The discrepancy between chemical abundances calculated from optical recombination lines (RLs) and collisional excitation lines (CELs) is an important unsolved...
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Grant2D spectroscopy of planetary nebulae with high abundance discrepancies
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GrantAccurate linelists for exoplanet and very cool stars studies
We are in the golden age for exoplanets studies, with currently several thousands of exoworlds discovered. Because of their low brightness and their large...
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GrantAdvanced Optics Center and Photonics Laboratory
This grant is aimed at providing the IAC with the necessary equipment to have a leading optical laboratory to support and enable the necessary developments for...
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GrantBlack hole and massive galaxy evolution
Our theoretical understanding of cosmology is, a priori, inconsistent with observations. In a Universe dominated by dark matter, the most massive galaxies are...
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GrantDevelopment of Big Data toos for the study of variable stars in galaxies with LSST data
The objective of this proposal is the development of data analysis tools in preparation for the scientific exploitation of LSST, the largest mapping project of...
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GrantMapping the Universe with Modified Gravity.
The project aims at establishing a pipeline for the generation of galaxy mock catalogs using machine learning techniques. Such catalogs are key for the...
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GrantMineralogical characterization of asteroids and space exploration 2
This project is a continuation of the CAMINA project (ProID2017010112). The science objective is the compositional characterization of asteroids, that we have...
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GrantScientific analysis of ultra-deep astronomical images
One of the projects with the greatest impact currently being developed by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is the state-of-the-art analysis of optical...
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GrantSearch, impact and fundamental properties of Ultra-compact X-ray binaries
The vast majority of the known galactic population of stellar-mass black holes and a significant fraction of the neutron stars are found in X-ray binary systems...