Interstellar Medium Group

Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC)

Science paper on G31.41+0.31 in the news

• ASIAA press release
• CSIC press release
• UB news
• UB journal, n. 48, 2009 July-September
• El Pais newspaper, web edition 2009 June 12
• Avui newspaper, 2009 June 12
• China Times newspaper (Taipei), 2009 June 13
  • Front page
  • Article
  • Authors during press conference
• Taipei Times newspaper, 2009 June 13

Publications

• List of publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings

Research Topics

• Young stellar objects
• High density cores
• Molecular and HH outflows
• Thermal radio jets
• Chemical evolution in star-forming regions
• Magnetic fields in the star formation process

People

Permanent positions

• Robert Estalella, Titular Professor (UB) (email: robert.estalella at am.ub.es)
• Rosario López, Titular Professor (UB) (email: rosario at am.ub.es)
• Angels Riera, Titular Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (email: angels at fen.upc.es)
• José M. Girart, Titular researcher (ICE CSIC) (email: girart at ieec.fcr.es)

Postdocs

• Maria T. (Maite) Beltrán, "Juan de la Cierva" Postdoc (UB) (email: mbeltran at am.ub.es)

Graduate Students

• Felipe de O. Alves (ICE) (email: oliveira at ieec.fcr.es)
• Gemma Busquet (UB) (email: gbusquet at am.ub.es)
• Pau Frau (UB) (email: pfrau at am.ub.es
• Josep M. Masqué (UB) (email: jmasque at am.ub.es)
• Álvaro Sánchez-Monge (UB) (email: asanchez at am.ub.es)

Collaborators

• Inma Sepúlveda, postdoc (email: inma at rocknrock.com).

Former members of the group

• Guillem Anglada, Temporary Titular Professor until 1997. At present, Scientific Researcher at IAA (CSIC), Granada (email: guillem at iaa.es)
• Jordi Buj, Graduate Student until 1988
• Oscar Morata, Graduate Student until 2001. At present, postdoc at ASIAA, Taipei (Taiwan) (email: omoratax at gmail.com).
• Aina Palau, Graduate Student until 2006. At present, postdoc at LAEFF, Madrid (email: apalau at laeff.inta.es).
• Josefa Pastor, Graduate Student until 1992
• Eva Villuendas, Graduate Student until 1996

Workshops

• Barcelona 2006 Mini Workshop on Star Formation and Astrochemistry
• 2nd Barcelona Star-Formation Workshop (2008)

Work in progress, utilities

• First steps in VLA continuum data reduction with AIPS (A. Sánchez-Monge)
• Column density estimation tutorial (J.M. Girart)
• Discos protoplanetarios: estructura y evolución.
  PowerPoint files from the graduate course by Nuria Calvet, 2005 April.
  1. Propiedades de los yso
  2. Origen del exceso IR
  3. Discos de acreción
  4. Efectos del polvo
  5. Evolución viscosa
  6. Evolución del polvo

Collaborations

• P.T.P. Ho, Q. Zhang, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA
• L.F. Rodríguez, J. Cantó, A. Raga, Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México D.F., Mexico
• G. Anglada, M. Osorio, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Granada, Spain
• J.M. Torrelles, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC/CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
• D.A. Williams, S. Viti, University College London, UK

Thesis completed in the group

Ph.D. Thesis

• Aina Palau 2006,
  Star Formation in Cluster Environments at Mm and Submm Wavelengths,
  Thesis advisors: R. Estalella, P.T.P. Ho
  PhD dissertation
• Maria T. Beltrán 2002,
  Circumstellar Material around Low- and Intermediate-Mass Very Young Stellar Objects,
  Thesis advisors: R. Estalella, P.T.P. Ho
• Oscar Morata 2001,
  Emission of High-Density Tracer Molecules in Star Forming Regions,
  Thesis advisors: R. Estalella, D.A. Williams
• Inma Sepúlveda 2001,
  Ammonia Emission and Outflow Activity in Young Stellar Objects,
  Thesis advisor: G. Anglada
• José M. Girart 1997,
  Study of Molecular Outflows in Ammonia and Formil Ion,
  Thesis advisors: R. Estalella, P.T.P. Ho
• Josefa Pastor 1991,
  Emisión radio del gas interestelar denso y su relación con la formación estelar,
  Thesis advisors: G. Anglada, R. Estalella
• Guillem Anglada 1989,
  Contribución al estudio de regiones de formación estelar,
  Thesis advisor: R. Estalella

Master Thesis

• Álvaro Sánchez 2007,
  Massive star formation at centimeter and millimeter wavelengths,
  Advisor: R. Estalella
• Gemma Busquet 2007,
  A study of the low-mass star-forming region IRAS 00213+6530,
  Advisor: R. Estalella
• Maria T. Beltrán 1998,
  Estudi de les fonts excitadores de fluxos moleculars i objectes Herbig-Haro en el medi interstel·lar,
  Thesis advisor: R. Estalella
• Eva Villuendas 1996,
  Estudio en radio continuo de objetos estelares jóvenes de baja luminosidad,
  Thesis advisor: G. Anglada
• Oscar Morata 1993,
  Estudi en CS de regions de formació estel·lar,
  Thesis advisors: G. Anglada, R. Estalella
• Inma Sepúlveda 1993,
  Estudio en NH3 de regiones de formación estelar,
  Thesis advisor: G. Anglada
• José M. Girart 1992,
  Estudio de la emisión centimétrica en la región de formación estelar IRAS 16293-2422,
  Thesis advisor: R. Estalella
• Jordi Buj 1987,
  Observacions de CS a núvols moleculars,
  Thesis advisor: R. Estalella