Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V

1. Front Matter

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2. Plenary Sessions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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3. PLENARY SESSIONS

   1. New Insights into X-ray Binaries

      • J. Casares

      Pages 3-14

   2. OSIRIS: Final Characterization and Scientific Capabilities

      • Jordi Cepa

      Pages 15-26

   3. Gravitational Lenses: An Update

      • Emilio E. Falco

      Pages 27-38

   4. First Scientific Results from the ALHAMBRA: Survey

      • A. Fernández-Soto

      Pages 39-49

   5. Magnetic Fingerprints of Solar and Stellar Oscillations

      • Elena Khomenko

      Pages 51-63

   6. The Search for Gravitational Waves: Opening a New Window into the Universe

      • Alicia M. Sintes

      Pages 65-76

4. Sea Prize

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 78-78

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5. SEA PRIZE

   1. Formation, Evolution and Multiplicity of Brown Dwarfs and Giant Exoplanets

      • J. A. Caballero

      Pages 79-90

6. Galaxies and Cosmology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 92-92

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7. GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY

   1. An Overview of the Current Status of CMB Observations

      • R. B. Barreiro

      Pages 93-102

   2. The Anisotropic Redshift Space Galaxy Correlation Function: Detection on the BAO Ring

      • Enrique Gaztañaga, Anna Cabre

      Pages 103-110

   3. UKIDSS: Surveying the Sky in the Near-IR

      • E. A. González-Solares, B. P. Venemans, R. G. McMahon, S. J. Warren, D. J. Mortlock, M. Patel et al.

      Pages 111-117

   4. Galaxies Hosting AGN Activity and Their Environments

      • Isabel Márquez, Josefa Masegosa

      Pages 119-126

   5. The QUIJOTE CMB Experiment

      • J. A. Rubiño-Martín, R. Rebolo, M. Tucci, R. Génova-Santos, S. R. Hildebrandt, R. Hoyland et al.

      Pages 127-135

8. The Galaxy and Its Components

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 138-138

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9. THE GALAXY AND ITS COMPONENTS

   1. The AB Doradus System Revisited: The Dynamical Mass of AB Dor A

      • J. C. Guirado, I. Martí-Vidal, J. M. Marcaide, L. M. Close, J.-F. Lestrade, D. L. Jauncey et al.

      Pages 139-145

   2. Spectrophotometry with Gaia

      • C. Jordi, J. M. Carrasco, C. Fabricius, F. Figueras, H. Voss

      Pages 147-154

   3. The Least Massive (Sub)Stellar Component of the Milky Way

      • E. L. Martín, V. J. S. Béjar, H. Bouy, J. Licandro, B. Riaz, F. Rodler et al.

      Pages 155-162

Astronomy is a scienti?c discipline that has developed a rapid and impressive growth in Spain. Thirty years ago, Spain occupied a purely anecdotal presence in the international context, but today it occupies the eighth position in the world in publication of astronomical articles, and, among other successes, owns and op- ates ninety per cent of the world’s largest optical telescope GTC (Gran Telescopio Canarias). The Eighth Scienti?c Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Espanol ˜ a de Astronom´ a, SEA), held in Santander in July 7–11 2008, whose p- ceedings are in your hands, clearly shows the enthusiasm, motivation and quality of the present Spanish astronomical community. The event brought together 322 participants, who represent almost 50% of Spanish professional astronomers. This percentage, together with the continuously increasing, with respect to previous SEA meetings, number of oral presentations and poster contributions (179 and 127 respectively), con?rms that the SEA conferences have become a point of reference to assess the interests and achievements of astrophysical research in Spain. The most important and current topics of modern Astrophysics were taken into accountat thepreliminarymeeting,aswell as the numberandqualityofparticipants and their contributions, to select the invited speakers and oral contributors. We took a week to enjoy the high quality contributions submitted by Spanish astronomers to the Scienti?c Organizing Committee. The selection was dif?cult. We wish to acknowledge the gentle advice and commitment of the SOC members.

• Astronomical instrumentation
• Cosmology
• Milky Way
• Observatories
• Plantary Science
• Solar Physics
• Teaching and outreach of astronomy
• astrophysics
• galaxies

• Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

  Jose M. Diego, J. Ignacio González-Serrano

• Depto. Física Moderna, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

  Luis J. Goicoechea

• Depto. Astrofísica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  Javier Gorgas

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