Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics II: Proceedings of the 4th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, September 11–14, 2000

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Extracting Cosmological Information from Galaxy Spectra and Observations of High-Redshift Objects....Pages 1-8
A new Code for Hydrodynamical Simulations in Cosmology....Pages 9-12
The Probability Distribution of Formation Times of Dark-Matter Haloes....Pages 13-16
Comparison between Disk-Like Objects Formed in Hierarchical Hydrodynamical Simulations and Observations of Spiral Galaxies....Pages 17-20
Evolution of the Star Formation Rate in Different Cosmological Scenarios....Pages 21-24
Evolution of the Star Formation Rate at Z∼0.2 and Z∼0.4 from H α ....Pages 25-28
Generalized Hubble Law, Violation of the Cosmological Principle and Supernovae....Pages 29-32
Cataclysmic Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts....Pages 33-36
Search for Gamma Ray Burst Quasi Simultaneous Optical Emission with BOOTES-1....Pages 37-40
Supernovae at High Redshift: Cosmological and Astrophysical Implications....Pages 41-48
VLBI Imaging of the Gravitational Lenses B1422+231 and MG J0414+0534....Pages 49-52
Daily Monitoring of the Gravitational Lens QSO 2237+0305 at the Nordic Optical Telescope....Pages 53-56
Host Galaxies: A New Approach to Distinguish Lensed and Binary Quasars....Pages 57-60
Physical Parameters in Relativistic Jets from Compact Symmetric Objects....Pages 61-64
The Origin of S0 Galaxies in Clusters....Pages 65-68
The Galaxy Cluster Core....Pages 69-72
The Coma Cluster of Galaxies: Spectral Classification and Star Formation with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Spectroscopic Commissioning Data....Pages 73-76
Star-Forming Galaxies from the UCM-CIDA-YALE Survey....Pages 77-80
Seyfert Galaxies at the Mid-Infrared: ISOCAM Observations....Pages 81-84
Dynamics of Galaxy Interactions....Pages 85-92
NGC253: An Infrared View....Pages 93-96
Characterization of the Star Formation in the Local Universe....Pages 97-100
Star Formation Activity in the Local Universe....Pages 101-104
A Stellar Library of H and He Line Absorption Profiles at High Resolution....Pages 105-108
HI Properties of Luminous Blue Compact Galaxies in the Local Universe....Pages 109-112
An HST Archival Study of Massive Young Clusters....Pages 113-116
Study of Chemical Abundances and Ionizing Populations in Extragalactic HII Regions....Pages 117-120
Chemical Evolution Models along the Hubble Sequence....Pages 121-124
Statistical Study of Luminosity Profiles of Galaxies Using a Bulge-Disk-Spiral Composite Model....Pages 125-128
Structure and Morphology of Disk Galaxies with Visible and NIR Surface Photometry....Pages 129-132
The λ4000Å Break in Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 133-136
The near-IR Ca II Triplet: Empirical Calibration and Stellar Populations Synthesis Models....Pages 137-140
Ram-Pressure Stripping on Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 141-144
Tidal Disruption of Galactic Dwarf Galaxies: Clues for the Formation of the Milky Way....Pages 145-148
Stellar Populations in Virgo Bright Spheroidals....Pages 149-152
An Empirical Method to Derive Distances to Stellar Clusters....Pages 153-156
The Star Population of the Young Open Cluster NGC 1893....Pages 157-160
Revisiting the Open Cluster M35....Pages 161-164
Late-Type Stellar Population of Young Moving Groups....Pages 165-168
Spatial and Kinematic Structure of the Solar Neighbourhood....Pages 169-172
Spiral Structure Parameters in the Solar Neighbourhood....Pages 173-176
Are Black Holes Fussy Eaters?....Pages 177-184
Nonlinear Evolution of R-Modes in Rotating Relativistic Stars....Pages 185-188
Strangeness in Proto-Neutron Stars: Evolutionary Implications....Pages 189-192
A Divergence-Free High-Resolution Code for MHD....Pages 193-196
Collimated Ejections in Planetary Nebulae....Pages 197-200
Signposts of Massive Stars Evolution into the Interstellar Medium: NGC 2359....Pages 201-204
Gaseous Components of Protoplanetary Disks....Pages 205-208
Jets from T Tauri Stars....Pages 209-212
Detection of Weak Magnetic Fields in Hot Stars....Pages 213-216
Luminosity and Kinematic Calibration of FGK Stars Using a Maximum Likelihood Method....Pages 217-220
Oxygen Abundances in Very Metal-Poor Stars....Pages 221-224
Spectral Observations of the Very Low Mass Flare Binary Wolf 424 AB....Pages 225-228
Automatic Classification of Optical Sources Candidates to Be in the post-AGB Stage....Pages 229-232
Non-LTE Inversion of Spectral Lines and Stokes Profiles....Pages 233-240
New Strategies on the Analysis of Spectral Lines....Pages 241-248
Non Adiabatic Effects in Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Solar Atmosphere....Pages 249-252
Fast and Alfvén MHD Waves in Sheared Coronal Arcades....Pages 253-256
Gradual Solar Energetic Particle Events in Space Weather....Pages 257-260
Observations of Interactions between Giant Vortices in the Atmosphere of Jupiter: 1997–2000....Pages 261-264
Effect of N 2 on H 2 O Infrared Absorption Bands: Applications to Triton and Pluto....Pages 265-268
A Comparative Study of Moist Convection on Jupiter and Saturn....Pages 269-272
The Influence of Decreasing Mass on the Orbits of Wide Binaries: An Approach to the Problem....Pages 273-276
Resonances and Lyapunov Stability for Lagrange Equilibria of Orbiting Dust....Pages 277-280
On the Construction of Focal-Type Orbital Elements and Their Application to the Zonal Gravitational Harmonics....Pages 281-284
Towards a Canonical Reduction of a Class of Perturbed Gylden Systems....Pages 285-288
Photometric Lunar Occultations....Pages 289-292
CCD Scanning Technique Applied to Millisecond Photometric Observations....Pages 293-296
The GTC: Two Years from First Light....Pages 297-300
Image Quality at the GTC Site....Pages 301-304
Canaricam: An Infrared Camera Spectrograph for the Spanish Gran Telescopio Canarias....Pages 305-308
Development of a Network of Standard Stars for the Infrared between 1 and 30 Microns....Pages 309-312
Laser Guide Star for Segmented Telescopes....Pages 313-316
Laser Guide Star at the Canary Islands Observatories....Pages 317-320
Present and Future Instrumentation on the Calar Alto Observatory....Pages 321-324
Drift-Scan Observations with the Venezuelan Schmidt Telescope. Astrometric Potential....Pages 325-328
The New Astronomical Facilities at Monte Faro....Pages 329-332
LIRIS (Long-Slit Intermediate Resolution Infrared Spectrograph)....Pages 333-336
Astrometry and Photometry with Robotic Telescopes....Pages 337-340
INES: The IUE Archive in Spain....Pages 341-344
Extreme and Far Ultraviolet Observations from EURD after Three Years of Mission....Pages 345-348
GAIA: A Six-Dimensional View of Our Galaxy....Pages 349-352
Much More Than a Question of Terminology....Pages 353-356
The Impact of Spanish Astrophysics in the 1990’s....Pages 357-360
Mid-IR Science Post-ISO: What to do with Canari-Cam on the GTC....Pages 361-361
An Infrared View of Seyfert Galaxies....Pages 362-362
Optical and Near-IR Spectrophotometry of the Galaxy NGC1068....Pages 363-363
On the Intensity of the Extragalactic X-ray Background....Pages 364-364
Empirical Calibration of the Mg I Line at 8807 Å....Pages 365-365
Studies of Star-Forming Galaxies at High-Z. I: Detection Limits for the Cosmos Survey....Pages 366-366
Studies of Star-Forming Galaxies at High-Z. II: The First Results of Cosmos K Band Survey....Pages 367-367
Mid Infrared Properties of Star-Forming Galaxies of the UCM Sample....Pages 368-368
Fast Magnetohydrodynamic Oscillations in Prominence Fine Structures....Pages 369-369
A New Application Mode of Docobo’s Analytical Method for Visual Double Star Orbits Calculation Using the Hipparcos Parallaxes....Pages 370-370
The Orbit and Flaring Activity of CR Dra....Pages 371-371
Speckle Interferometry Camera of the Astronomical Observatory R.M. Aller: The First Results....Pages 372-372
Spectroscopic Analysis of the Extremely Active Binaries: BK Psc and XX Tri....Pages 373-373
Counterrotating Molecular Disk in the Spiral NGC 3593....Pages 374-374
ISO Spectroscopy of the Proto-Planetary Nebula IRAS 17423-1755 (Hen 3-1475)....Pages 375-375
IAC Gravitational Lenses Monitoring Program: Difference Signals from 2.5 Years of QSO 0957+561 Observations....Pages 376-376
Radio Astronomy at the Robledo Deep Space Station....Pages 377-377
Luminosity Function for Quasars: Samples from Areas of the Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 378-378
Non-Equilibrium Structures in Dissipative, Self-Gravitating Systems....Pages 379-379
The Life and Death of C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)....Pages 380-380
Water Vapour Measurements at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos....Pages 381-381
The Rotation Period of the Trans-Neptunian Object 1995 SM55....Pages 382-382
On Periodic Orbits of the Photogravitational Restricted Three Body Problem....Pages 383-383
A Sample of Large Angular Size Radio Galaxies....Pages 384-384
Numerical Treatment of Some San Fernando Observations of Planets....Pages 385-385
Orbits for the Double Stars WDS 15186+2356 and WDS 15347+2655....Pages 386-386
The Local Association Moving Group: Late-Type Members and Age Subgroups....Pages 387-387
A Study of AE UMa: Is It a δ Scuti Variable?....Pages 388-388
Design of the GAIA Mission Simulator....Pages 389-389
Violent Stellar Bursts. Observational Programme with ISO....Pages 390-390
Detection of the Planetary Nebula IC 4997 at 7 Millimetres with the VLA....Pages 391-391
Chromospheric Activity, Lithium and Radial Velocities of Late-Type Stars Members of Young Stellar Kinematic Groups....Pages 392-392
A New Analysis of the Correlation between Activity and Rossby Number in Late-Type Stars....Pages 393-393
The Structure and Dynamical Properties of the Cluster of Galaxies Abell 548....Pages 394-394
CC-Pol — The Canaricam Polarimetry Module....Pages 395-395
MOSES: A Synchrotron Radio Emission Code for Supernovae....Pages 396-396
Widespread Ethanol in Galactic Center Clouds....Pages 397-397
A Spectroscopic Study of HD 89890....Pages 398-398
The Host Galaxies of Intermediate and High Redshift Radio Quasars....Pages 399-399
Morphological Parameters of Nearby Active and Normal Galaxies....Pages 400-400
An Experimental Setup for the Characterization of Ices of Astrophysical Interest....Pages 401-401
A Flat Baryonic Universe?....Pages 402-402
Data Reduction Pipeline for EMIR, the Near-IR Spectrograph for GTC....Pages 403-403
Identification of λ Bootis Stars Using the Ines Archive....Pages 404-404
Physical Parameters for the Export Sample: Rotational Velocities and Temperatures....Pages 405-405
WSO/UV: World Space Observatory/Ultraviolet....Pages 406-406
Back Matter....Pages 407-409