Context. Carbon, oxygen and nitrogen (CNO) are key elements in stellar formation and evolution, and their abundances should also have a significant impact on planetary formation and evolution. Aims: We aim to present a detailed spectroscopic analysis of 1110 solar-type stars, 143 of which are known to have planetary companions. We have determined

Accretion of metal-poor gas via cold accretion flows has been recently proposed as a means to trigger/sustain star formation in extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxies (XMPs), a scenario in agreement with theoretical predictions. We report on the tentative detection of CaII absorption used to trace the conditions of the gas clouds in the halo of the

In this contribution we summarise our science preparation activities to complete the CARMENES (http://carmenes.caha.es/) input catalogue of M dwarfs using low-resolution spectroscopy to derive spectral indices sensible to spectral type, gravity and metallicity as well as the level of chromospheric activity. We provide here all this information for

We present a set of six Astronomy outreach workshops for children called ''Chapuzón cósmico''. These workshops took place at the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), from autumn 2015 to spring 2016 and reached about 240 children. They were carried out using a very dynamical and participative approach, so as to stimulate

In this contribution we summarise our science preparation activities to complete the CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs using low-resolution spectroscopy to derive spectral indices sensible to spectral type, gravity and metallicity as well as the level of chromospheric activity. We provide here all this information for 181 stars in addition to

CARMENES, the new ultra-stable high-resolution spectrograph at the 3.5 m Calar Alto telescope and the only one in its category that covers from 0.52 to 1.71μm in one shot, started its guaranteed time observations (GTO) in January 2016. Under GTO, CARMENES is monitoring approximately 300 selected M dwarfs for at least three years with the aim of