sensing 2015: Book of abstracts. 9. Chaparro, D.; Vall-llossera, M.; Piles, M.; Portal, G.; Camps, A.; Pablos, M.; Pou, X.. Remotely sensed soil moisture is related to forest decline occurrence. 2nd SMOS Science Conference: abstract book: 25-29 May, 2015: Villafranca (Madrid), 10. Camps, A.; Park, H.; Ghavidel, A.; Rius, J.; Sekulic, I.. GEROS-ISS, a demonstration mission of GNSS remote sensing capabilities to derive geophysical parameters of the earth surfaces: performance evaluation. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. 11. Chaparro, D.; Vall-llossera, M.; Piles, M.; Camps, A.. Low soil moisture and high temperatures as indicators for forest fire occurrence and extent across the Iberian Peninsula. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. Place of publication: Milan. 12. Comeron, A.; Sicard, M.; Vidal, E.; Barragan, R.; Muñoz, C.; Rodriguez-Gomez, A.; Tiana, J.; Rocadenbosch, F.; Garcia, D.. Concept design of a multiwavelength aerosol lidar system with mitigated diattenuation effects and depolarization-measurement capability. 27th International Laser Radar Conference: program booklet. 13. De La Torre, D.; Fantino, E.. Review of Lambert's Problem. ISSFD 2015: 25th 25 International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 19-23 October 2015 , Munich, Germany. 14. Gonzalez, A.; Sanchez, N.; Gumuzzio, A.; Piles, M.; Olmedo, E.; Martinez, J.. Validation of SMOS L2 and L3 soil moisture products over the Duero basin at different spatial scales. 36th International Symposium on remote Sensing of Environment, 11-15 May 2015, Berlin, Germany. 15. Martín, F.; Martín-Neira, M.; d'Addio, S.; Fabra, F.; Rius, A.; Park, H.. Impact of the elevation angle in the coherence time as a function of the sea wave height. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. 16. Martin, F.; Camps, A.; Martín-Neira, M.; d'Addio, S.; Fabra, F.; Rius, A.; Park, H.. Significant wave height retrieval based on the effective number of incoherent averages. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. 17. Onrubia, R.; Querol, J.; Pascual, D.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Park, H.; Camps, A.. DME/TACAN interference impact in interferometric GNSS-R. GNSS+R 2015. Place of publication: Postdam, Germany. Year: 2015. Pp.: 1 ~ 1. 18. Onrubia, R.; Garrucho, L.; Pascual, D.; Park, H.; Querol, J.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Camps, A.. Advances in the MIR instrument: integration, control subsystem and analysis of the flight dynamics for beamsteering purposes. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. 19. Pablos, M.; Piles, M.; Gonzalez, V.; Camps, A.; Vall-llossera, M.. Influence of ice thickness on SMOS and Aquarius brightness temperature over Antarctica. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. 20. Park, H.; Pascual, D.; Camps, A.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Onrubia, R.; Martin, F.; Querol, J.. GEROS instrument simulator

built by using P2EPS. GNSS+R 2015. Place of publication: Postdam, Germany. Year: 2015. Pp.: 1 ~ 1. 21. Park, H.; Pascual, D.; Camps, A.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Onrubia, R.; Martin, F.; Querol, J.. Antenna beam impact on GEROS-ISSinstrument observables. GNSS+R 2015. Place of publication: Postdam, Germany. Year: 2015. Pp.: 1 ~ 1. 22. Park, H.; Camps, A.; Pascual, D.; Onrubia, R.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Martín, F.. Evolution of PAU/PARIS End-to-end performance simulator (P2EPS) towards GNSS reflectometry, radio occulation and scatterometry simulator (GEROS-SIM). 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. 23. Park, H.; Camps, A.; Gonzalez, V.. Geolocalizing SMOS RFI sources on the densely populated East Asia. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. 24. Pascual, D.; Park, H.; Camps, A.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Onrubia, R.; Querol, J.. Cross-talk statistics of interferometric GNSS-R. GNSS+R 2015. Place of publication: Postdam, Germany. Year: 2015. Pp.: 1 ~ 1 25. Querol, J.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Onrubia, R.; Pascual, D.; Camps, A.. SNR degradation in conventional GNSS-R measurements under the effects of radio frequency interference. GNSS+R 2015. Place of publication: Postdam, Germany. Year: 2015. Pp.: 1 ~ 1. 26. Querol, J.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Onrubia, R.; Pascual, D.; Camps, A.. Assessment of back-end RFI mitigation techniques in passive remote sensing. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy 27. Rodriguez-Gomez, A.; Rocadenbosch, F.; Sicard, M.; Lange, D.; Barragan, R.; Batet, O.; Comeron, A.; López- Márquez, M.A.; Muñoz, C.; Tiana, J.; Tomás, S.. Multi-wavelength aerosol LIDAR signal pre-processing: practical considerations. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2015, vol.28. 28. Sánchez, N.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; González-Zamora, Á.; Martinez, J.; Camps, A.; Vall-llossera, M.; Pablos, M.; Herrero, C.. Airborne GNSS-R, thermal and optical data relationships for soil moisture retrievals. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 26–31, 2015: Milan, Italy. 29. Sanchez, N.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; Martinez, J.; Camps, A.; Gonzalez, A.; Pablos, M.; Herrero, C.; Gumuzzio, A.. Multisensor experiments over vineyard: new challenges for the GNSS-R technique. 36th International Symposium on remote Sensing of Environment, 11-15 May 2015, Berlin, Germany 30. Sicard, M.; Muñoz, C.; Comeron, A.; Rodriguez-Gomez, A.; Rocadenbosch, F.; Barragan, R.. Direct, longwave radiative forcing of mineral dust: improvement of its estimation by means of tools recently developed by the EARLINET community. 27th International Laser Radar Conference: program booklet. Place of publication: Nova York, United States of America. Year: 2015. Pp.: 35 ~ 35. Link to text: http://ilrc27.org/?page_id=744. 31. Vall-llossera, M.; Piles, M.; Ballabreda, J.; Muñoz-Sabater, J.. Seasonal and inter-anual variability of SMOS derived soil moisture and ocean salinity. 2nd SMOS Science Conference: abstract book: 25-29 May, 2015: Villafranca (Madrid), Spain. Place of publication: Madrid, Espanya. Editorial: European Space Agency (ESA). Year: 2015. Pp.: 33 ~ 34.

CERES (UAB)

1. Gaug Markus; Daniel Michael; David Berge; Raquel de los Reyes; Michele Doro; Andreas Förster; Maria Concetta Maccarone; Dan Parsons; Christopher van Eldik. "Calibration of the Cherenkov Telescope Array". 34th International Cosmic Rays Conference, The Hague, Holland, 30/07/2015-06/08/2015. Pòster. 2. Eschbach Stefan; Ziegler, Alexander; Christopher van Eldik; Johannes Veh; David Berge; Markus Gaug. "Studies towards an understanding of global array pointing for the Cherenkov Telescope Array". 34th International Cosmic Rays Conference, The Hague, Holland, 30/07/2015-06/08/2015. Pòster. 3. Daniel, Michael; Gaug, Markus;Majumdar, Pratik. "The Camera Calibration Strategy of the Cherenkov Telescope Array", 34th International Cosmic Rays Conference, The Hague, Holland, 30/07/2015-06/08/2015. Pòster. 4. Gaug, Markus, Michael Daniel; David Berge; Raquel de los Reyes; Michele Doro; Andreas Förster; Maria Concetta Maccarone; Dan Parsons; Christopher van Eldik, Calibration Strategies for the Cherenkov Telescope Array, SPIE – Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, Montreal, Canadà, 26/06/2014. Pòster. 5. Sileshi, B.G., Ferrer, C., Oliver, J.: “Hardware/Software Co-Design Techniques for Particle Filter Acceleration: Applied to a Grid Based Fast-SLAM Algorithm”, Emerging trends in computational biology, bioinformatics and systems biology algorithms and software tools (Emerging Trens in Computer Science and Applied Computing collection), Capítulo 2, pp. 16-37. Editores: Quoc-Nam Tran, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.A. y Hamid R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.. Editado por Elsevier/Morgan Kaufman, Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 13 de Julio de 2015. ISBN: 978-0-12-802508-6. 6. Cardona, L.A., Lorente, B., Ferrer C.: “Fine grain partial reconfiguration for fault emulation and precise LUT modification”, paper pS1-08, 2 pages, DATE W10: TRUDEVICE 2015: 3rd Workshop on Trustworthy Manufacturing

and Utilization of Secure Devices (co-located to DATE’15), por COST Action IC1204, Bruselas, Bélgica. Celebrado en Grenoble, Francia, 3 de Marzo de 2015.

ICE

1. Álvarez, L., Hernanz, M., Gálvez, J., Artigues, G., Karelin, D., LOFT - WFM: Mask, Collimator and structure, e-XTP meeting at INAF/IAPS, Roma (Italy), Invited talk, 03/09/2015, 04/09/2015 2. Artigues, G., Colomé, J., GIL, P., Ribas, I., Sanz, J., Vilardell, F., Advances in IEEC autonomous observatories, Fourth Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories, Málaga, Contributed talk, 28/09/2015, 02/10/2015 3. Brandt, S, Hernanz, M., Wide Field Monitor, e-XTP meeting at IHEP, Beijing (China), Invited talk, 26/10/2015, 27/10/2015 4. Cardellach, E., Review of GNSS as sources of opportunity for Earth Observation: Radio-Occultation and Reflectometry, Tenth Meeting of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG-10) , Boulder, CO, Invited talk, 01/11/2015, 06/11/2015 5. Cardellach, E., Padullés, R., Tomas, S., Oliveras, S., Rius, A., Manuel de la Torre-Juarez, Francis Joseph Turk, Chi O. Ao, Robert Kursinski, Bill Shreiner, Dave Ector, Lidia Cucurull, Jens Wickert, The new polarimetric radio-occultations mission aboard PAZ LEO for atmospheric and precipitation sounding , IGARSS 2015, Milano, Contributed talk, 26/07/2015, 31/07/2015 6. Cardellach, E., Ribó, S., Fabra, F., Nogués-Correig, O., Arco Fernandez, J. C., Rius, A., R. Storvold, RESULTS ON RECENT SEA-ICE GNSS-R MEASUREMENTS FROM A UAV SYSTEM OVER THE SVALBARD AREA, IGARSS 2015, Milano, Invited talk, 25/07/2015, 31/07/2015 7. Castander, F. J., The MICE simulations for cosmological surveys, Cosmology on Safari, Bonamanzi, KwaZulu-Natal, Contributed talk, 26/01/2015, 30/01/2015 8. Castander, F. J., Cosmology with accurate photometric redshifts wide-field surveys: the PAU survey, Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys and Wide Fields, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Contributed talk, 02/03/2015, 06/03/2015 9. Cinzia Zuffada, Zhijin Li, Son V. Nghiem, Stephen Lowe, Rashmi Shah, Maria-Paola Clarizia , Cardellach, E., THE RISE OF GNSS REFLECTOMETRY FOR EARTH REMOTE SENSING, IGARSS 2015, Milano, Invited talk, 26/07/2015, 31/07/2015 10. Crocce, M., Modeling Nonlinear Structure Formation: Perturbation Theory and Simulations , Advanced Workshop on Cosmological Structures from Reionization to Galaxies: Combining Efforts from Analytical and Numerical Methods, ICTP - Trieste, Invited talk, 11/05/2015, 20/05/2015 11. de la Torre-Juárez, M., Padullés, R., Turk, J., Ao, C., Cardellach, E., Dry and moist atmospheric thermodynamics of clouds from GNSS radio occultation profiles, AGU fall meeting 2015, San Francisco, Poster, 14/12/2015, 18/12/2015 12. Delgado, L., Hernanz, M., Early X, Gamma and Radio Emission From The Recurrent Novae Rs Oph and V745 Sco., SPANISH X-RAY ASTRONOMY 2015, Santander, Contributed talk, 03/06/2015, 05/06/2015 13. Delgado, L., Hernanz, M., X-ray and gamma-ray emission from recurrent novae, The Universe in High-resolution X- ray Spectra, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA, Poster, 19/08/2015, 21/08/2015 14. Fabra, F., Cardellach, E., Rius, A., GNSS-R open source software library for data analysis and simulation, GNSS+R 2015, Potsdam (Germany), Poster, 11/05/2015, 13/05/2015 15. Fosalba, P., Modeling Weak lensing surveys with N-body simulations, Extracting Information from Weak Lensing: Small Scales=Big Problem , Leiden, Invited talk, 16/02/2015, 18/02/2015 16. Fosalba, P., Modeling Galaxy surveys with the MICE simulations, Theoretical and Observational Progress on Large- scale Structure of the Universe , Contributed talk, 23/07/2015, 23/07/2015 17. Fosalba, P., Modeling galaxy surveys with N-body simulations, Workshop on Particles and Cosmology, Corfu, Invited talk, 15/09/2015, 15/09/2015 18. Gálvez, J., Álvarez, L., Artigues, G., Hernanz, M., Hard-X and gamma ray imaging detector for astrophysics based on pixelated CdTe semiconductors, 17th iWoRiD International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors, Hamburg (Germany), Contributed talk, 28/06/2015, 02/07/2015 19. Girart, J. M., Magnetic fields in massive star forming regions: The SMA view, The Soul of High-Mass Star Formation, Puerto Varas, Contributed talk, 15/03/2015, 20/03/2015

20. Girart, J. M., Polarization with the SMA, The ALMA Extension of Capabilities polarization commissioning meeting, Socorro, Invited talk, 02/02/2015, 04/02/2015 21. Girart, J. M., Alves, F., Frau, P, Franco, G., Santos, F., Wiesemeyer, H., Dust properties and gas dynamics in a magnetized prestellar core, Magnetic Fields in the Universe" : from Laboratory and Stars to the primordial Structures, Ajaccio, Corsica, France, Poster, 05/10/2015, 09/10/2015 22. Gleason, S., Cardellach, E., STUDY OF PHASE COHERENCY IN SPACEBORNE GNSS ICE REFLECTIONS FOR ALTIMETRY 23. Henze, M., The first recurrent nova with a 1-yr recurrence time, The Golden Age of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects III, Palermo, Italy, Invited talk, 07/09/2015, 12/09/2015 24. Hernanz, M., Concluding remarks, SPANISH X-RAY ASTRONOMY 2015, Santander (Spain), Invited review, 03/06/2015, 05/06/2015 25. Hernanz, M., X-rays from nova explosions, SPANISH X-RAY ASTRONOMY 2015, Santander (Spain), Invited review, 03/06/2015, 05/06/2015 26. Hernanz, M., Nova lines and particle acceleration, THE GAMMA-RAY SKY WITH ASTROGAM - 2nd ASTROGAM Workshop, Paris, Invited talk, 26/03/2015, 27/03/2015 27. Hernanz, M., The role played by nova explosions in the origin of lithium-7 and cosmic rays , Séminaires de l'IAP - IAP: Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, Invited review, 23/10/2015, 23/10/2015 28. Hernanz, M., Álvarez, L., The LOFT-WFM for eXTP – Possible configurations, e-XTP meeting at IHEP, Beijing (China), Invited talk, 26/10/2015, 27/10/2015 29. Hernanz, M., Brandt, S., The LOFT WFM, e-XTP meeting at INAF/IAPS, Roma (Italy), Invited talk, 03/09/2015, 04/09/2015 30. Hoffmann, K., Gaztañaga, E., Non-local bias contribution to galaxy 3-point correlations, congress, Garching, Poster, 20/07/2015, 24/07/2015 31. Isern, J., White Dwarfs as Physics Laboratories, New Frontiers in Astrophysics:from laboratory to space (Workshop CSIC-CNRS), Madrid, Invited talk, 14/09/2015, 15/09/2015 32. Isern, J., GAIA and the use of White Dwarfs as Advanced Physical Laboratories, The Golden Age of CV and related objects - III , Palermo, Invited talk, 06/09/2015, 12/09/2015 33. Isern, J., García-Berro, E., Kulebi, B., Torres, S., Magnetic fields and crystallizing White Dwarfs , 14th Marcel Grossmann Meeting , Roma, Invited talk, 12/07/2015, 18/07/2015 34. Izard, A., Towards fast and accurate massive mock making with Lagrangian methods, Theoretical and Observational Progress on Large-scale Structure of the Universe, Garching, Poster, 20/07/2015, 24/07/2015 35. Juárez, C., Spectro-polarimetric study of NGC 6334 V, The Soul of High-Mass Star Formation Conference, Puerto Varas, Chile, Contributed talk, 15/03/2015, 20/03/2015 36. Juárez, C., Infalling flows towards the hot core in NGC 6334 V, The 6th Zermatt ISM Symposium: Conditions and Impact of Star Formation From Lab to Space, Zermatt, Poster, 07/09/2015, 11/09/2015 37. Li, J., Fermi/LAT view of gamma-ray binaries: PSR B1259-63 and LS 5039 , Variable Galactic Gamma-ray Sources III , Heidelberg, Invited talk, 03/05/2015, 06/05/2015 38. Li, J., Gamma-ray emission from PSR J0007+7303 with 6 years Fermi-LAT observations, Fermi collaboration meeting, Contributed talk, 31/08/2015, 05/09/2015 39. Li, J., Gamma-ray upper limits on magnetars, and study of 4 associated SNRs with 6 years of Fermi-LAT observations, Fermi collaboration meeting, Turin, Contributed talk, 31/08/2015, 04/09/2015 40. Li, J., Search for gamma-ray emissions from AE Aqr using 7 years Fermi/LAT data, Fermi collaboration meeting, Turin, Contributed talk, 31/08/2015, 04/09/2015 41. Luis Peraza, Cardellach, E., Fabra, F., Rius, A., Semmling, M., Wickert, J., GNSS-R sea-ice characterization: Preliminary results from UK-TDS1 Low Earth Orbiter, GNSS+R 2015, Potsdam, Germany, Contributed talk, 11/05/2015, 13/05/2015 42. M.P. Clarizia, C. Zuffada, C. Ruf, Cardellach, E., S. Lowe, INVESTIGATION OF SEA SURFACE HEIGHT RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS USING GNSS-REFLECTOMETRY, IGARSS 2015, Milano, Contributed talk, 25/07/2015, 31/07/2015 43. Manuel, C., Dynamical evolution of the chiral magnetic effect, 4th International Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Dynamics, Giardini Naxos, Sicily, Italy, Invited talk, 31/08/2015, 04/09/2015 44. Martin, F., Camps, A., Martin-Neira, M., D Addio, S., Fabra, F., Rius, A., Park, H., Significant wave height retrieval based on the effective number of incoherent averages, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2015 IEEE International, Milan (Italy), Poster, 26/07/2015, 31/07/2015

45. Martin, F., Camps, A., Martin-Neira, M., D Addio, S., Fabra, F., Rius, A., Park, H., Impact of the elevation angle in the coherence time as a function of the sea wave height, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2015 IEEE International, Milan (Italy), Poster, 26/07/2015, 31/07/2015 46. Martín, J., Rea, N., Torres, D. F., Papitto, A., Comparing supernova remnants around strongly magnetized and canonical pulsars, Spanish X-ray Astronomy 2015, Santander, Contributed talk, 02/06/2015, 02/06/2015 47. Morales-Garoffolo, A., Observation and interpretation of type IIb supernova explosions, EWASS (European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, 2015), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Contributed talk, 23/06/2015, 26/06/2015 48. Moyano-Cambero, C. E., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Llorca, J., Fornasier, S., Barucci, M.A., Comparing the reflectance spectra of asteroid 21 Lutetia and CH3 chondrites in the UV to IR range, Third joint CSIC-CNRS workshop: New frontiers in astrophysics: from the laboratory to space, Madrid, Contributed talk, 14/09/2015, 14/09/2015 49. Odintsov, S. D., Modified gravity and inflation, X Iberian Cosmology meeting, Madrid, Invited talk, 29/03/2015, 31/03/2015 50. Odintsov, S. D., Accelerating cosmology from modified gravity and neutron stars, Compact Stars and Black Holes, 7-9 July 2015, Tubingen, Invited review, 06/07/2015, 09/07/2015 51. Odintsov, S. D., Modified gravity as the engine for accelerated expansion: unifying inflation with dark energy and dark matter , 14th Marcel Grossman Meeting, Rome, Contributed talk, 12/07/2015, 18/07/2015 52. Odintsov, S. D., Introduction to modified gravity , Cosmology and the quantum Vacuum 2015, Rhodos, june 19-25, Rhodos , Invited review, 18/06/2015, 25/06/2015 53. Odintsov, S. D., Inflationary cosmology from modified gravity, Iberian Gravitational-Wave Meeting 2015, Barcelona, Contributed talk, 12/05/2015, 14/05/2015 54. Odintsov, S. D., Accelerating cosmology from alternative gravity, Siberian Cosmology Days 2015, tomsk, Invited review, 06/08/2015, 08/08/2015 55. Odintsov, S. D., Inflation from modified gravity, Physics of the Early universe, Tainan, Invited review, 25/12/2015, 26/12/2015 56. Odintsov, S. D., 1.Early-time and late-time acceleration from modified gravity:consistent unification (key-note lecture) 2.F(G) gravity and neutron stars (plenary talk), ICGR2015, Amravati, Invited review, 25/11/2015, 28/11/2015 57. Odintsov, S. D., Inflation from HD gravity, Windows on Quantum Gravity II, Madrid, Invited talk, 28/10/2015, 30/10/2015 58. Padullés, R., Cardellach, E., de la Torre-Juárez, M., Tomas, S., Turk, J., Ao, C., Oliveras, S., Rius, A., The ROHP-PAZ mission and the polarimetric and non-polarimetric effects of rain and other fozen hydrometeors on GNSS Radio- Occultation signals., AGU fall meeting 2015, San Francisco, Poster, 14/12/2015, 18/12/2015 59. Padullés, R., Cardellach, E., Rius, A., Untangling rain structure from polarimetric radio-occultation observables: a 2D-tomographic approach, IEEE Young Professionals Conference 2015, Barcelona, Contributed talk, 03/12/2015 60. Padullés, R., Cardellach, E., Tomas, S., Oliveras, S., Rius, A., de la Torre-Juárez, M., Turk, J., Ao, C., Kursinski, R., Shreiner, B., et al, Atmospheric and precipitation sounding with polarimetric radio-occultations aboard PAZ LEO, European Geosciences Union (EGU2015), Vienna, Poster, 13/04/2015, 17/04/2015 61. Papitto, A., Review on Accreting ms pulsars, First meeting of the ISSI team "The Disk-magnetosphere Interaction Around Transitional Millisecond Pulsars", Berna (Switzerland), Invited review, 02/03/2015 62. Papitto, A., Accretion and rotation power in ms pulsars, Spanish X-ray Astronomy 2015, Santander, Invited talk, 03/06/2015, 03/06/2015 63. Papitto, A., Discovery of coherent X-ray pulsations during the sub-luminous disk state of a transitional ms pulsar, EWASS 2015 - Neutron stars at the crossroads: X-ray binaries and transitional millisecond pulsars, La Laguna - Tenerife, Contributed talk, 25/06/2015 64. Papitto, A., tMSPs as AMXPs, The Zoo of Accreting Compact Objects, Leiden , Invited talk, 05/08/2015 65. Papitto, A., Accretion and rotation power in ms pulsars , INTEGRAL 2015 workshop "The New High Energy Sky after a Decade of Discoveries", Invited talk, 07/10/2015 66. Papitto, A., Accretion and rotation power in ms pulsars, 28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Contributed talk, 16/12/2015, 16/12/2015 67. Pujol, A., Halo Bias: environment versus mass, Theoretical and Observational Progress on Large-scale Structure of the Universe, Garching, Munich, Poster, 20/07/2015, 24/07/2015

68. Ribó, S., In-phase and quadrature error calibration in the Software PARIS Interferometric Receiver, GNSS+R 15 Workshop, Potsdam, Poster, 11/05/2015, 13/05/2015 69. Ribó, S., Arco Fernandez, J. C., Nogués-Correig, O., Cardellach, E., Rius, A., SPIR and SPIR-UAV: Two versions of the Software PARIS Interferometric Receiver, GNSS+R 15 Workshop, Potsdam, Poster, 11/05/2015, 13/05/2015 70. Ribó, S., Cardellach, E., Rius, A., Potential and challenges of passive reflectometry using satellite TV signals, GNSS+R 15 Workshop, Potsdam, Poster, 11/05/2015, 13/05/2015 71. Rius, A., Fabra, F., Cardellach, E., M. Martín-Neira, SYNOPTIC CAPABILITIES OF THE GNSS-R INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUE: BALTIC FLIGHT EXPERIMENT WITH THE SPIR INSTRUMENT, IGARSS 2015, Milano, Invited talk, 25/07/2015, 31/07/2015 72. Sala, G., Hernanz, M., Ness, J.-U, Saxton, R., Cirauqui, D., Escayola, J., The classical nova V5116 Sgr, SPANISH X-RAY ASTRONOMY 2015, Santander (Spain), Contributed talk, 03/06/2015, 05/06/2015 73. Santos-Oliván, D., AdS (in)stability: approaching the collapse, Spanish Relativity Meeting 2015, Palma de Mallorca, Contributed talk, 08/09/2015, 08/09/2015 74. Serenelli, A., Solar models and neutrinos: the standard model and beyond, Neutrino and Dark Matter in Nuclear Physics 2015, Jyvaskyla, Finlandia, Invited talk, 31/05/2015, 05/06/2015 75. Serenelli, A., Asteroseismology of Red Giants, The KASC8/TASC1 Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark, Invited review, 15/06/2015, 19/06/2015 76. Serenelli, A., Determination of Stellar Parameters using Asteroseismology, SDSS-IV Collaboration Meeting, Madrid, Invited talk, 21/07/2015, 23/07/2015 77. Serenelli, A., Aarhus Workshops: Recap on previous results, The Aarhus Red Giant Workshops V, Birmingham, Contributed review, 05/10/2015, 09/10/2015 78. Sopuerta, C. F., From LISA Pathfinder to the L3 mission, Spanish Relativity Meeting 2015. "Stepping into the second century", Palma de Mallorca, Invited talk, 07/09/2015, 11/09/2015 79. Sopuerta, C. F., Spanish Contribution to the LISA Pathfinder Mission, Conference Press on the LISA Pathfinder Launch, Villanueva de la Cañada (Madrid), Invited talk, 01/12/2015, 01/12/2015 80. Tolos, L., A new family of compact objects: Dark Compact Planets, The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity 2015, Invited talk, 30/09/2015, 03/10/2015 81. Tolos, L., Neutron stars as laboratory for matter at extremes, IVICFA Friday's, Invited talk, 18/09/2015, 18/09/2015 82. Tolos, L., Heavy Hadrons in Dense Matter, Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2015), Invited talk, 06/07/2015, 11/07/2015 83. Tolos, L., Heavy Hadrons at Extremes, 1st Hadron Spanish Network Days and Spanish-Japanese JSP Workshop, Invited talk, 15/06/2015, 17/06/2015 84. Tolos, L., Transport phenomena in supernova and neutron stars, Pulsar and their environments, Invited talk, 11/05/2015, 13/05/2015 85. Tolos, L., Strangeness at Extremes, 12th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics (HYP2015), Contributed talk, 07/09/2015, 12/09/2015 86. Tolos, L., Transport coefficients in superfluid neutron matter, Annual NewCompstar Conference 2015, Contributed talk, 15/06/2015, 19/06/2015 87. Tolos, L., Transport phenomena and reaction rates, NewCompstar school on Dense Matter in Compact Stars: Experimental and Observational Signatures, Invited review, 21/09/2015, 25/09/201 88. Vinyoles, N., Francisco De Gerónimo, Maria E. Camisassa, Serenelli, A., Leando Althaus, Alejandro Corsico, Pulsation properties of DAVs: impact of overshooting along the AGB, workshop KASC8/TASC1, Aarhus, Denmark, Poster, 15/06/2015, 19/06/2015 89. Vinyoles, N., Serenelli, A., villante, F., Basu, S., Redondo, J., Isern, J., Axion and hidden photon constraints from a solar data global fit, 11th PATRAS WORKSHOP ON AXIONS, WIMPs & WISPs, Zaragoza, Contributed talk, 22/06/2015, 26/06/2015

Seminars

ACE (ICC-UB)

Seminars at ICCUB

1. Badenes, C. (University of Pittsburgh), "The Persistence of Memory: What Supernova Remnants Can Tell Us about Type Ia Supernova Progenitors", ICCUB Seminar, 04/05/2015. 2. Baudis, L. (Physik Institut, University of Zurich), "Direct detection of dark matter in the Milky Way", ICCUB Colloquium, 26/11/2015. 3. Ceverino, D. (CAB-CSIC-INTA), "Simulations of Galaxy Formation: Feedback and the early formation of compact spheroids by disc instabilities", DAM Seminar, 16/04/2015. 4. Chandra, I. (National Center for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune, India), "GMRT Survey of Cygnus OB2 region at 610 and 325 MHz", DAM Seminar, 28/10/2015. 5. Cuesta, A. J. (ICCUB), "Robustness of cosmic neutrino background detection in the Cosmic Microwave Background", ICCUB Seminar, 04/02/2015. 6. Hennawi, J. (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg), "The First Characterization of the Jeans Filtering Scale of the Intergalactic Medium", ICCUB Seminar, 13/07/2015. 7. Huentemeyer, P.H. (MTU, Michigan Tech University, USA), "First Preliminary Results and Science Potential of the HAWC Observatory", DAM Seminar, 09/01/2015. 8. Jones, B. J. T. (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen), "Discovering the environment in which galaxies form - The Cosmic Web", ICCUB Colloquium, 04/06/2015. 9. Koenigsberger, G. (Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), "On the Evolution of Asynchronous Binary Systems", DAM Seminar, 05/02/2015. 10. Marcaide, J. (Astronomy and Astrophysics Department. University of Valencia), "Supernova 1987A seen with ALMA’s eyes", DAM Seminar, 27/11/2015. 11. Markoff, S. (API/GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam), "Understanding the dominant state of active black holes in the Universe", DAM Seminar, 26/10/2015. 12. Martínez-Delgado, D. (Universidad de Heildelberg), "Stellar Tidal Streams in nearby spiral galaxies", DAM Seminar, 07/05/2015. 13. Miralda- Escudé, J. / Egea, A. (ICCUB / UB), "Una nova aportació a la terminologia catalana per l'astrofísica", ICCUB Seminar, 03/06/2015. 14. Moldón Vara, F. (ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands), "Exploring the low-frequency universe. High resolution images of extragalactic jets with the international LOFAR", DAM Seminar, 08/07/2015. 15. Oñorbe, J. (MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany), "Characterisation of the Intergalactic Medium Jeans Scale and its measurement using quasar pairs", ICCUB Seminar, 18/02/2015. 16. Palanque-Delabrouille, N. (CEA, Paris), "Constraints on massive neutrinos using Lyman-alpha forest", DAM Seminar, 22/01/2015. 17. Palanque-Delabrouille, N. (CEA, Paris), "Constraints on massive neutrinos using Lyman-alpha forest", ICCUB Seminar, 04/02/2015. 18. Read, J. (University of Surrey, UK), "Astrophysical probes of dark matter", DAM Seminar, 26/02/2015. 19. Reichardt, C. (University of Melbourne), "Measuring CMB Polarization with POLARBEAR and the Simons Array: Towards New Constraints on Neutrino Masses and Inflation", ICCUB Seminar, 07/09/2015.

20. Reisenegger, A. (Ponticia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile), "Internal heating and ultraviolet emission of old neutron stars", ICCUB Seminar, 03/06/2015. 21. Roberts, M. (New York University Abu Dhabi (NYYAD) and Eureka Scientific), "Heating Before Eating: X-Ray observations of Redback Millisecond Pulsar Systems in the ablation state", DAM Seminar, 06/03/2015. 22. Sánchez Monge, A. (Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln (Germany)), "High-mass star formation: from dense cores to HII regions", DAM Seminar, 16/06/2015. 23. Sánchez Monge, A. (Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln (Germany)), "XCLASS: Introduction and tutorial", DAM Seminar, 18/06/2015. 24. Saponara, J. (Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas (FCAG-UNLP). La Plata), "Cinemática de galaxias enanas locales y CHIPÁ", DAM Seminar, 04/06/2015. 25. Scott, D. (University of British Columbia), "New Results from the Planck satellite", ICCUB Seminar, 10/09/2015. 26. Sopuerta, C. F. (Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (IEEC-CSIC)), "Lisa pathfinder, first steps to observing gravitational waves from space", ICCUB Seminar (no és seminari, és conferència), 03/12/2015. 27. Sunyaev, R. (Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching), "Two important milestones in the history of the Universe: The surface of the last scattering and the black body photosphere. The inevitable spectral distortions of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation", ICCUB Colloquium, 02/07/2015. 28. Terlevich, R. (Cambridge (UK)), "Towards precision Cosmology with HII galaxies", ICCUB Seminar, 06/05/2015. 29. Viel, M. (Trieste Observatory), "Modelling the effect of neutrinos on cosmological structure formation", DAM Seminar, 22/01/2015. 30. Viel, M. (Trieste Observatory), "Modelling the effect of neutrinos on cosmological structure formation", ICCUB Seminar, 03/02/2015.

External seminars

1. Paredes, J.M., "Forats negres", Biblioteca Jaume Fuster, Barcelona. 07/02/2015 2. Miralda-Escudé, J., "Present i Futur de la Vida a l'Univers", Centre Cultural de Terrassa (Spain). 20/03/2015 3. Miralda-Escudé, J., "The Intergalactic Medium in Absorption and Emission: Studying Large-Scale Structure and Galaxy Formation at High Redshift", Universidad Católica (Chile). 07/04/2015 4. Miralda-Escudé, J., "The Intergalactic Medium in Absorption and Emission: Studying Large-Scale Structure and Galaxy Formation at High Redshift", Observatorio Astronómico de Chile, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Ecuador). 23/04/2015 5. Casademunt, J., "Formation of helical membrane nanotubes around microtubules by single-headed kinesin KIF1A", Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden . 21/07/2015 6. Casademunt, J., "Formation of helical membrane nanotubes around microtubules by single-headed kinesin KIF1A", The Francis Crick Institute, London. 27/07/2015 7. Paredes, J.M., "Radiación invisible en el Universo", Planetario de la Ciudad de La Plata, Argentina. 06/10/2015 8. Casademunt, J., "Active wetting of epithelial tissues", Institut Curie, Paris. 15/10/2015 9. Miralda-Escudé, J., "The Intergalactic Medium in Absorption and Emission: Studying Large-Scale Structure and Galaxy Formation from Cross-Correlations", Max-Planck-Institut for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany. 29/10/2015 10. Casademunt, J., "Hydrodynamic instabilities and weak turbulence in epitelial monolayers", Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden. 09/11/2015 11. Casademunt, J., "Mechanical instabilities in expanding epithelia. Elastic waves in a viscous medium?", Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden . 11/11/2015 12. Paredes, J.M., "Agujeros negros astrofísicos", Universidad de Jaén. 11/11/2015 13. Casademunt, J., "Landscape-inversion phase transition in dipolar colloids: A new scenario in phase transitions", Institut Curie, Paris. 12/11/2015

14. Casademunt, J., "Formation of helical membrane nanotubes around microtubules by single-headed kinesin KIF1A", Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden. 02/12/2015 15. Paredes, J.M., "L'Univers de raigs gamma", Universitat de Barcelona. 21/12/2015

ICE (CSIC)

Internal [IEEC weekly colloquium]

1. Linda Blot, The challenges of precision cosmology: estimating covariance matrices, 21/01/2015 2. Bridget Falck, Voids and Gravity in the Cosmic Web, 22/01/2015 3. Juan Carlos Gomez Martin, Experimental simulation of the atmospheric ablation of interplanetary dust particles (IDPs): the low temperature evaporation of sodium and its observational implications, 19/03/2015 4. Carles Badenes, The Persistence of Memory: What Supernova Remnants Can Tell Us about Type Ia Supernova Progenitors, 29/04/2015 5. Camille Bonvin, CMB lensing at second-order, 04/05/2015 6. Victor Berezin, Spherically symmetric conformal gravity and ``gravitational bubbles'' , 19/05/2015 7. Hoffmann, K., PhD Thesis of Kai Hoffmann: Cosmology with galaxy clustering, 11/06/2015 8. Peter McCullough, Characterizing Transiting Planets with HST and JWST, 16/06/2015 9. Hendrik Vogel, Neutrinos in supernovae, 29/06/2015 10. Maria Gritsevich, Modelling the atmospheric entry of meteoroids: a process that can deliver fragments of cosmic bodies to the Earth's surface, 01/07/2015 11. Sergei Vernov, Ekaterina Pozdeeva, Renormalization-group inflationary scenarios, 23/09/2015

External

1. Elizalde, E., "Cosmology, B2P, and Quantum Fluctuations", New Hampshire, USA, 06/01/2015 Girart, J. M., Magnetic fields inolecular clouds: 2014 polarized and depolarized highlights, Santiago de Chile, 24/03/2015 2. Girart, J. M., Molecular clouds: 2014 polarized and depolarized highlights, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 14/05/2015 3. Odintsov, S. D., Cosmology from modified gravity, trondheim, 21/05/2015 4. Manuel, C., Dynamical evolution of the chiral magnetic effect: applications to the quark-gluon plasma , Santiago de Compostela, 21/05/2015 5. Odintsov, S. D., Introduction to modified gravity, mini-course, Kaliningrad, 24/09/2015 Hernanz, M., The role played by nova explosions in the origin of lithium-7 and cosmic rays, Paris (France), 23/10/2015 6. Girart, J. M., Star formation in Serpens SMM1 and LkHa 234. Highlights from SMA observations, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA, EUA, 13/11/2015 7. Manuel, C., Chiral Transport Phenomena, Barcelona, 21/12/2015

Thesis

ACE (ICC-UB)

1. Palmer, M. Astrostatistics for Luminosity Calibration in the Gaia Era. Co-directors: Xavier Luri, Fréderic Arenou (Observatoire de Paris). Date: 13/01/2015 2. Ariño, A. Physics of the Intergalactic Medium: a Study of the Power Spectrum ot the Lyman Alpha Forest and the Metal Content of Damped Lyman Alpha Systems. Director/s: Jordi Miralda Escudé. Date: 03/02/2015 3. Abedi, H. On the characterisation of the galactic warp in the Gaia era. Director/s: Francesca Figueras, Luís Alberto Aguilar (UNAM, Méjico). Date: 27/02/2015 4. Marcote, B. Non-thermal emission from high-energy binaries through interferometric radio observations. Director/s: Marc Ribó, Josep Mª Paredes. Date: 27/10/2015 5. Pérez, D. Dynamical transport mechanisms in celestial mechanics and astrodynamics problems. Director/s: Gerard Gómez, Josep Masdemont. Date: 30/11/2015 6. Castañeda, J. High performance computing of massive Astrometry and Photometry Date from Gaia. Director/s: Claus Fabricius, Jordi Torra. Date: 15/12/2015

CTE (UPC)

Pablos, M. Earth remote sensing with SMOS, Aquarius and SMAP missions.. Type of academic work: Proposta de tesi. Date: 04/02/2015. Mark: OTHERS. Directors: Piles, M.; Vall-llossera, M.. Institution: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Chaparro, D. APPLICATIONS OF SMOS AND OTHER LBAND MISSIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. Type of academic work: Pla de recerca. Date: 03/02/2015. Mark: OTHERS. Directors: Piles, M.; Vall-llossera, M.. Institution: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CERES (UAB)

1. Garrido Terrats, D. Limits to the violation of the Lorentz invariance using the emission of the Crab pulsar at TeV energies, discovered with archival data from the MAGIC telescopes. Co-directors: M. Gaug i Ll, Font. 8 juny 2015. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 2. Stepan Sutula “Low-Power High-Resolution CMOS Switched-Capacitor Delta-Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converters for Sensor Applications”. Directors: Carles Ferrer, UAB, Francesc Serra-Graells, UAB i Michelle Dei, IMB-CNM (CSIC). Tesi doctoral presentada el 5 de novembre de 2015 dins del programa de doctorat de Microelectrònica i Sistemes Electrònics de la U.A.B., Bellaterra (Barcelona).

ICE (CSIC)

1. Hoffmann, K., Cosmology with Galaxy Clustering, Director: Gaztañaga, E., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2. Karnesis, N., Bayesian data analysis for LISA Pathfinder. Techniques applied to system identificaction experiments., Director: Sopuerta, C. F., Nofrarias, M., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 3. Mateos, I., Design and Assessment of a low-frequency magnetic measurement system for eLISA, Director: Lobo, J. A., Juan Ramos (UPC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Visiting Scientists

OAdM

1. Roberto Sanchís-Ojeda, Berkeley University, 24 març-10 abril 2. Peter McCullough, Space Telescope Science Institute, 15-17 juny

ACE (ICC-UB)

1. Matteo Viel (Trieste Observatory), January and February 2015. 2. Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille (CEA, Paris), January and February 2015. 3. José Oñorbe (MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany), 13/02/2015 - 28/02/2015. 4. Carles Badenes (University of Pittsburgh), May 2015. 5. Roberto Terlevich (Cambridge (UK)), May 2015. 6. Andreas Reisenegger (Ponticia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile), June 2015. 7. Bernard J. T. Jones (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen), 03/06/2015 - 06/06/2015. 8. Rashid Sunyaev (Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching), 01/07/2015 - 03/07/2015. 9. Joseph Hennawi (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg), July 2015. 10. Christian Reichardt (University of Melbourne), 06/09/2015 - 08/09/2015. 11. Douglas Scott (University of British Columbia), September 2015. 12. Laura Baudis (Physik Institut, University of Zurich), 25/11/2015 - 27/11/2015.

ICE (CSIC) 1. Ambroggi, L., GSSI- L'Aquila, 13/04/2015 - 30/04/2015 2. Bahamonde, S., University College London, 14/10/2015 - 16/10/2015 3. Bel, J., Centre de Physique Teorique, Luminy, Marseille, 10/06/2015 - 13/06/2015 4. Blot, L., Observatoire Paris Meudon, 18/11/2015 - 31/12/2016 5. Bonvin, C., Universidad de Ginebra /CERN, 04/05/2015 - 06/05/2015 6. Borghese, A., Universidad de Amsterdam, 08/06/2015 - 12/06/2015 7. Borghese, A., Universidad de Amsterdam, 26/10/2015 - 30/10/2015 8. Camacho, H., Universidad Sao Paulo, 15/01/2015 - 15/03/2015 9. Canizzaro, G., INAF-OAR, 30/09/2015 - 30/10/2015 10. Carlos, H., IFIC (Valencia), 08/02/2015 - 28/02/2015 11. Chang, K., Geneva University, 22/04/2015 - 23/04/2015 12. Corominas del Hoyo, A., UAB-Estudiant pràctiques, 10/02/2015 - 31/07/2015 13. Coti-Zelati, F., INAF-OAR, 30/11/2015 - 09/12/2015 14. Cruz, N., Dept. Física, Univ. Santiago Chile, 10/01/2015 - 22/01/2015 15. de la Torre, M., NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 16/04/2015 - 17/04/2015 16. de la Torre Juárez, M., NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab., 02/11/2015 - 03/11/2015 17. Dmitiev, V., Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, 29/06/2015 - 07/07/2015 18. ENU, Astana Kazakhstan, N., ENU, Astana Kazakhstan, 07/01/2015 - 07/02/2015 19. Eriksen, M., Univ. Leiden, 07/09/2015 - 11/09/2015 20. Frau, P., Observatori D'Arcetri (INAF, Italia), 15/06/2015 - 19/06/2015 21. Gorbunov, M., , 07/12/2015 - 11/12/2015 22. Gorbunov, M., Institut of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) Moscow, Russia, 07/12/2015 - 12/12/2015 23. Gritsevitch, M., Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, 29/06/2015 - 07/07/2015 24. Hewitson, M., Albert Einstein Institute, 13/07/2015 - 16/07/2015 25. Ji, L., IHEP (Beijing), 21/06/2015 - 31/07/2015 26. Karnesis, N., Albert Einstein Institute, 08/07/2015 - 10/07/2015 27. Katsuragawa, T., Nagoya University, 07/06/2015 - 18/06/2015

28. Katsuragawa, T., Nagoya University, 10/09/2015 - 02/11/2015 29. Lopezosa, A., UAB, 01/03/2015 - 01/07/2015 30. Lupovka, V., Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, 29/06/2015 - 07/07/2015 31. Lyutikov, M., Ourdue University, 15/06/2015 - 31/07/2015 32. Matranga, M., Università di Palermo, 15/09/2015 - 16/12/2015 33. Miller Bertolami, M., Max Plack Institute for Astrophysics, 23/03/2015 - 27/04/2015 34. Misquero, M., UCM, 02/03/2015 - 31/05/2015 35. Moreno Ibañez, M., UAB, 18/05/2015 - 10/07/2015 36. Moriconi, R., Univ. Napoles- Doctorado II year-Intercambio, 29/09/2015 - 02/02/2016 37. Ospina, N., IAC Canarias- Visitante, 01/12/2015 - 18/12/2015 38. Ospina, N., IAC Canarias- Visitante , 14/09/2015 - 15/10/2015 39. Pedaletti, G., DESY, 23/11/2015 - 27/11/2015 40. Peraza, L., GFZ-Germany, 01/03/2015 - 31/05/2015 41. Rivilla, V., Observatori D'Arcetri (INAF, Italia), 15/06/2015 - 19/06/2015 42. Rodriguez Lopez, M., UAB - Col.laboració en el projecte del Montsec, 02/07/2015 - 24/07/2015 43. Sanchez Rodriguez, P., UAB-Estudiant pràctiques, 02/03/2015 - 31/05/2015 44. Sanchís Ojeda, R., Berkeley, 24/03/2015 - 10/04/2015 45. Scoccimarro, R., New York University, 10/06/2015 - 13/06/2015 46. Scoccimarro, R., New York University, 10/06/2015 - 13/06/2015 47. Sierra, C., UB, 14/12/2015 - 31/12/2016 48. Silagni, P., UAB- Pàctiques curriculars, 14/09/2015 - 30/11/2015 49. Smits, R., Astron-Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, 11/02/2015 - 18/02/2015 50. Sobreira, F., Observatorio Nacional Río de Janeiro, 10/01/2015 - 28/02/2015 51. Stiele, R., Univ. Frankfurt, 03/10/2015 - 29/11/2015 52. Tomaz Silva, L., Brasil PH Student, 09/09/2015 - 31/07/2016 53. Torres Rincon, J., Subatech. U. Nantes, França, 17/05/2015 - 03/06/2015 54. Trojo, A., , 27/02/2015 - 31/12/2015 55. Vernov, S., Universdidad Moscu, 14/09/2015 - 28/09/2015 56. Wright, M., University College London, 14/10/2015 - 16/10/2015 57. Zhong, Y., PH student China, 18/09/2015 - 17/09/2017

STUDENTS

Baravelli, M., UAB-Estudiant Master, 27/07/2015 - 30/09/2015 Calvo Gubianes, J., UAB-Treball Final Grau, 01/10/2015 - 01/03/2016 Canal, B., UAB-Treball Fi de Master, 11/03/2015 - 31/07/2015 Castells Garcia, M., UAB-Projecte Final Carrera (Informàtica), 01/11/2015 - 31/12/2016 Corominas del Hoyo, A., UAB-Estudiant pràctiques, 10/02/2015 - 31/07/2015 Marcos , D., UAB-Estudiant Master, 09/06/2015 - 30/09/2015 Pérez Díaz, J., UAB-Pràctiques Empresa, 01/07/2015 - 30/09/2015 Pocino Yuste, A., UAB-Estudiant pràctiques, 19/03/2015 - 19/06/2015 Porredon, A., UAB- Treball Fi de Master, 11/03/2015 - 31/07/2015 Segura Tirado, V., UAB-Treball Final Grau, 01/10/2015 - 28/02/2016 Sierra Roig, C., Universitat de Barcelona - Práctiques en empresa, 01/07/2015 - 01/11/2015 VilaRuaix, A., UAB-Estudiant pràctiques, 10/02/2015 - 10/06/2015

Developed products

Phot. Phot is a Python pipeline aimed to reduce and analyze optical images through differential photometry https://github.com/xparedesfortuny/Phot/ Author: Xavier Paredes-Fortuny [ACE(ICCUB)] pylines: Computes the streamlines of 2D Relativistic Hydrodynamical simulations https://github.com/xparedesfortuny/pylines Author: Xavier Paredes-Fortuny [ACE(ICCUB)]

FENIX (Front-End GNSS Interference eXcisor) focuses on solving the problems that cause interference to satellite navigation. It is a system that minimizes the effects of inhibitors frequency (jammers) in GNSS receivers (GPS, Galileo, Beidou etc.). These inhibitors, increasingly frequent as they are sold very cheaply as PPDs (Personal Privacy Devices), have become a major security risk and increase the likelihood of theft, sabotage or terrorist attacks. Authors: Jorge Querol and Adriano Camps [CTE(UPC)]

GAIA. IP:Jordi Torra [ACE(ICCUB)]

2 IDU releases 2 IDT releases 2 DPCB Tools releases 2 XMatch releases 1 GOG release 1 Data Mining System (GENIUS project) prototype release

SPIR: Software PARIS Interferometric Receiver.The SPIR is a scientific instrument developed to be able to record the GNSS signals collected by 16 antennas simultaneously and record the independent data streams at 80 Msamples per second, with a total recording speed of 2.56 Gbit/s. A back-end software processor performs the off-line signal processing of the recorded signals. IP. Estel Cardellach ICE(CSIC)

Company’s actions

IEEC - DAPCOM per projecte PICFAPEC (finished in 2015) IEEC - DAPCOM 2 contractes a càrrec de l'ESP2013-48318-C2-1-R (IDU i PC) 2 ESP2014-55996-C2-1-R (IDu i PO) contracts ASTRONET II

Astrium Limited Satellites (Astrium). Stevenage, United Kingdom (Dr. S.Kemble) Thales-Alenia-Space (TAS). Toulouse, France (V. Martinot) Clyde Space Limited (Clyde Space). Glasgow, United Kingdom (S. Greenland) Elecnor Deimos (Deimos). Madrid, Spain ( J.L. Cano) GMV Aerospace and Defence SA (GMV). Madrid, Spain. (M. Graziano)

GEROS-ISS Phase –A. AROBUS/CASA Espacio and others.

IEEC Projects

ACE (ICC-UB)

FINISHED PROJECTS (6)

Title: Las Componentes del Universo Reference: AYA2012-36353 Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 35.100€ Dates: 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2015 PI: Ruiz-Lapuente, P.

Title: The Astrodynamics Network (ASTRONET-II) Reference: PITN-GA-2011-289240 Funding Institution: European Community (EC) Amount: 3.888.318€ Dates: 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2015 PI: Gómez, G.

Title: Contribución al desarrollo científico y tecnológico de la misión Gaia III Reference: ESP2013-48318-C2-1-R Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 992.200,00 € Dates: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014 (extended until 30/09/2015) PI: Torra, J.

Title: Contract for the Final Design of the MIRADAS lnstrument for the Gran Telescopio Canarias Reference: MIRADAS 3 Funding Institution: University of Florida Amount: 58.530,50€ Dates: 11/02/2015-31/12/2015 PI: Torra, J.

Title: Cosmological physics with future surveys Reference: FPA2011-29678-C02-02 Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 124.000€ Dates: 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2014 (extended until 31/12/15) PI: Verde, L.

Title: Avaluació de la qualitat del cel nocturn als territoris de Girona, Catalunya central i Montsant a l’exercici 2015 Reference: PTOP-2015-764 Funding Institution: Generalitat de Catalunya Amount: 12.499,30€ Dates: 2015 PI: Torra, J.

ONGOING PROJECTS (4)

Title: Estructura a gran escala, cuasares y las primeras estrellas con los espectros de absorción de los cuásares de BOSS Reference: AYA2012-33938 Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 76.050€ Dates: 01/01/2013 – 31/12/2015 (extended 31/12/2016) PI: Miralda, J.

Title: GAIA European Network for Improved Data Services (GENIUS) Reference: GENIUS Funding Insitution: Fundació Bosch I Gimpera Amount: 55.245€ Dates: 01/01/2014-31/12/2017 PI: Torra, J.

Title: Red de Infraestructuras de Astronomía Reference: AYA2014-533665-REDT Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 77.807€ Dates: 01/12/2014 AL 30/11/2016 PI: Torra, J.

Title: Contribución al desarrollo científico y tecnológico de la misión Gaia IV

Reference: ESP2014-55996-C2-1-R Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 1.2094.700 € Dates: 01/01/2015 – 31/12/2016 PI: Torra, J.

CTE(UPC)

FINISHED PROJECTS (1) Title: Acuerdo sobre el Proyecto “Cubesat Aistech 1” entre Asitech Space S.L. e iEEC Reference: Aistech 1 Funding Institution: Aistech Amount: 7.247,90€ Dates: 15/01/2015-31/12/2015 PI: Camps, A.

ONGOING PROJECTS (3) Title: Payload performances, cablibration and error budget" within "GNSS Reflectometry, Radio Occultation and Scatterometry onboard ISS (GEROS) Reference: ECE-B-14-637 Funding Institution: EADS-CASA Amount: 36.500€ Dates: 15/01/2015-15/02/2016 PI: Camps, A.

Title: Acuerdo sobre el proyecto "Cubesat Aistech 1" entre Aistech Space S.L. e IEEC Reference: Aistech 2 Funding Institution: Aistech Amount: 9.075€ Dates: 2016 PI: Camps, A.

ICE(CSIC)

FINISHED PROJECTS (4) Title: Spanish contribution to LISA PathFinder and development of LISA Reference: AYA2010-15709 Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 1.403.600€ Dates: 01/01/2011-31/12/2013 (extended 30/06/2015) PI: Sopuerta, C.F.

Title: Placing the Earth and the Solar System in context: EChO mission science and technology Reference: ESP2013-48391-C4-1-R Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 157.300 Dates: 01/01/2014-31/12/2015 PI: Ribas, I.

Title: Understanding the pulsar zoo and the diffuse emission around its components Reference: AYA2012-39303 Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 348.660€ Dates: 01/01/2013-31/12/2015 PI: Torres, D.F.

Title: Cartografiados cosmológicos para estudio de la energía oscura, preparación para EUCLID Reference: ESP2013-48274-C3-1-P Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 363.000€ Dates: 01/01/2014-31/12/2014 (extended 30/12/2015) PI: Castander, F.J.

Title: GNSS-R - Assessment of Requirements and Consolidation of Retrieval Algorithms (GARCA)

Reference: 4000111952/14/NL/MV Funding Institution: GFZ Amount: 72.450€ Dates: 01/11/2014-31/12/2015 PI: Cardellach, E.

ONGOING PROJECTS (12) Title: Ionospheric Radio-Occultation Profiling Evaluation and Test Data Generation Reference: ROPE Funding Institution: UPC Amount: 44.158€ Dates: 26/11/2015-25/11/2016 PI: Rius, A.

Title: Asteroid Impact Mission Cubesat Opportunities (AIM-COPINS): Payload of Advanced Little Satellites-PALS Reference: ESA Contract No. 4000115180/15/F/MOS Funding Institution: Swedish Institute of Space Physics Amount: 20.000€ Dates: 01/11/2015-30/06/2016 PI: Trigo-Rodríguez, J.M.

Title: PARIS In-orbit Demonstrator Interferometric Technique: Proof of Concept Reference: PIT-POC 4200022592 Funding Institution: European Space Agency Amount: 494.764€ Dates: 01/09/2009-30/09/2016 PI: Cardellach, E.

Title: Dark Energy Cosmological Surveys, enabling Euclid (ESP2014) Reference: ESP2014-58384-C3-1-P Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 488.235€ Dates: 01/01/2015-31/12/2016 PI and Co-PI: Castander, F.J., Fosalba, P.

Title: Development and Exploitation of the LISA Pathfinder mission and contributions to The Gravitational Universe and STE-QUEST Reference: ESP2013-47637-P Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 532.400€ Dates: 01/01/2014-31/12/2015 (extended 31/12/2016) PI: Sopuerta,C.F.

Tittle: Red Temática de Ondas Gravitacionales Reference: FPA2015-69815-REDT Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 25.000€ Dates: 01/12/2015-30/11/2017 PI: Sopuerta, C.F.

Title: Astrofísica espacial estel·lar i planetària Reference: 2014 SGR 1458 Funding Institution: AGAUR Amount: 43.000€ Dates: 01/01/2014-31/12/2016 PI: Ribas, I.

Title: Placing the Earth and the Solar System in context: science and technology of CHEOPS, PLATO and CARMENES Reference: ESP2014-57495-C2-2-R Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 205.700€ Dates: 01/01/2015-31/12/2016 PI: Ribas, I.

Title: Multi-messenger approach to astroparticle physics (MAP) Reference: 2014 SGR 1073 Funding Institution: AGAUR Amount: 30.100€ Dates: 01/01/2014-31/08/2016 PI: de Oña Wilhemi, E.

Title: Second continuous development and operations phase of a EUMETSAT satellite application facility on radio occultation meteorology Reference: ROM-SAF Funding Institution: EUMETSAT Amount: 574.747’22€ Dates: 01/01/2012-31/12/2017 PI: Cardellach, E.

Tittle: Cartografiados para la física de la aceleración y estructura a gran escala del universo Reference: ESP2014-57382-REDT Funding Institution: MINECO Amount: 5.356€ Dates: 01/012/2014-30/11/2016 PI: Gaztañaga, E.

Tittle: Astronomy ESFRI & Research Infrastructure Cluster Reference: ASTERICS Funding Institution: UE Amount: 99.950€ Dates: 2015-2019 PI: Colomé, P.

Space Missions

GAIA DEVELOPED BY ACE (ICC-UB)

Mission

Gaia is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission launched on 19 December 2013 and aimed at producing the most accurate 3D map of the Milky Way to date.

The ACE-ICCUB Professor Jordi Torra is the principal researcher of the Spanish contribution to the mission and ACE-ICCUB's Gaia group is deeply involved since the very beginning (1998) in the design, management and data reduction of the mission as well as in some of the scientific topics where Gaia will be crucial. It was soon recognized that the most challenging aspect of Gaia is the data management and reduction process to yield the final Gaia catalogue. The group has important responsibilities in CU2 (simulations), CU3 (core processing), DPCB (Data Processing Center of Barcelona), CU5 (photometry) and leads the CU9 (Gaia Archive).

ACE-ICCUB leads an EU FP7-funded project named GENIUS to contribute to the development of the Gaia Archive, and participates in an EU FP7-funded initiative named GREAT-ITN aiming to form the next generation of experts in this field. They have one representative in the Gaia Scientific Team and one in the DPACE. They also have deputy managers in CU2 and in CU3.

Objective

Gaia will monitor each of its target stars about 70 times over a five-year period. It will precisely chart their positions, distances, movements, and changes in brightness. It is expected to discover hundreds of thousands of new celestial objects, such as extra-solar planets and brown dwarfs, and observe hundreds of thousands of asteroids within our own Solar System. The mission will also study about 500 000 distant quasars and will provide stringent new tests of Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.

A global space astrometry mission, Gaia will make the largest, most precise three-dimensional map of our Galaxy by surveying more than a thousand million stars.

Contribution

IEEC has been involved in the GAIA mission since the very early phases, helping to design the instrumentation. Now, IEEC-UB is participating within the Gaia Data Processing & Analysis Consortium (DPAC), working in the section dedicated to Data Simulations (CU2), Core Processing (CU3), Photometric Processing (CU5) and in the European research insfrastructure working for the fullest scientific exploitation of the Gaia Data (FP7 Marie Curie Actions).

The group has participated in creating and implementing an optimized data compresion on board the spaceprobe for maximization of data transfer to Earth. Excellent results have been obtained, compressing

the data in a factor of 2.5 on average, requiring only less than 10% of the processor on board Gaia. This is an important milestone in data compression systems for scientific satellites.

Gaia launch

ESA’s Gaia mission blasted on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on the 23. December 2013

LISA PATHFINDER DEVELOPED BY ICE-CTE

Mission

LISA Pathfinder will test in flight the concept of low-frequency gravitational wave detection: it will put two test masses in a near-perfect gravitational free-fall, and control and measure their motion with unprecedented accuracy. To do this it will use inertial sensors, a laser metrology system, a drag-free control system and an ultra-precise micro-propulsion system.

The scientific payload was integrated into the satellite in early summer 2015. In September 2015 it was moved to the spaceport of the European Space Agency in Kourou (French Guiana). LISA Pathfinder was launched on December 3rd, 2015 at 5: 04h (CET), heading to the Lagrange point L1, 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth towards the Sun, where it arrived in mid-January 2015. This location ensures the solar energy required to operate the satellite and maintains an almost constant distance to communicate with Earth. And above all, it is a quiet place in space, far from any massive body that could affect the satellite and the experiment. The scientific operations have begun during march 2016.

Objectives

The aim of the LISA Pathfinder mission is to demonstrate, in a space environment, that free-falling bodies follow geodesics in space-time, by more than two orders of magnitude better than any past, present, or planned mission. Specifically, it must:

• Demonstrate drag-free and attitude control in a spacecraft with two free proof masses • Test feasibility of laser interferometry with picometre resolution at low frequency – approaching 10- 12 m Hz-1/2 in the frequency band 1-30 mHz • Test the endurance of the different instruments and hardware in the space environment

Contribution IEEC’s contribution to the mission is the Data and Diagnostics Subsystem (DDS), including the Data Management Unit (DMU), which is the Science Module computer, as well as a system of high precision sensors and commissioning actuators.

The IEEC team is comprised by a group of scientists and engineers, on average 10 people since 2004. A local space industry, NTE-SENER, manufactured the flight components. All of this is in continuous collaboration with the other mission partners (7 European countries) and ESA.

Qualification tests have been done in a space simulator (IABG, Munch) which have confirmed technical readiness of the satellite and payload. In particular, IEEC can claim a major success for the excellent performance of the DDS, gaining significant protagonism in the upcoming mission operations. The LISA Pathfinder spacecraft.© ESA

EUCLID DEVELOPED BY ICE

Mission

Euclid is an ESA medium class astronomy and astrophysics space mission. The Euclid mission aims at understanding why the expansion of the Universe is accelerating and what is the nature of the source responsible for this acceleration which physicists refer to as dark energy. Dark energy represents around 75% of the energy content of the Universe today, and together with dark matter it dominates the Universes’ matter-energy content. Both are mysterious and of unknown nature but control the past, present and future evolution of Universe. Its launch is planned for Q1 2020. The spacecraft will be launched to an orbit around the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2), at 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, in opposite direction to the Sun. This orbit offers optimum operating conditions for Euclid: a benign radiation environment, which is necessary for the spacecraft’s sensitive detectors and very stable observing conditions, which are sufficiently far away from the disturbing Earth-Moon system.

EUCLID will share a spot in this region with other emblematic missions such as Herschel, Planck, Gaia, the James Webb Space Telescope and Darwin.

Objectives

Euclid will explore how the Universe evolved over the past 10 billion years to address questions related to fundamental physics and cosmology on the nature and properties of dark energy, dark matter and gravity, as well as on the physics of the early universe and the initial conditions which seed the formation of cosmic structure.

The imprints of dark energy and gravity will be tracked by using two complementary cosmological probes to capture signatures of the expansion rate of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structures: Weak gravitational Lensing and Galaxy Clustering (Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations and Redshift Space Distortion).

The complete survey represents hundreds of thousands images and several tens of Petabytes of data. About 10 billion sources will be observed by Euclid out of which more than 1 billion will be used for weak lensing and several tens of million galaxy redshifts will be also measured and used for galaxy clustering. The scientific analysis and interpretation of these data is led by the scientists of the Euclid Consortium.

Contribution

The IEEC, IFAE, and CIEMAT will collaborate in the project providing the filter wheel for the telescope and, possibly, working in the characterization of infrared detectors. The IEEC-CSIC, along with the Port d’Informació Científica (PIC) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), will perform high-resolution simulations of the structure of the universe for later comparison with theobservations and data to be obtained with the satellite. The PIC will house one of the Science Data Centers for EUCLID.

An artist view of the EUCLID Satellite exploring the dark Universe at the L2 Lagrange point – © ESA

RADIO OCCULTATIONS AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION WITH PAZ (ROHP-PAZ) DEVELOPED BY ICE, COLLABORATION FROM CTE

Mission

ROHP-PAZ is a mission of opportunity: The Spanish Earth Observation PAZ satellite, scheduled for launch in 2015 under the contract signed with the Russian company KOSMOTRAS, was initially designed to carry a Synthetic Radar Aperture (SAR) as primary and sole payload. It included an IGOR+ advanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for precise orbit determination. The design of this particular GNSS receiver allows the tracking of occulting signals, that is, signals transmitted by navigation satellites setting below the horizon of the Earth (or rising above it). The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation (MICINN) approved a proposal aimed to modify the original plans of PAZ, by including a polarimetric GNSS Radio- Occultation (RO) payload. This means to enable the radio occultation capabilities of IGOR+, together with the acquisition and installation of a GNSS antenna oriented towards the limb of the Earth.

Artistic view of the PAZ satellite, which will host the Radio Occultation and Heavy Precipitation (ROHP-PAZ) experiment payload.

Objectives

The main objective of the ROHP-PAZ is to provide Radio-Occultation data suitable to be ingested in numerical weather prediction models (NWP) in near-real time, to contribute reducing the forecast error. During the expected lifespan of the PAZ mission, the total amount of available Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Radio-Occultation data for NWP is expected to drop severely, due to the decommissioning of the currently main RO mission, NOAA's COSMIC . ROHP-PAZ should contribute filling this gap, while waiting for the next NOAA's RO constellation.

ROHP-PAZ is also a proof-of-concept mission, to test the capabilities of new remote sensing technique: the polarimetric GNSS RO. This new measurement concept has first been conceived by the ICE to sense intense atmospheric precipitation. This secondary objective can be split in a series of subsequent goals, such as: to test the capability of polarimetric RO to sense heavy and violent rain to characterize the geophysical and instrumental factors that affect the polarimetric measurements to define and implement algorithms to extract and separate the geophysical information content in polarimetric RO measurements to capture, store, and distribute the geophysical information obtained with ROHP-PAZ to improve the current understanding and modelling of the intense precipitation events by means of combining the perfectly collocated thermodynamic RO profiles and the polarimetric RO precipitation information

ROHP-PAZ will be also capable to provide ionospheric information down to 200 km altitude. Eventually, it might scan below 100 km for detection of sporadic E-layers.

3CAT-1(1 U CUBESAT) DEVELOPED BY CTE

Mission

Designed to operate as a constellation of satellites, the 3Cat-1 is one of the first nanosatellites in the world to incorporate more than one payload in a single platform, that is, more than one element to be studied in space. The launching of the 3Cat-1 will make it possible to carry out in situ scientific experiments and analyse the behaviour of materials and technologies. Such payloads can therefore be defined as “technology demonstrators”. Technology tested in this way is already on the market and part of our everyday lives. Chips and the wireless communications transceivers used in mobile phones are two examples.

Objectives

The 3Cat-1 project, which is being carried out at the NanoSat Lab, is the subject of a doctoral thesis by Roger Jové, and a team of 11 students enrolled in the Advanced Engineering Projects course is working on the project. Other UPC researchers are also participating in the initiative, which has a specific mission: to create and launch into space a third- generation nanosatellite equipped to carry out six on-board experiments. The 3Cat-1 will be placed into orbit in 2016 on one of the launches planned by international space agencies for the coming year.

CubeCat-1 (3Cat-1), 10 cc. © UPC

Mission proposals

ARIEL – ATMOSPHERIC REMOTE-SENSING INFRARED EXOPLANET LARGE-SURVEY DEVELOPED BY ICE Mission presented to the fourth ESA call for a medium mission (M4)

Mission

ESA’s Cosmic Vision for 2015-2025 sets ambitious goals for European leadership in Space Science and Astrophysics. Amongst the noble objectives set out for the programme is to investigate what are the conditions for planet formation and the emergence of life? Indeed, the discovery of even the precursor environment for life on worlds other than our own could not be of higher interest both to scientists and the public who fund their activities. It is in this context that the ARIEL has been under study for the past two and a half years.

Objectives

The discovery of over a thousand exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. We see gas giants in few-day orbits, whole multi-planet systems within the orbit of Mercury, and new populations of planets with masses between that of the Earth and Neptune – all unknown in the Solar System. Observations to date have shown that our Solar System is certainly not representative of the general population of planets in our Milky Way. The key science questions that urgently need addressing by ARIEL are therefore: What are exoplanets made of? Why are planets as they are? How do planetary systems work and what causes the exceptional diversity observed as compared to the Solar System? The ARIEL mission will take up the challenge to explain this diversity in terms of formation, evolution, internal structure and planet and atmospheric composition. This requires in-depth spectroscopic knowledge of the atmospheres of a large and well-defined planet sample for which precise physical, chemical and dynamical information can be obtained. Exoplanet Kepler-20 e was the first rocky planet smaller than Earth discovered orbiting another star. It is too hot to be habitable. Illustration: Nature

SPACE-TIME EXPLORER AND QUANTUM EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE SPACE TEST (STE-QUEST) DEVELOPED BY ICE AND CTE Mission presented to the fourth ESA call for a medium mission (M4)

Mission

The highly elliptic orbit of the STE-QUEST provides long common-view contacts to compare ground clocks from different continents and maximize the accuracy of the clock red-shift measurement. At the same time, it allows for WEP tests at perigee, in the vicinity of the Earth, where the signal of an eventual WEP violation is also maximized. The nominal mission duration is 5 years. After 6 months of calibration, the routine science phase will be started. During perigee passes (≤ 3000 km altitude), the atom interferometer performs WEP tests by measuring the differential acceleration between freely falling 85Rb and 87Rb samples. The on-board science link compares clocks on the ground for a large fraction of the spacecraft orbit and in particular around apogee. A guidance system controls the spacecraft attitude and ensures the required environment in terms of accelerations and rotations at the instrument measurement head. The on-board GNSS receiver provides orbit information to perform clock red-shift tests. Data transfer from and to the spacecraft is ensured by the ESTRACK network; 2 h coverage per day during the routine science phase is sufficient to accommodate the < 5 Gb/orbit data rate to be down-linked from the STE-QUEST spacecraft. The spacecraft will be launched on a Soyuz Fregat from Kourou.

Objectives

STE-QUEST is a mission testing the different aspects of the Einstein Equivalence Principle with quantum sensors. The payload carries a differential atom interferometer comparing the free propagation of matter waves of different composition under the effect of gravity and a science link in the microwave domain for comparing atomic clocks on ground. STE-QUEST performs a direct test of the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) by comparing the free fall of quantum objects of different composition. The Eötvös ratio between the matter waves of the two isotopes of rubidium atoms is measured in a differential atom interferometer down to the 2 10-15 uncertainty level. While present limits on WEP tests involving classical objects reach an uncertainty of a few parts in 1013, measurements performed on quantum objects (matter waves in states which have ⋅no classical counterpart, e.g. spatio-temporal quantum superpositions) are still at a few parts in 107. From this point of view, STE- QUEST will explore the boundaries between gravitation and quantum mechanics significantly improving existing measurements and complementing experiments such as MICROSCOPE (MICRO-Satellite à traînée Compensée pour l'Observation du Principe d'Equivalence), designed for a classical WEP test in space to 1 10- 15. ⋅ STE-QUEST also tests another complementary aspect of the Einstein Equivalence Principle, one of the most fascinating effects predicted by general relativity and other metric theories of gravity: the gravitational red- shift or gravitational time dilation effect. As direct consequence of the Einstein Equivalence Principle, time runs (or clocks tick) more slowly near a massive body. This effect can be detected when comparing the time intervals measured by identical clocks placed at different positions in a gravitational field. The science link in the microwave domain on-board the STE-QUEST satellite allows comparing ground clocks down to the 1 10- 18 uncertainty level. Such measurements, far beyond the capabilities of existing long-distance time and ⋅ frequency transfer systems, will perform clock red-shift tests in the field of the Sun and the Moon, respectively at the 2 10-6 and 4 10-4 uncertainty levels.

For comparison, existing⋅ measurements⋅ of the Sun red-shift effect are at the few % uncertainty level while, to our knowledge, no such measurements have ever been performedfield of the Moon. Clock red-shift measurements obtained in the field of the Sun and the Moon test the Local Position Invariance (LPI) principle

and search for anomalous couplings depending on the composition of the source of the gravitational field. LPI is a constituent of EEP together with WEP and the Local Lorentz Invariance (LLI) principle.

MARCOPOLO-2D: NEAR EARTH ASTEROID SAMPLE RETURN MISSION DEVELOPED BY ICE Mission presented to the fourth ESA call for a medium mission (M4)

Mission

MarcoPolo-2D is a sample return mission to the primitive and easily reachable Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) identified as (341843) 2008 EV5. Getting a sample from a primitive body and analysing it on Earth with the most precise techniques will permit a great leap forward in our understanding of the origin of matter in the Solar System and early processes that led to the formation of planetary bodies.

Artistic view of MarcoPolo-2D spacecraft exhibiting a robotic arm to collect a simple from the surface pf a near Earth asteroid (NEA). Image created from an old Marco Polo

Objectives

MarcoPolo-2D will provide scientific results that are crucial to answer the following key questions:

1. What was the astrophysical setting of the birth of the Solar System?

2. What is the origin of material in the early Solar System and how did it evolve?

3. What are the physical properties and evolution of the building blocks of terrestrial planets?

4. How do organics in primitive NEAs relate to the origin of life on Earth?

Answers to these fundamental questions require a wide array of measurements with exceptionally high precision and sensitivity. Such measurements cannot be performed by a robotic spacecraft and therefore require a sample returned to terrestrial laboratories that are unconstrained by on-board resources. The most demanding measurements are those required to date the major events in the history of a sample, and to investigate the organic components.

ASTROGAM MISSION DEVELOPED BY ICE

ASTROGAM is a space mission proposal submitted to the ESA M4 call, http://ASTROGAM.iaps.inaf.it/index.html. The whole gamma-ray community, a merging of the former GRI and DUAL proposers (M1-M3 ESA calls) with the Fermi and Agile current missions scientists, supports it.

ASTROGAM will investigate the Universe in the energy domain between 0.3 and 300 MeV, extending up to GeV energies. It combines for the first time excellent angular resolution with optimal detection capability in both the Compton scattering and the pair production regimes. Furthermore, it opens up an entirely new observational window on the high-energy universe as the first gamma-ray telescope with fully characterized polarimetry capability. Its three main scientific topics are: matter and antimatter in our Galaxy and beyond; accelerators in the nearby and distant Universe; fundamental physics and new messengers. Supernova and nova explosions - a topic with demonstrated expertise in our Institute - are examples of sources that would be observed with unprecedented sensitivity, improving those offered by the past CGRO and current INTEGRAL space observatories.

The ASTROGAM payload consists of three main detectors: a Silicon Tracker, a 3D-imaging Calorimeter and an Anticoincidence system. Our group at IEEC is involved in the Silicon Tracker development and test, where the cosmic gamma rays undergo a first Compton scattering or a pair conversion. It is based on the technology of double-sided Si strip detectors to measure the energy and the 3D position of each interaction with an excellent energy and spatial resolution.

Overview of the ASTROGAM payload showing Representative event topologies for Compton events without the Silicon Tracker, the Calorimeter and the (left) and with electron tracking (centre) and for a pair event Anticoincidence system. (right panel).

LARGE OBSERVATORY FOR X-RAY TIMING (LOFT) DEVELOPED BY ICE Mission presented to the fourth ESA call for a medium mission (M4)

Mission

LOFT addresses the Cosmic Visions theme “Matter under extreme conditions” by probing dense matter and strong gravity, areas of fundamental physical as well as astrophysical interest which LOFT will revolutionize by observations of neutron stars (NSs) and stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. The nature of matter at the extreme densities of neutron star interiors is one of the great open unknowns in physics, making neutron stars unique laboratories for nuclear physics and quantum chromodynamics. The theory of General Relativity, verified to exquisite accuracies in the weak-field regime, e.g., in our Solar system, predicts large effects on the motion of matter under the influence of strong-field gravity, such as Lense-Thirring precession of the accretion discs or the very existence of the ISCO (innermost stable circular orbit).

Objectives

The fundamental diagnostic of dense matter interactions is the pressure-density-temperature relation of bulk matter, the equation of state (EoS), observationally encoded as the neutron star mass-radius relation. The EOS provides key aspects of the microphysics, such as the presence of free quarks at high densities. The very large effective area (more than 15 times that of any X-ray mission ever flown) will allow detecting pulsations and vibrations of NSs at enormous signal to noise. LOFT will thus perform the first precise measurements of (M,R) values for several NSs, by using different complementary methods (pulse profile modelling of 3 types of pulsations, the mass-shedding limit from the The LOFT spacecraft (concept design) pictured deployed spin distribution, vibrational modes in magnetars) enabling in orbit and featuring the Large Area Detector (green), to overcome model systematics. This will result in the Wide Field Monitor (yellow), optical bench (red), structural tower (purple), spacecraft bus (gold) and solar array (blue) reconstruction of the equation of state of zero-temperature supranuclear density matter.

GNSS REMOTE SENSING ABOARD THE ISS DEVELOPED BY ICE

Mission

GEROS-ISS is an innovative experiment for climate research, which was proposed within a call of the European Space Agency ESA 2011 for installation at the International Space Station ISS. The proposal of the international team from Germany, Sweden, Spain, U.S., Denmark, and Switzerland was the only selected from ESA out of about 25 submitted proposals for further studies. Within GEROS-ISS it is planned to use navigation satellite signals for remote sensing of ocean, ice and land surfaces and also for atmosphere sounding to derive information on climate change.

Objectives

The main goal of GEROS-ISS is to demonstrate the innovative and versatile capabilities of GNSS remote sensing to derive geophysical parameters of ocean, ice and land surfaces, which are associated with geophysical research with special focus on relevant climate change phenomena.

GEROS-ISS represents the first dedicated experiment to assess the usefulness of spaceborne GNSS- Reflectometry to detect and map ocean surface height at the mesoscale (10-100 km or longer scale) under all-weather conditions. The GEROS measurements of sea surface height will complement SSH data from the multi-satellite constellation of traditional radar altimeters, leading to better monitoring of the ocean mesoscale variability at a finer spatial scale closer to 10 km, which is not achievable by current nadir altimeters. A major advance afforded by the GEROS data set will be to determine the value of GNSS-R as a means of providing long-term sustained observations of eddies and their variability.

The main mission objectives of GEROS are (in order of priority):

• To measure and map altimetric sea surface height of the ocean using reflected GNSS signals to allow methodology demonstration, establishment of error budget and resolutions and comparison/synergy with results of satellite based nadir-pointing altimeters. This includes Precise Orbit Determination of the GEROS payload • To retrieve scalar ocean surface mean square slope (MSS), which is related to sea roughness, wind speed, with a GNSS spaceborne receiver to allow methodology testing, establishment of error budget and resolutions. In addition, 2D MSS (directional MSS, related to wind direction) would be desirable • To assess the potential of GNSS scatterometry for land applications and in particular to develop products such as soil moisture, vegetation biomass, and mid-latitudes snow/ice properties • To further explore the potential of GNSS radio occultation data (vertical profiles of atmospheric bending angle, refractivity, temperature, pressure, humidity and electron density), particularly in the Tropics, to detect changes in atmospheric temperature and climate relevant parameters (e.g., tropopause height) and to provide additional information for the analysis of the reflectometry data from GEROS.

Constellation of the GEROS-ISS experiment

Ground Instrument projects

CALAR ALTO HIGH-RESOLUTION SEARCH FOR M DWARFS WITH EXOEARTHS WITH NEAR-INFRARED AND OPTICAL ÉCHELLE SPECTROGRAPHS (CARMENES) DEVELOPED BY ICE AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Mission

CARMENES (Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-infrared and optical Échelle Spectrographs) is a next-generation instrument being built for the 3.5m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory by a consortium of German and Spanish institutions. It consists of two separated spectrographs covering the wavelength ranges from 0.5 to 1.0 µm and from 1.0 to 1.7 µm with spectral resolutions R = 82,000, each of which shall perform high-accuracy radial-velocity measurements (~1 m s-1) with long-term stability.

Objectives

The fundamental science objective of CARMENES is to carry out a survey of ~300 late-type main-sequence stars with the goal of detecting low-mass planets in their habitable zones. We aim at being able to detect 2

MEarth planets in the habitable zone of M5V stars. The CARMENES first light is expected to occur in summer 2015.

Fully mounted VIS calibration unit

MIRADAS DEVELOPED BY ACE AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

The basic MIRADAS concept is a near-infrared multi-object echelle spectrograph operating at spectral resolution R=20,000 over the 1-2.5µm bandpass. MIRADAS selects targets using ~20 deployable probe arms with pickoff mirror optics, each feeding a 4.0x1.2-arcsec field of view to the spectrograph. The spectrograph input optics also include a "slit slicer" which reformats each probe field into 3 end-to-end slices of a fixed 4.0x0.4-arcsec format – combining the advantages of minimal slit losses in any seeing conditions better than 1.2-arcsec, while at the same time providing some (limited) two-dimensional spatial resolution. The spectrograph optics then provide a range of configurations providing the observer with the ability to choose between maximal multiplex advantage and maximal wavelength coverage, with several intermediate options, depending upon the needs of the science program.

Overview of the MIRADAS conceptual design as it will be attached to the folded Cassegrain acquisition and guiding unit

THE SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY (SKA) PARTICIPATION OF ICE IN THE PROJECTS:

• GASKAP: The Galactic ASKAP Spectral Line Survey (PI: J. Dickey) • VIA-SKA: Feasibility Study of the Spanish Participation in the SKA (PI: L. Verdes-Montenegro)

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, with a square kilometre (one million square metres) of collecting area. The scale of the SKA represents a huge leap forward in both engineering and research & development towards building and delivering a unique instrument, with the detailed design and preparation now well under way. As one of the largest scientific endeavours in history, the SKA will bring together a wealth of the world’s finest scientists, engineers and policy makers to bring the project to fruition.

Unprecedented Scale

The SKA will use hundreds of thousands of radio telescopes, in three unique configurations, which will enable astronomers to monitor the sky in unprecedented detail and survey the entire sky thousands of times faster than any system currently in existence. The SKA telescopes will be co-located in Africa and in Australia. South Africa’s Karoo desert will cover the core of the high and mid frequencies of the radio spectrum which will have telescopes spread all over the continent, with Australia’s Murchison region covering the low frequency range and hosting the survey instrument. Its three unique configurations will give the SKA unrivalled scope in observations, exceeding the image resolution quality of the Hubble Space Telescope by a factor of 50 times, and in the radio end of the spectrum! Whilst also having the ability to image huge areas of sky in parallel a feat which no survey telescope has ever achieved on this scale with this level of sensitivity. With a range of other large telescopes in the optical and infra-red being built and launched in to space over the coming decades, the SKA will perfectly augment, compliment and lead the way in scientific discovery.

Phased Development

The SKA will be developed over a phase timeline. With pre construction development commencing in 2012 going through to the latter half of this decade, and involve the detailed design, implementation, R&D work, and contract preparation needed to bring the SKA’s first phase to construction readiness.The main bulk of the SKA will be built in two main phases, between 2018 and the mid 2020s, with the first phase will involve testing the full system in a “proof of concept” manner.

THE DARK ENERGY SURVEY (DES) DEVELOPED BY ICE AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is designed to probe the origin of the accelerating universe and help uncover the nature of dark energy by measuring the 14-billion-year history of cosmic expansion with high precision. More than 120 scientists from 23 institutions in the United States, Spain, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Germany are working on the project. This collaboration is building an extremely sensitive 570-Megapixel digital camera, DECam, and will mount it on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory high in the Chilean Andes. Started in September 2012 and continuing for five years, DES will survey a large swath of the southern sky out to vast distances in order to provide new clues to this most fundamental of questions.

DES will use a powerful new imaging instrument, the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), to study the mystery of the acceleration of the expanding universe. DECam is installed on the 4-meter Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory high in the Chilean mountains. Over five years, the DES collaboration will use 525 nights of observation to carry out a high-precision, wide-area survey to record information from 300 million galaxies that are billions of light-years from Earth. The survey will image 5000 square degrees of the southern sky in 5 optical filters to obtain detailed information about each galaxy. A fraction of the time will be used to observe smaller patches of sky every few days to discover and study thousands of supernovae.

One of the strengths of DES is the ability to carry out all four probes of dark energy with a single facility. These probes are doubly complementary in the information they provide about the cause of cosmic acceleration. The first two (SN and BAO) constrain the expansion of the Universe as a whole and are referred to as "purely geometric". The latter two (WL and GC) measure both the expansion of the universe and the growth of large-scale structures. Comparison of results from the first two and the last two probes could reveal that our understanding of gravity must be overhauled. In addition, inter-comparison of the results from all four methods will provide robust cross-checks and bolster confidence in the findings.

The dome of the Blanco telescope in Chile, which will be home to the DES camera

PHYSICS OF THE ACCELERATING UNIVERSE (PAU) DEVELOPED BY ICE AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Several observations indicate an apparent acceleration of the expansion rate of the Universe (Nobel Prize 2011), namely that the universe seems to be expanding faster now than in the past. The main objective of the PAU project is to understand the Physics of the Accelerating Universe (PAU) by means of a large cosmological galaxy survey that map the cosmological expansion with unprecedented combination of density and radial distance accuracy. The PAU Survey will provide simultaneous measurement of the cosmic expansion and growth history of structures to differentiate between the hypothetical existence of dark energy and alternative explanations, such as the modification of gravity or other laws of nature.

PAUCam has been designed to be mounted on the prime focus of the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), a 4m-class telescope located in the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma, Canary Islands.

Objectives

More specifically, the goals of the project are:

• To led the preparation and implementation of an internationally competitive study of dark energy (survey) • To study and develop theories of dark energy

Contribution

The PAUCam consortium is comprised by IEEC, IFAE/PIC and CIEMAT. IEEC has the leading role (Principal Investigator) for the PAU Camera and the PAU Survey Science.

In addition, IEEC is responsible for the Data Management and Data Reduction in collaboration with the other PAU institutions. The institute also produces the MICE numerical simulations obtained with the Marenostrum Barcelona Supercomputer Center, required for its design and exploitation. Lateral view of the inside of the camera (without the Dewar). The top piece is the Copper cold-piece that maintains the CCDs at constant and uniform temperature

European projects

ASTRONET-II AstroNet-II is a Marie-Curie Research Training Network on Astrodynamics that brings together mathematicians, engineers and astronomers from universities, governmental agencies and industry. The network continues the training (through research) activities undertaken under the former Training Network "AstroNet" (2007-2010).

The research topics of the network include innovative new methods for designing spacecraft trajectories and controlling their dynamics. Particular emphasis is placed on optimizing trajectories and control to minimize fuel use and extend mission ranges. This is achieved by maximizing the use of 'natural dynamics', employing sophisticated ideas and techniques from dynamical systems theory. The results are being extended to studies of the dynamics and control of novel spacecraft architectures, such as solar sails, space tethers and formations of spacecraft.

AstroNet-II training programme centres on projects for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and Experienced Researchers (ERs) that cross the traditional boundaries between mathematics, engineering and industry, ensuring that they obtain an interdisciplinary and multisectorial overview of the field. This is supported by an extensive programme of Schools, Workshops, Tutorials and Internships, and by a close collaboration between academia and space companies.

Main Objectives

Space missions are being required to fulfill many different types of functions and, as a consequence of this, are becoming increasingly more complex. Furthermore, a number of different spacecraft architectures, such as constellations, formations, tethered spacecraft or solar sails, have been proposed for some specific objectives. To achieve their functions and objectives, future missions require new and unusual kinds of trajectories and faster and more precise attitude control whose determination, in many cases, raises new major dynamics and control questions.

A broad range of mathematical objects, theories and techniques are needed for these new concepts and applications. New methods for trajectory design will apply theories, concepts and methods from dynamical systems theory. Incorporating attitude dynamics, the shape dynamics of formations, and the dynamics of flexible attachments, will also require inputs from geometric and symmetric mechanics. For control it will be necessary to include ideas from impulsive and timecontinuous optimal control theory, discrete mechanics, closed-loop control methods, and graph/network theoretical methods. All these aspects will require accompanying state-of-the-art numerical implementations. AstroNet-II's project presents considerable challenges which will necessitate theoretical advances in most of these areas of mathematics. With the above framework for the problems to be considered, the goals to be achieved are:

• To introduce the researchers of the network (ESR's and ER's) to a range of astrodynamical concepts and problems as well as to the relevant new mathematical theories and techniques. • To develop their expertise in the above mentioned topics and to train them to conduct research, collaborate, and communicate their results in both papers, reports and oral presentations. • To deepen and broaden the knowledge and skills of the E(S)R's working in the areas of astrodynamics, dynamical systems, control theory and numerical methods. • As part of their research project, to offer to the E(S)R's opportunities for doing their research in private companies, international organisations and academia. • To provide the E(S)R's with the complementary communications and project management skills that are needed, in addition to the scientific skills, for a successful career.

GAIA EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR IMPROVED USER SERVICES (GENIUS)

GENIUS is devoted to the development of the archive of ESA’s astrometric mission Gaia, based on the following principles: archive design driven by the needs of the user community that will scientiﬁcally exploit the Gaia results; use of the best state-of-the-art archive system; provision of exploitation tools to maximize the scientiﬁc return; ensuring the quality of the archive contents and the interoperability with existing and future astronomical archives; and last but not least, the archive facilitates outreach activities.

GENIUS is deﬁned to ﬁt seamlessly into existing Gaia activities, exploiting the synergies with ongoing developments. Its members actively participate in these ongoing tasks and provide an in-depth knowledge of the mission as well as the relevant expertise in key development areas. Furthermore, GENIUS has the support of DPAC, several Gaia national communities in the

The processing of the acquired data and production of the “Gaia catalogue” is the responsibility of the Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC1), comprising more than 430 members in 11 countries who are joining their efforts to overcome the challenging problem of managing the 1 Petabyte of Gaia data. DPAC activities are supported by national funding agencies that have signed a multilateral agreement with ESA to ensure the stability of the scientiﬁc teams for the necessary interval of time. Processing will be done on the premises of six Data Processing Centres also made up of scientists and engineers funded by the agencies who have signed the multilateral agreement.

According to the current planning (still to be officially approved) the first releases of the Gaia catalogue, and therefore the first operational versions of the Gaia archive, will be around mid-2015, and the release of the final Gaia archive should take place around 2021. Therefore, with a planned duration of 3.5 years starting in mid-2012, GENIUS is conceived to contribute from the start to the CU9, with our efforts culminating with the first operational Gaia archive.

The GENIUS coordinator, Luri, X. [ACE (ICCUB)], is the manager pf the Coordinatination Unit 2 (data simulations), as well as member of the executive committee of DPAC. He was also one of the authors of the “Gaia Concept and Technology Study Report” [14] outlining the mission’s scientiﬁc case on which Gaia was accepted within ESA’s scientiﬁc programme, and has been a member of the Gaia Science Advisory Group (1997–2000), the Gaia Data Analysis Coordination Committee (2005–2006), the Gaia Science Team (2001– 2007) and the DPAC Executive Committee (2007–).

EUROPEAN GNSS-REFLECTOMETRY ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING (E-GEM)

E-GEM is an European FP7 Project to be executed between 12/2013-12/2016, on the use of GNSS- Reflectometry for environmental monitoring of the Earth from several platforms: ground-based reflectometry, airborne, and space-borne. The project develops three receiving systems, one for each of the platforms.

The airborne system will be installed in an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), as a testbed of the GNSS-R performances on a potential future European drone-based observational service. The airborne payload is being designed and manufactured at IEEC/CSIC, and it should be able to test the synoptic capabilities of any possible receiver-level data acquisition technique and post-processing algorithms.

The space-borne system comprises the launch of a nano-satellited, developed at IEEC/UPC. It is a 6 units CubeSat called ³CAT-2. The payload is the PYCARO receiver, and it will represent the first space-borne mission with capabilities to capture GNSS reflections following semi-codeless techniques in real-time (higher precision than standard techniques).

The project is coordinated by Deimos Portugal (also in charge of the ground-based system) and in partnership with IEEC/UPC (Spain), IEEC/CSIC (Spain), IFREMER (France, User segment aspects), NERSC (Norway, responsible of data and products), U. Roma Tor Vergata (Italy, soil moisture and vegetation aspects), U. Roma La Sapienza (Italy, soil moisture and vegetation aspects), U. Salamanca (Spain, soil moisture and vegetation aspects), NORUT (Norway, UAV providers and cryosphere experts), and GFZ (Germany, participation in retrieval algorithms).

6 unit CubeSat ³CAT-2 under development, space-borne platform in the E-GEM FP7 project

NORUT's Cryowings Mk.2, the UAV-airborne platform in the E-GEM FP7 project

Outreach

ACE (ICC-UB)

EXHIBITIONS The ICCUB owns four travelling exhibitions. These exhibitions have different printed versions in the Institute that are annually exposed in different external centers, like high schools, libraries or community centers. Two of these exhibitions have been entirely produced by the ICCUB.

“ONE THOUSAND MILLION EYES FOR ONE THOUSAND MILLION STARS” Balaguer-Núñez, D.; Carrasco, J.M.; Fabricius, C.; Figueras, F.; Garralda, N.; Jordi, C.; Luri, X.; Masana, E.; Olarte, B.; Roca, S.; Romero, M.; Torra, J.

Exhibition about Gaia’s mission produced by the ICCUB in 2013. It consists on 14 informative boards edited and printed in Catalan and Spanish.

Web: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/ItineranciaGaia

2015 Itinerary of the Catalan version:

- Barcelona, from the 9 November to the 4 December 2015, Menéndez y Pelayo High School, Barcelona. 2015 Itinerary of the Spanish version:

- Cádiz, from the 3 to the 12 July 2015, IIIrd ASTROPHYSICAL CONFERENCE, Parque Metropolitano Marismas de los Toruños and Pinar de la Algaida de El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz). - Galícia, from the 10 to the 31 July 2015, Physics Faculty of the University of Santiago de Compostela. - "SHE ASTRONOMER" Balaguer-Núñez, D.; Figueras, F.; Masana, E.; Olarte, B.

Catalan and English version of the exhibition “She Astronomer” in honour to astronomers of different centuries and countries, whose contribution to Astronomy has had global relevance. Translated and edited in 2010.

Web: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/AmbA

2015 Itinerary

- Lleida, from the 1 August to the 15 November 2015, Centre d'Observació de l'Univers, Àger. - Barcelona, from the 12 to the 26 November 2015, Virolai School. - Mataró, from the 27 November 2015 to the 15 January 2016, Community Center Espai Gatassa of Mataró. "THE COSMIC DISTANCES" Balaguer-Núñez, D.; Carrasco, J.M.; Jordi, C.; Masana, E.; Olarte, B.; Roca, S.; Romero; M.

Exhibition produced by the ICCUB in 2012 that shows the methods to measure distances in celestial bodies and how those have been developing through years according to the distances to be measured.

Web: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/DistanciesCosmiques

2015 Itinerary

- Barcelona, from the 23 February to the 1 March 2015, Octavio Paz School. - Castellbisbal, from the 17 September to the 4 November 2015, Castellbisbal High School. - Barcelona, from the 9 to the 23 November 2015, Jesuïtes Sarrià Sant Ignasi School.

"FROM THE EARTH TO THE UNIVERSE" Catalan version of the exhibition “From the Earth to the Universe” that shows the Universe through astronomical images of great importance for science dissemination, taken from different observatories around the world, as well as from Spain. Translated and edited in 2009.

Web: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/DelaTerra

- Mataró, from the 21 September to the first week of November 2015, Pia School of Mataró. - Banyoles, from the 20 November 2015 to the 11 January 2016, Darder Museum of Banyoles

“From the Earth to the Universe” at Darder “The cosmic distances” at Castellbisbal High School Museum of Banyoles

PRESS ARTICLES

“LA MEITAT DE LES ESTRELLES DE L’UNIVERS VAN PER LLIURE” Date: 04/01/2015 ICCUB Members: Luri, X. http://www.ara.cat/suplements/diumenge/meitat-estrelles-lunivers-lliure_0_1279072091.html

“TOT A PUNT PER A L’ECLIPSI SOLAR” Date: 18/03/2015 (Article al diari ARA) ICCUB Members: Luri, X. http://www.ara.cat/societat/punt-leclipsi-solar_0_1323467669.html

“LA UB RETRANSMITIRÁ POR INTERNET EL ECLIPSE DE SOL DEL PRÓXIMO VIERNES” Date: 18/03/2015 (Article in La Vanguardia newspaper) ICCUB Members: DAM http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20150318/54429071187/la-ub-retransmitira-por-internet-el-eclipse-de-sol-del-proximo- viernes.html

“CÓMO VER EL ECLIPSE SOLAR EN BARCELONA” Date: 18/03/2015 (Article al diari La Vanguardia) ICCUB Members: Carrasco, J.M., Masana, E. http://www.lavanguardia.com/ciencia/20150318/54429070811/eclipse-solar-2015-barcelona.html

“RECULL DE LA UB DE NOTÍCIES D'INTERNET SOBRE L'ECLIPSI” Date: 20/03/2015

“UNA CASUALITAT CÒSMICA I METEOROLÒGICA PERMET VEURE DURANT UNS INSTANTS L'ECLIPSI A BARCELONA” Date: 20/03/2015 (Article in ARA newspaper) ICCUB Members: Carrasco, J.M. http://www.ara.cat/societat/Expectacio-maxima-davant-eclipsi-repetira_0_1324067681.html

“RECULL DE PREMSA DE LA UB SOBRE L'ECLIPSI” Date: 21/03/2015

“GAIA YA HA CUBIERTO EL CIELO COMPLETO” Date: 23/06/2015 ICCUB Members: Jordi, C. http://www.iac.es/divulgacion.php?op1=16&op2=402&id=78 <

“GAIA ALERTA DE ASTEROIDES DESCONOCIDOS” Date: 30/06/2015 ICCUB Members: Jordi, C. http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/06/25/ciencia/1435230474_414196.html

“LA IMATGE MÉS INUSUAL DE LA VIA LÀCTIA” Date: 06/07/2015 ICCUB Members: Gaia http://www.ara.cat/societat/lactia-via-fotografia-agencia-espacial-europea_0_1388861346.html

“CONTANDO ESTRELLAS CON GAIA” Date: 06/07/2015 ICCUB Members: Gaia http://www.lavanguardia.com/ciencia/fisica-espacio/20150706/54433741802/satelite-gaia-esa-via-lactea-nubes-de- magallanes.html 91

“POR FIN, HEMOS LLEGADO A PLUTÓN” Date: 15/07/2015 ICCUB Members: Carrasco, J.M. http://www.lavanguardia.com/ciencia/fisica-espacio/20150715/54433927101/new-horizons-pluton-paso-enorme-historia- exploracion-espacial.html

“PLUTÓN TIENE MONTAÑAS DE AGUA HELADA DE 3.500 METROS” Date: 16/07/2015 ICCUB Members: Carrasco, J.M. http://www.lavanguardia.com/ciencia/fisica-espacio/20150716/54433435515/pluton-montana-agua-helada.html

“DIEZ DESAFÍOS CAÍDOS DEL CIELO” Date: 12/08/2015 ICCUB Members: Jordi, C. http://www.elcultural.com/noticias/ciencia/Diez-desafios-caidos-del-cielo/8154

WEBSITES

SERVIASTRO http://www.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/GaIa) Authors: S. Olarte Serviastro is a website about outreach astronomy maintained by the Astronomy and Meteorology Department/ ICCUB that offers teaching material and provides information about astronomic phenomena, from the past and future. Besides the maintenance, in 2015 the Home page has been redesigned.

1-New Home page from Serviastro website.

TEACHING MATERIAL

POSTERS SDSS-BOSS

Two posters have been created to describe the operation of BOSS as well as the activity of the Institute in this exploration, on the occassion of an original plate from the telescope hanged in the office area ICCUB-IEEC.

TALKS

Jordi, C., "La lluna mentidera", January-March 2015

Ribó, M., "Què fa un astrònom ?", Escola del Parc, in El Prat de Llobregat, 27/01/15

Bosch-Ramon, V., "Coupling non-thermal radiation to hydrodynamics", University of Valencia, Burjassot, 01/03/15

Jordi, C., "La professió d'astrònoma. Què faig a la Universitat?", Escola Octacio Paz, 09/03/15

Jordi, C., "Projecció i comentari d'imatges del cel profund", Jornada temàtica commemorativa de l'any internacional de la llum, Associació astronòmica Sant Cugat-Valldoreix. Sant Cugat del Vallès, 14/03/15

Jordi, C., "La detecció dels exoplanetes: tècniques i limitacions", Un matí d’astrobiologia a la UB, Aula Magna Faculty of Biology, 06/03/2015

Salvador, E., "La primera llum de l'Univers i els seus efectes", Agrupació Astronòmica de Sabadell, 18/03/15

Miralda, J., "Present i futur de la vida a l'Univers", Centre Cultural de Terrassa, organized by Agrupació Astronòmica de Terrassa i Òmnium Cultural Terrassa, 20/03/15

Torra, J., "Gaia, els primers resultats i nous reptes", central office of the Agrupació Astronòmica de Sabadell, 25/03/15

Romero, M., "Gaia, la màquina dels descobriments", Col·legi La Farga, St Cugat del Vallès, 26/03/15

Roca, S., "Gaia, la màquina dels descobriments", Col·legi La Farga, St Cugat del Vallès, 27/03/15

Jordi, C., "El color de les estrelles", Associació astronòmica Sant Cugat-Valldoreix. Sant Cugat del Vallès, 16/04/15

Carrasco, J.M.; Luri, X., "Misión Gaia: imágenes para crear el mapa de la galaxia", Saló del Còmic, 18/04/15

Carrasco, J.M.; Luri, X., "Mapas del cielo: la misión Gaia y la Vía Láctea en 3D", Festival "Pint of Science". Michael Collins, 18/05/15

Ribó, M., "Forats negres silenciosos amagats en sistemes binaris", central office of ASTER, Barcelona , 11/06/15

Luri, X., "El mètode científic aplicat a la vida diària", Museu Darder de Banyoles, 13/06/15

Ribó, M., "Els forats negres... i altres objectes compactes", Faculty of Physics, 19/06/15

Carrasco, J.M.; Luri, X., "GAIA: El primer pas per a la fundació d'un imperi galàctic", Biblioteca Zona Nord, 07/07/15

Jordi, C., "La revolució observacional de Gaia", Inaugural talk II congress PRO-AM (collaboration between professional and amateur astronomers) Alcalà de la Real, 12-14/07/2015

Solanes, J. M., "Cosmogènesi: l'origen de l'univers", Àger, 10/10/15

Jordi, C., Round table, “La ciència de la llum. Mostra de vídeo científic”, Aula Magna from the Faculty of Physics (UB), 02/11/15

Casamiquela, L.; Romero, M., "Gaia", Escola Minguella. Badalona, 12/11/15

Romero, M., "Amb A d'astrònoma: Dones i astronomia", Les Avellanes Town Hall (Lleida), 21/11/15

Paredes, J.M., "Radiació gamma: L’univers de raigs gamma", Sala Gabriel Oliver, aulari Josep Carner, Faculty of Philology (Barcelona), 21/11/15

BROADCASTS OF ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS

COMET LOVEHOY (22/01/2015)

On the occassion of the path of this object near the Earth, news and a special section concerning the comet on serviastro website were edited. http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/LovejoyC2014Q2

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE THE 20 MARCH 2015

The doings done were:

- Informative page in the website ServiAstro: http://serviastro. am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/InfEc200315 - Online broadcast of the event: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/EcSol200315BCN - Public observation from: Espai Ciència Saló de l’ensenyament, Barcelona. Plaça Universitat, Barcelona. - Material distribution to schools: Observation Pack (8 protection glasses + 15 informative brochure, http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/pub/ServiAstro/InfEc200315/Diptic_eclipsi_200315_baixa2.pdf)

The following schools participated: CEIP Lluis Vives , Barcelona; escola El Calderí. Caldes de Monbui; escola Nostra Senyora de Montserrat. Rubí; CEIP Fort Pienc . Barcelona; CEIP Sant Lluis Gonçaga .La Garriga; CEIP Abat Oliba. Cornellà de Llobregat; Escola Costa Llobera. Barcelona; INS EUROPA . Hospitalet de Llobregat; Escola de la Concepció. Barcelona

The eclipse in the press: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/MitjansComunicacio200315

PERSEIDS 2015

The doings done were:

- Special web page in Serviastro: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/PerSeides2015 - Radio programme where J.M Carrasco talks about Perseids 2015: "el matí a Radio 4". 12-08-2015

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE THE 28 SEPTEMBER 2015

From this event, the following were done:

- Informative web page: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/InfEc280915 - Online broadcast of the eclipse: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/EcLu280915 - A poster: http://serviastro.am.ub.edu/twiki/pub/ServiAstro/InfEc280915/Poster_-_final_baixa_EclipsiLluna 280915.pdf

- PARTICIPATION IN TV AND RADIO PROGRAMMES - Carrasco, J.M., Interview “Eclipsi solar” in the programme "Lletra lligada" of Ràdio 4, 16/03/15 - Luri, X., Interview “Eclipsi solar” in the programme Què vols ser? of Ràdio Barcelona, 19/03/15 - Carrasco, J.M., Interview “Eclipsi solar” in the programme "El Matí" of Cope Catalunya, 19/03/15 - Carrasco, J.M., Interview “Eclipsi solar” in the programme "Hora Barcelona" of Ràdio Barcelona, 19/03/15 - Carrasco, J.M., Interview “Eclipsi solar” in the programme "Amics i coneguts" of Ràdio 4, 21/03/15 - Carrasco, J.M., Interview “Eclipsi solar” in the programme "Connexió Barcelona" of BTV, 20/03/15 - Carrasco, J.M., "La New Horizons arriba a Plutó", in the News programme at 10 o’clock of BTV, 14/07/15 - Carrasco, J.M.; Luri, X., "Sopa d'estrelles: Secció d'Astronomia a "El matí de Catalunya Ràdio"", http://www.am.ub.edu/twiki/bin/view/ServiAstro/WebRadio, every Friday from 24 July to 28 August 2015 / from 10:30 to 11:00 am - Carrasco, J.M.; Luri, X., "Sopa d'estrelles: Secció d'Astronomia a "El matí de Catalunya Ràdio"", Programa 1: Arribada de New Horizons. Cançó Pluto Mars. El cel de l'estiu, 24/07/15 - Carrasco, J.M.; Luri, X., "Sopa d'estrelles: Secció d'Astronomia a "El matí de Catalunya Ràdio"", Programa 2:Planetas extrasolars. Blue Moon. Astronomia i cinema, 31/07/15 - Carrasco, J.M., "Sopa d'estrelles: Secció d'Astronomia a "El matí de Catalunya Ràdio"", Programa 3: Astronomia i cinema, 07/08/15 - Carrasco, J.M., "Sopa d'estrelles: Secció d'Astronomia a "El matí de Catalunya Ràdio"", Programa 4: Els sons de l'astronomia, 14/08/15 - Carrasco, J.M., "Sopa d'estrelles: Secció d'Astronomia a "El matí de Catalunya Ràdio"", Programa 5: Gaia, 21/08/15 - Carrasco, J.M., "La república santboiana, secció de ciència" (Ràdio Sant Boi), Gaia, 18/11/15 - Carrasco, J.M., "La república santboiana, secció de ciència", (Ràdio Sant Boi), L'estel de Nadal, 16/12/15

1- Carrasco, J.M., "La New Horizons arriba a Plutó", in the News programme at 10 o’clock of BTV, 14/07/15 2- Carrasco, J.M., "La república santboiana, secció de ciència", (Ràdio Sant Boi), L'estel de Nadal, 16/12/15

CERES (UAB) Font, Ll. “Els telescopis de llum Txerenkov: una finestra a l’univers més violent”. Aula magna de la casa de convalescència de l’hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona. 15/05/2015

ICE (CSIC)

TALKS

Trigo-Rodriguez, J.M. Asteroides portencialmente peligrosos. 14/01/2015. COSMOS, grup d’astronomia de Mataró.

Ribas, I. Trigo-Rodríguez, J.M. La amenaza de los asteroides... ¿y si buscamos una nueva Tierra? 19/04/2015. 33º Saló del Còmic, Barcelona

Trigo-Rodríguez, J.M. La llum dels meteors i boles de foc. 15/10/2015. Assoviació Astronòmica de sant Cugat i Valldoreix

Cardellach, E. Mirar el món amb els GPS. 14/12/2015. Escola d’Engenyeria deTerrassa

Trigo-Rodriguez, J.M .“Les missions Dawn i New Horizons de la NASA a punt de fer història a Ceres i Plutó” 17/03/2015. Institut d’Estudis Catalans

Trigo-Rodríguez, JM. Observación y taller eclipse de sol. 20/03/2015. Escola AquaAlba, Gualba.

Trigo-Rodríguez, JM. Taller de observación del cometa C/2014Q2 Lovejoy. 19/04/2015.Ajuntament de Sant Celoni.

Trigo-Rodríguez J.M. 1er Festival Astronòmic del Montseny. 23-24/05/2015. Parc Mediambiental de Gualba.

Torrelles, J.M. Historia del descubrimiento de la gestación de un jet protoestelar. 18/04/2015. Ciclo Lucas Lara. Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA).

Elizalde, E. "La constant cosmològica i l'energia fosca". 07/10/2015. AstroSabadell.

Sopuerta, C.F. LA relatividad general, 100 años después. 08/05/2015. Instituto de Física Teórica, Madrid

Elizalde, E. Opening Session: Does it have any sense to believe in God? (February 16, 2016). STICB-AASCV Science- Religion Dialogs

Elizalde, E. Closing Talk of the Year of Light (December 11, 2015, in Catalan) Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association

Elizalde, E. Light as wave and particle: Albert Einstein & Max Planck (May 21, 2015, in Catalan) Sant Cugat-Valldoreix Astronomical Association:

Elizalde, E. Black body radiation: from Max Planck to Stephen Hawking (March 14, 2015, in Catalan). Sant Cugat- Valldoreix Astronomical Association

Elizalde, E. Light: wave or particle? (in Catalan, February 14, 2015), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

BLOGS

Pulsars @Barcelona Actualitat sobre recercaastrofísica en púlsars http://pulsarsbarcelona.blogspot.com.es/

LISA PATHFINDER

Acto "Presentació de LISA Pathfinder i inauguració de la Sala de conferencies Alberto Lobo del ICE", el 25/09/2015.

Conferencia de Premsa "LISA Pathfinder i Centenari de la Relativitat General" el 25/11/2015 amb xerrades de Carlos F. Sopuerta i Miquel Nofrarias

Conferencia de Premsa i acte public "Llançament de la missió LISA Pathfinder en directe" a l'ICE el 03/12/2015

Participación de Carlos F. Sopuerta en el programa de outreach: Adopt a Physicist (otoño-2015) de la American Physical Society (USA)

Presentació de Carlos F. Sopuerta a la conferencia de Premsa d'ESAC: "Spanish Contribution to the LISA Pathfinder Mission" el 01/12/2015. Organitzat per l'European Space Astronomy Center (ESAC) of the European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada (Spain)

ICE impacts on media http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/noticies-324/missio-espacial-per-detectar-les-ones-gravitatories/video/5567200/ http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/telenoticies-migdia/telenoticies-migdia-03122015/video/5569139/ http://www.ccma.cat/324/senlaira-el-satellit-europeu-lisa-pathfinder-que-comprovara-les-teories- deinstein/noticia/2700398/ http://www.lavanguardia.com/edicion-impresa/20151126/30396062352/que-importancia-tiene-encontrar-ondas- gravitatorias.html http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/telediario/telediario-15-horas-03-12-15/3392112/ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/linformatiu/informatiu-migdia-3dic/3392059/ http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20151126/lisa-pathfinder-busca-radiacion-mas-poderosa-del-universo-predicha- einstein/1262420.shtml http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/lab24/lab24-ondas-gravitacionales-tecnologia-4k-patrimonio-industrial/3420153/ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/lab24/lab24-reportaje-sonidos-del-universo/3419982/ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/24-horas/24-horas-tertulia-tematica-25-11-15/3379823/ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/a-hombros-de-gigantes/hombros-gigantes-mision-lisa-pathfinder-para-escuchar- sonido-del-big-bang-07-12-15/3396179/ http://www.ccma.cat/catradio/alacarta/informatius-catalunya-radio/catalunya-migdia-25-11-15-programa- sencer/audio/901927/ http://www.ccma.cat/catradio/alacarta/informatius-catalunya-radio/lisa-pathfinder-una-missio-espacial- historica/audio/902991/ http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/18/ciencia/1447849964_821102.html http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/12/02/ciencia/1449093451_516872.html http://www.elpuntavui.cat/societat/article/15-ciencia/942517-terratremols-d-espaitemps.html

http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia/2015/11/21/564f630cca47412b788b45db.html http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia/2015/12/02/565ee1a046163f4e478b458e.html http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/una-mision-europea-busca-espacio-quietud-mas-absoluta-4580146 http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ciencia/lanzamiento-nave-europea-lisa-pathfinder-4717349 http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ciencia/esperando-onda-gravitacional-einstein-4775793 http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20151125/30391721937/todo-listo-para-la-mision-lisa-pathfinder.html http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20151125/30385050339/la-esa-pone-a-prueba-la-tecnologia-espanola-para-captar- ondas-gravitacionales.html http://www.lavanguardia.com/edicion-impresa/20151126/30396062352/que-importancia-tiene-encontrar-ondas- gravitatorias.html http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20151126/30396060295/big-bang-einstein.html http://www.lavanguardia.com/ciencia/fisica-espacio/20151203/30565155055/lisa-pathfinder-lanzada-exito.html http://www.lavanguardia.com/ciencia/opinion/20151127/30396062525/que-importancia-tiene-encontrar-ondas- gravitatorias.html http://www.elpuntavui.cat/societat/article/-/918182-tecnologia-catalana-a-la-recerca-dones-gravitacionals.html http://www.elpuntavui.cat/societat/article/5-societat/920372-s-enlaira-sense-incidents-el-satel-lit-cientific-europeu- lisa-pathfinder.html http://www.elpuntavui.cat/societat/article/-/920622-lisa-pathfinder-obre-el-cami-cap-a-les-ones-gravitacionals.html http://www.ara.cat/societat/LISA-Pathfinder-recerca-ones-gravitacionals_0_1474652580.html http://www.ara.cat/societat/LISA-Pathfinder-navega-revolucionar-estudi-univers_0_1478852208.html http://www.larazon.es/sociedad/ciencia/una-mision-al-espacio-para-saber-si-einstein-tenia-razon- CA11335430#.Ttt1QYJMpTnyYhA http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/telenoticies/lasteroide-de-halloween-passa-a-prop-de-la-terra/video/5561135/

http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ciencia/asteroide-gran-calabaza-acerca-tierra-4631732 http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/fisico-los-extraterrestres-4747886 http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20151206/30622515295/mi-error-es-intentar-no-cometer-errores.html http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20150219/54426338292/el-observatorio-del-ebro-alberga-una-nueva-estacion- para-registrar-meteoros.html http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20151217/30870890463/cientificos-prosiguen-la-busqueda-de-planetas- habitables-en-un-nuevo-proyecto.html http://www.efefuturo.com/noticia/carmenes-a-la-busqueda-de-planetas-habitables/ http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/El-instrumento-CARMENES-comienza-a-buscar-planetas-como-la-Tierra

http://www.radiointereconomia.com/2015/12/17/cientificos-prosiguen-la-busqueda-de-planetas-habitables-en-un- nuevo-proyecto/ http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20151217/30873753413/carmenes-comienza-a-buscar-planetas-similares-a-la- tierra-desde-calar-alto.html http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20151218/30894895849/la-esa-lanzara-una-nueva-astronave-en-2020-para- investigar-el-universo-oscuro.html http://www.diaridegirona.cat/cultura/2015/12/19/europa-llancara-nova-nau-espacial/758708.html http://www.elpuntavui.cat/article/2-societat/5-societat/925098-investigant-el-costat-fosc.html http://www.abc.es/ciencia/abci-astronomos-hallazgo-gran-calabaza-muestra-nuestra-vulnerabilidad- 201510311351_noticia.html

OADM

1. 2015-1-20, Radio interview, Catalunya vespre de Catalunya Ràdio, Trobar vida intel·ligent a l'espai serà una cura d'humilitat per als humans 2. 2015-2-6, Public talk, Roda de Ter, Detecció de planetes fora del Sistema Solar 3. 2015-2-10, TV interview, Què Qui Com TV3, Buscant vida a l’Univers 4. 2015-2-28, Public talk, VIII Jornada de Divulgació de la Relativitat, Terrassa, Forats negres a la Galàxia 5. 2015-3-6, Public talk, Matí d’Astrobologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Atmosferes d'exoplanetes i la detecció remota de vida 6. 2015-3-17, Public talk, Escola d’Art i Disseny de Sant Cugat del Vallès, Activitats de recerca a l’ICE 7. 2015-3-19, Radio interview, La Tribu de Catalunya Ràdio, Eclipsi de Sol 8. 2015-3-20, TV interview (live), Matins de TV3, Eclipsi de Sol 9. 2015-3-20, Radio interview, La Tribu de Catalunya Ràdio, Eclipsi de Sol 10. 2015-3-22, Newspaper interview, Ara, Diàlegs de Ciència i Art, L’univers també cap en una partitura 11. 2015-4-19, Newspaper interview, La Vanguardia, El Hubble espera a su sucesor 12. 2015-4-19, Public talk, Saló del Còmic Barcelona, ... ¿y si buscamos una nueva Tierra? 13. 2015-5-20, Radio interview, La Tribu de Catalunya Ràdio, La NASA vol enviar un missatge als extraterrestres 14. 2015-5-23, Public talk, Festival Astronòmic del Montseny, Què en sabem dels exoplanetes? 15. 2015-5-30, Night observation, Escola Pau Casals, Vacarisses, Sortida nocturna 16. 2015-5-31, Public talk, Epicentre, Tremp, L’Observatori Astronòmic del Montsec (OAdM) 17. 2015-7-9, Public Talk, Sopars amb estrelles Observatori Fabra, Barcelona, Cercant una nova Terra 18. 2015-8-23, Newspaper interview, La Vanguardia Magazine, Adiós a los hombrecillos verdes 19. 2015-9-28, Radio interview, Informatius Catalunya Ràdio, Es confirma l'existència d'aigua a Mart 20. 2015-10-16, Newspaper interview, La Vanguardia, 'Marte', una odisea marciana asesorada por la NASA 21. 2015-10-22, Newspaper interview, El País, Los astrónomos observan la desintegración de una Tierra 22. 2015-10-23, Public talk, Escola La Roda Terrassa – 4º primaria, Planetes, estels i galàxies 23. 2015-11-6, Public talk, Escola Pau Casals Vacarisses – 4º, 5º y 6º Primaria, Cercant una nova Terra 24. 2015-11-21, Public talk, Setmana de la Ciència, Manresa, Forats negres a la Galàxia 25. 2015-12-17, Radio interview, La Tribu de Catalunya Ràdio, Les preguntes de Google del 2015 26. 2015-12-21, Radio interview, Catalunya Ràdio, Informatius, Inici de les operacions de CARMENES 27. 2015-12-21, Radio interview, RAC1, Informatius, Inici de les operacions de CARMENES 28. 2015-12-30, Radio interview, Catalunya Ràdio, Informatius, Inici de les operacions de CARMENES

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