Interstellar Medium Group

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

Publications

• List of publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings
• Science paper on G31.41+0.31 in the news

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, Full Professor (UB) (email: robert.estalella at am.ub.es)
• José M. Girart, Titular researcher (ICE CSIC) (email: girart at ieec.fcr.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 María Torrelles, Research Professor (ICE CSIC) (email: chema.torrelles at gmail.com)

Postdocs

• Aina Palau, (email: palau at ieec.uab.es).

Graduate Students

• Arjuna Castrillón (email: arjuna.castrillon at upc.edu
• Carmen Juárez, (email: carmenjr27 at hotmail.com

Collaborators

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

Former members of the group

• Felipe de O. Alves, graduate student until 2011. At present, postdoc at the Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn
• Guillem Anglada, Temporary Titular Professor until 1997. At present, Scientific Researcher at IAA (CSIC), Granada
• Maria T. (Maite) Beltrán. At present, Researcher at INAF-Osservatorio Astofisico di Arcetri, Firenze
• Jordi Buj, Graduate Student until 1988
• Gemma Busquet, graduate student until 2010. At present, postdoc at INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziale, Roma
• Pau Frau, graduate student until 2012. At present, postdoc at Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Madrid
• Josep M. Masqué, graduate student until 2012. At present, postdoc at Centro de Radiastronomía y Astrofísica, UNAM, Morelia
• Oscar Morata, Graduate Student until 2001. At present, postdoc at ASIAA, Taipei (Taiwan)
• Josefa Pastor, Graduate Student until 1992
• Álvaro Sánchez-Monge, graduate student until 2011. At present, postdoc at INAF-Osservatorio Astofisico di Arcetri, Firenze
• Eva Villuendas, Graduate Student until 1996

Workshops

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

Utilities

• Molecular spectroscopy in Astrophysics
  Notes of the course by Serena Viti (UCL), 2010 December.
  1. Lecture 1
  2. Lecture 2
  3. Lecture 3
  4. Lecture 4 (not yet available)
• Making RGB images with PhotoShop from 3 monochromatic images
  • Installation and usage notes
  • G14.2-0.60 fits image 24 um
  • G14.2-0.60 fits image 8 um
  • G14.2-0.60 fits image 4.5 um
  • G14.2-0.60 fits image 3.6 um
• Basic guidelines for VISIR data adquisition and reduction (J.M. Masqué)
• 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

• Josep M. Masqué 2012,
  The star-forming region ahead of HH 80N: studying the interactionwith a parsec-scale jet,
  Thesis advisors: R. Estalella, J.M. Girart
• Felipe O. Alves 2011,
  Magnetic fields in star-forming regions: a multi-wavelength approach,
  Thesis advisor: J.M. Girart
• Álvaro Sánchez-Monge 2011,
  Massive star formation: ionized and molecular gas in the first evolutionary stages,
  Thesis advisors: R. Estalella, S. Kurtz, A. Palau PhD dissertation
• Gemma Busquet 2010,
  Timing the chemical evolution of the dense gas in high-mass star-forming regions,
  Thesis advisors: R. Estalella, P.T.P. Ho PhD dissertation
• 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. (Maite) Beltrán 2002,
  Circumstellar Material around Low- and Intermediate-Mass Very Young Stellar Objects,
  Thesis advisors: R. Estalella, P.T.P. Ho PhD dissertation
• Oscar Morata 2001,
  Emission of High-Density Tracer Molecules in Star Forming Regions,
  Thesis advisors: R. Estalella, D.A. Williams PhD dissertation
• Inma Sepúlveda 2001,
  Ammonia Emission and Outflow Activity in Young Stellar Objects,
  Thesis advisor: G. Anglada PhD dissertation
• 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-Monge 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
• Josep M. Masqué 2005,
  BIMA 3 mm observations of L723,
  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