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ASTRONOMIA SPAIN Inglés.Qxd The evolution of the expansion of a supernova remnant, detailed monitor- ings of gamma ray bursts, studies of the storms in Saturn and Jupiter, the first brown dwarf, the confirmation of the presence of black holes in bina- ry stars, models for novae and supernovae, the role of magnetic fields in the rotation pattern of galaxies, sunspots phenomena, the methane cycle in Titan, the impacts of volatile material on the Moon, the discovery of a spherical bubble around a stellar embryo, the description of the inter- galactic medium... These are some of the results we present in ‘Astronomy made in Spain’, a project of the Spanish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Española de Astronomía, SEA) to commemorate the International Year of Astronomy 2009. This book is a collection of conversations with the Spanish astronomers who have published as first authors a paper —at least— in Nature or Science in the last 30 years. We would like this legacy paid homage to all Spanish astronomers, stimulated the new generations of students and composed a living history of discoveries told at first hand, without any intermediaries, by the people who made them possible. Benjamín Montesinos Emilio J. Alfaro First English Edition, 2011 © First and second Spanish editions, Sociedad Española de Astronomía (SEA) 2009, 2010 © First English edition, Sociedad Española de Astronomía (SEA), 2010 Facultad de Física Universidad de Barcelona Av. Martí Franquès, 1 08028 Barcelona Spain e-mail: [email protected] http://www.sea-astronomia.es © Translation: Susana Cabañero Rodríguez © Copyeditting of the translated text: Aprajita Verma © Illustrations: Pages 16, 32, 40, 48, 64, 90, 94, 104, 114, 122, 126 and 130: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Pages 24 and 134: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Page 52: Royal Academy of Sciences, Sweden Pages 56 and 108: TRACE Project and NASA Page 78: SOHO/EIT (ESA, NASA) Page 86: NASA/CXC/SAO/S. Murray, M. Garcia Page 118: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Page 142: ESA/Consortia LFI and HFI Page 146: Apollo VIII (NASA) Publisher: Sociedad Española de Astronomía (SEA) Design and production: Cyan, Proyectos Editoriales, S.A., Madrid The contents of each chapter are a property of the corresponding researcher. No reproduction of any part of this book may take place without the written permission of the author, which can be obtained through the Sociedad Española de Astronomía. Index of authors Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Jordi Isern Vilaboy ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Enrique García-Berro Montilla........................................................................................................................................ 11 David Valls Gabaud.......................................................................................................................................................... 17 Xavier Barcons Jáuregui .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Agustín Sánchez Lavega ................................................................................................................................................. 25 Jorge Casares Velázquez................................................................................................................................................ 29 Eduardo Battaner López.................................................................................................................................................. 33 Evencio Mediavilla Gradolph ......................................................................................................................................... 35 Juan María Marcaide Osoro ........................................................................................................................................... 37 Vicent Martínez García..................................................................................................................................................... 41 Francisco J. Castander Serentill..................................................................................................................................... 45 Rafael Rebolo López........................................................................................................................................................ 49 Carlos Westendorp Plaza ................................................................................................................................................ 53 Benjamín Montesinos Comino........................................................................................................................................ 57 Ramón Oliver Herrero ....................................................................................................................................................... 61 José Cernicharo Quintanilla............................................................................................................................................ 65 Eduardo Martín Guerrero de Escalante........................................................................................................................ 69 Alberto J. Castro Tirado.................................................................................................................................................... 71 Pere Planesas Bigas ........................................................................................................................................................ 75 Héctor Socas Navarro....................................................................................................................................................... 79 Vicent Quilis Quilis............................................................................................................................................................. 83 Josep María Paredes Poy................................................................................................................................................ 87 José Luis Ortiz Moreno ..................................................................................................................................................... 91 José Luis Gómez Fernández ........................................................................................................................................... 95 María Rosa Zapatero Osorio .......................................................................................................................................... 97 Garik Israelian .................................................................................................................................................................... 99 José María Torrelles Arnedo............................................................................................................................................ 101 Luis Felipe Miranda Palacios ......................................................................................................................................... 105 Javier Trujillo Bueno ......................................................................................................................................................... 109 Margarita Hernanz Carbó ................................................................................................................................................ 115 Jordi Miralda Escudé ........................................................................................................................................................ 119 Josep Miquel Girart Medina............................................................................................................................................ 123 Aníbal García Hernández ................................................................................................................................................ 127 María Teresa Beltrán Sorolla .......................................................................................................................................... 131 Ricardo Hueso Alonso ...................................................................................................................................................... 135 Rafael A. García Bustinduy ............................................................................................................................................. 139 Marcos Cruz Rodríguez.................................................................................................................................................... 143 Enric Pallé Bago................................................................................................................................................................ 147 María de Santos Lleó........................................................................................................................................................ 151 Preface This is the English edition of the book “Astronomía made We present here 39 conversations with the Spanish in Spain”, an idea that materialized in 2009, the astronomers who have published as first
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