Interstellar Medium, Star Formation Group

Departament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona (IEEC-UB)

Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (CSIC-IEEC)

Publications

• List of publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings

People

Permanent positions

• Robert Estalella, Full Professor (UB) (email: robert.estalella@ub.edu)
• Josep M. Girart, Titular researcher (ICE CSIC) (email: girart@ice.cat)
• Rosario López, Titular Professor (UB) (email: rosario@fqa.ub.edu)
• José María (Chema) Torrelles, Research Professor (ICE CSIC) (email: chema.torrelles@gmail.com)

Postdocs

• Gemma Busquet (email: busquet@ice.cat)
• Inma Sepúlveda (email: inma@rocknrock.com).

Graduate Students

• Nacho Añez (email: anyez@ice.csic.es)

Former members of the group

• Felipe de O. Alves, graduate student until 2011. At present, Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching.
• Guillem Anglada, Temporary Titular Professor until 1997. At present, IAA (CSIC), Granada.
• Maria T. (Maite) Beltrán. At present, INAF-Osservatorio Astofisico di Arcetri, Florence.
• Jordi Buj, graduate Student until 1988.
• Pau Frau, graduate student until 2012.
• Carmen Juárez, graduate student until 2017.
• Josep M. Masqué, graduate student until 2012. At present, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico.
• Oscar Morata, graduate student until 2001. At present, ASIAA, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Aina Palau, graduate student and postdoc until 2014 At present, IRyA (UNAM), Morelia, Mexico.
• Marco Padovani, postdoc until 2014 At present, INAF-Osservatorio Astofisico di Arcetri, Florence.
• Josefa Pastor, graduate student until 1992.
• Angels Riera, Titular Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, deceased 2017 September 27.
• Álvaro Sánchez-Monge, graduate student until 2011. At present, I. Physikalisches Institut der Universität zu Köln.
• Eva Villuendas, Graduate Student until 1996.

Workshops, symposia

• Medi interestel·lar i radioastronomia a Catalunya: el llegat de Robert Estalella (2017)
• 2nd Barcelona Star-Formation Workshop (2008)
• Barcelona 2006 Mini Workshop on Star Formation and Astrochemistry

Thesis completed in the group

Ph.D. Thesis

• Carmen Juárez 2017, Collapsed scenarios in magnetized star-forming regions, Thesis advisors: J.M. Girart, A. Palau. Thesis tutor: R. Estalella
• 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 PhD dissertation
• Felipe O. Alves 2011, Magnetic fields in star-forming regions: a multi-wavelength approach, Thesis advisor: J.M. Girart PhD dissertation
• 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
• Josep 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

• Alexandra Vasiliu 2019, Dust properties within BHB07-11 protoplanetary disk, Advisors: J. M. Girart, G. Busquet, Tutor: R. Estalella
• Carlos Roberto Gutiérrez Chaves 2017, Characterizing filaments harboring high-mass star formation, Advisors: G. Busquet, R. Estalella
• Carmen Juárez 2012, Imaging of star-formation regions with AIPS, Advisor: R. Estalella
• 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. (Maite) Beltrán 1998, Estudi de les fonts excitadores de fluxos moleculars i objectes Herbig-Haro en el medi interstel·lar, Advisor: R. Estalella
• Eva Villuendas 1996, Estudio en radio continuo de objetos estelares jóvenes de baja luminosidad, Advisor: G. Anglada
• Oscar Morata 1993, Estudi en CS de regions de formació estel·lar, Advisors: G. Anglada, R. Estalella
• Inma Sepúlveda 1993, Estudio en NH3 de regiones de formación estelar, Advisor: G. Anglada
• Josep M. Girart 1992, Estudio de la emisión centimétrica en la región de formación estelar IRAS 16293-2422, Advisor: R. Estalella
• Jordi Buj 1987, Observacions de CS a núvols moleculars, Advisor: R. Estalella

Utilities

Molecular spectroscopy in Astrophysics (Serena Viti)

Notes of the course by Serena Viti (UCL), 2010 December.

• Lecture 1
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3

Making RGB images with PhotoShop from 3 monochromatic images (R, Estalella)

• 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 (Nuria Calvet)

PowerPoint files from the graduate course by Nuria Calvet, 2005 April.

• Propiedades de los YSO
• Origen del exceso IR
• Discos de acreción
• Efectos del polvo
• Evolución viscosa
• Evolución del polvo