Académicos del Departamento de Astronomía
Bronfman,
Leonardo
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Leonardo
Bronfman
Teléfono:56
(2) 2 977 1113
E-mail: leo[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Nubes Moleculares, Formación
Estelar, Estructura Galáctica.
Ph.D. en Astrofísica,
1986, U. de Columbia,EEUU.
Áreas
de Interes
My
main line of research is the
large scale distribution and
the physical properties of
molecular clouds and regions
of massive star formation
in the Milky Way. I carry
on large scale surveys of
the millimeter and sub millimeter
line and continuum emission
to determine statistically
the physical properties of
the gas and dust involved
in the formation of massive
stars. The most interesting
regions from these large data
bases are selected for individual
studies, at the highest resolution
and sensitivity available,
to unveil the fairly unknown
earliest phases of massive
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Campusano,
Luis
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Luis
Campusano
Teléfono:56 (2) 2 977
1100
E-mail: luis[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Cuasares, Cosmología.
Ph.D. en Astrofísica,
1992, U. de Toulousse,
Francia.
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Casassus,
Simón
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Simón
Casassus
Teléfono:56
(2) 2 977 1137
E-mail: simon[at]das.uchile.cl
Webpage: http://www.das.uchile.cl/~simon/
Línea de Investigación:
Nebulosas Planetarias,
Formación Estelar.
Ph.D. en Astrofísica,
1999, U. de Oxford, Reino
Unido.
Áreas
de Interes
I
am involved in the study
of interstellar and circumstellar
media. My areas of interests
are:
1.
The emission mechanisms
at cm-wavelengths as diagnostics
of the ISM, motivated
by the discovery of a
new component of radio
continuum emission, presumably
due to `spinning dust’.
This work is mostly based
on observations with the
CBI radio-interformeter.
2. The
nature of the cm-wave
continuum in planetary
nebulae (PNe).
3. The
heterogeneity of the ISM
on 100pc scales, using
¹²C/¹³C
as tracer of the mixing
of stellar yields. This
work is based on optical
high-resolution spectroscopy
of molecular absorption
lines.
4. High-resolution
IR spectroscopy of planetary
nebulae (PNe) aimed at
constraining isotopic
ratios throught the hyper-fine
structure of ionic emission
lines.
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Costa,
Edgardo
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Edgardo
Costa
Teléfono:56
(2) 2 977 1116
E-mail: costa[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Astrometría: Paralajes
- Movimientos Propios
- Cinemática del Grupo
Local, Cúmulos Abiertos
- Estructura Espiral.
Lic. en Astronomía, 1978,
U. de Chile
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Escala,
Andrés
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Andrés
Escala
Teléfono:56
(2) 2 977 1134
E-mail: aescala[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Theoretical Astrophysics/Numerical
Simulations, Massive Black
Hole Mergers and Growth,
Star and Galaxy Formation.
Ph.D. Yale University,
2004.
Dr. En Cs. Universidad
de Chile, 2004
Área
de Interes
My
research interests spans
in a broad range of topics
in theoretical astrophysics,
using both analytical
and numerical (SPH and
AMR techniques) approaches.
My current interests are:
BH Mergers, BH Growth
and Star/Galaxy Formation.
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Garay,
Guido
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Guido
Garay
Teléfono:56
(2) 2 977 1140-41
E-mail: guido[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Medio Interestelar, Formación
Estelar.
Ph.D. en Astronomía, 1983,
U. de Harvard, EEUU.
Área
de Interes
My
research focus primarely
on the study of a range
of phenomena that are
associated with the early
stages of massive star
formation: compact regions
of ionized gas, massive
and dense molecular cores,
ionized jets, bipolar
molecular outflows, and
accretion disks. The goal
is to determine the physical
characteristics and dynamics
of these objects in order
to get a deeper understanding
of how massive stars are
formed and evolve. To
accomplish this, I carry
out single dish and interferometric
observations at millimeter
and centimeter wavelengths.
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Hamuy,
Mario
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Mario
Hamuy
Teléfono:56
(2) 2 977 1101
E-mail: mhamuy[at]das.uchile.cl
Webpage: http://www.das.uchile.cl/~mhamuy/
Línea de Investigación:
Supernovas, Cosmología.
Ph.D. en Astronomía, 2001,
U. de Arizona, EEUU.
Área
de Interes
I
am interested in the study
of supernovae. I am the
principal investigator
of the Millennium Center
for Supernova Studies
(MCSS), which includes
5 professors, 4 postdocs,
4 PhD students and more
than 10 undergraduates.
Our activities involve
a nearby supernova search
program (CHASE) using
the PROMPT robotic telescopes
located at Cerro Tololo,
the development of our
own 50 cm robotic telescope,
and photometric and spectroscopic
followup of selected supernovae.
The main goal of the MCSS
is the study of the physics
of supernovae and their
use as distance indicators.
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Hardy,
Eduardo
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Eduardo
Hardy
E-mail:
ehardy[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Galaxias, Poblaciones
Estelares, Cosmología.
Ph.D. en Astronomía, 1976,
U. of Indiana, EEUU.
Área
de Interes
Galaxies,
Stellar Populations, Cosmology.
Representante
en Chile, Associated Universities
Inc., National Radio.
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Lira,
Paulina
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Paulina
Lira
Teléfono:
56 (2) 2 977 1138
E-mail: plira[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Galaxias Activas, Galaxias.
Ph.D., en Astronomía,
1999., U. de Edimburgo,
Reino Unido.
Área
de Interes
I
am mostly interested in
AGN, at low and high redshift.
We are trying to understand
the variability properties
of a large sample of AGN
using the QUEST optical
camera and NIR data from
the UltraVista and VIDEO
surveys. Also, we are
following a small sample
of local well known Seyferts
using the SMARTS telecopes
to determine their optical
and NIR light curves.
I'm also interested in
the obscuration properties
of AGN and we are studying
the dusty torus for a
well defined sample of
nearby Seyferts using
IR imaging in the 1-10
um range and with ALMA
in the near future. Finally,
I'm also interested in
the feedback mechanisms
operating in AGN and powerfull
starburst, for which we
are starting a program
trying to determine the
presence of large scale
winds in nearby ULIRGs
and high-redshift galaxies
and in binary Black Holes,
which can be searched
using spectropolarimetric
observations.
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López,
Sebastián
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Sebastián
López
Teléfono:
56 (2) 2 977 1135
E-mail: slopez[at]das.uchile.cl
Webpage: http://www.das.uchile.cl/~slopez/
Línea de Investigación:
Medio intergaláctico,
Lentes gravitacionales.
Ph.D. en Astronomía, 1999,
U. of Hamburg, Hamburg,
Alemania.
Área
de Interes
My
research interest is focused
on studying the Intergalactic
Medium via QSO and GRB
Afterglow absorption Lines.
Using high-R spectroscopy
the IGM can be probed
almost all along the Hubble
time and over 10 orders
of magnitude in HI column
density, from the Ly-alpha
forest through the damped
Ly-alpha galaxies.
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Mardones,
Diego
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Diego
Mardones
Teléfono:
56 (2) 2 977 1143
E-mail: dmardone[at]das.uchile.cl
Webpages: http://www.das.uchile.cl/~diego
Línea de Investigación:
Formación estelar.
Ph.D. en Astronomía,
1998, U. de Harvard, EEUU.
Área
de Interes
I
am interested in studying
all aspects of the star
formation process itself.
In particular in the closest
low mass star forming
regions in the southern
hemisphere such as Chamaeleon,
Lupus, Corona Australis
and in mid-distance southern
massive star forming regions
in the first galactic
quadrant.
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Maza,
José
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José
Maza
Teléfono:
56 (2) 2 977 1102
E-mail: jmaza[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Supernovas, Galaxias Seyfert,
Cuasares.
Ph.D., en Astronomía,
1979, U. de Toronto, Canada
Premio Nacional
de Ciencias 1999
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Méndez,
René
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René
Méndez
Teléfono:
56 (2) 2 977 1117
E-mail: rmendez[at]das.uchile.cl
Webpage: http://www.das.uchile.cl/~rmendez/
Línea de Investigación:
Estructura Galáctica,
Cinemática y Dinamica
Estelar, Astrometría.
Ph.D., en Astronomía,
1995, Yale University,
EEUU.
Área
de Interes
My research focuses on
the use of state-of-the-art,
high-accuracy, astrometric
techniques on digital
detectors to address various
problems of astrophysical
interest, using also other
complementary tools such
as optical and near-IR
photometry, numerical
(Monte-Carlo type) simulations,
and Galactic structure
models. My specific topics
of interest include:
• Studies of the
solar neighborhood (within
~30 pc of the Sun): How
complete is our census
of the solar vicinity,
especially in the southern
hemisphere? What is the
shape of luminosity function,
especially for low mass
stars? What is the space-density
of nearby low-mass stellar
systems?
• Galactic Structure
and Kinematics: Comparisons
between star-count models
and observations. What
are the global Galactic
structural parameters?
What is the nature of
the Galactic thick-disk?
What is the extent and
shape of the Galactic
Halo? What is the nature
of dark-matter?
• Satellite Galaxies
of the Milky Way: Dynamical
status through their present-day
positions, radial velocity
and proper-motions. The
relationship between star-formation
episodes in these galaxies
and their orbital properties.
The Milky Way Gravitational
potential at great distances
from the Galactic Center
(> 50 000 pc).
• Currently I am
involved in the NPARSEC
program (acronyms for
NTT Parallaxes of Southern
Extremely Cool Objects),
led by Dr. Richard Smart
at the Osservatorio Astronomico
di Torino in Italy, and
which is a major ESO Large
Program that will perform
high precision astrometric
observations on ~100 nights
over the next 3 years
with the near-IR instrument
SOFI at the ESO-La Silla
NTT 3.5m telescope, for
a sample of about 60 L
and T-type nearby brown
dwarfs.(see http://parsec.oato.inaf.it/nparsec.php)
to obtain their trigonometric
parallaxes with an expected
accuracy of 2 milli-arc-seconds,
or less.
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Muñoz,
Ricardo
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Ricardo
Muñoz
Teléfono:
56 (2) 2 977 1133
E-mail: rmunoz[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Galaxia esferoidales enanas,
Materia oscura, Estructura
del halo galactico, Nubes
de Magallanes.
Ph.D. Astronomía,
2008, Universidad de Virginia,
EEUU.
Área
de Interes
My current interests are
focused primarily on the
evolution of dwarf galaxies
(particularly dwarf spheroidal
galaxies) and their interactions
with our Milky Way. My
work involves observational
and computational (N-body
simulations) studies of
these systems aimed at
understanding the role
that Galactic tides play
in shaping their properties.
Dwarf spheroidal galaxies
are the faintest and possibly
the darkest (most dark-matter
dominated) kind of galaxies
in the universe. Besides
being interesting systems
in their own right, they
provide us with significant
constraints on current
cosmological models and
can potentially teach
us something about the
nature of dark matter.
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Rojo,
Patricio
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Patricio
Rojo
Teléfono:
56 (2) 2 977 1136
E-mail: projo[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Planetas extrasolares,
Asteroides del Sistema
Solar, Poblaciones Estelares.
Ph.D. Astronomía,
2006, Cornell University,
EEUU.
Área
de Interes
I
study both extrasolar
planets and minor bodies
of the Solar System using
ground based telescopes.
In the former area, I
specialize in exoatmospheric
characterization through
the study of high-precision
transmission and/or emission
spectra during transit
or occultation, respectively.
I am also interested in
targeted radial velocity
exoplanet surveys and
in the photometric monitoring
of transit events to detect
temporal variation. I
also participate in minor
body surveys and binary
characterization. Other
areas of research include
stellar populations in
the solar neighbourhood.
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Rubio,
Mónica
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Mónica
Rubio
Teléfono:
56 (2) 2 977 1111
E-mail: mrubio[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Nubes de Magallanes, Medio
Interestelar, Nubes Moleculares,
Formación Estelar.
Ph.D. en Astrofísica,
1992, U. de París,
Francia.
Área
de Interes
My
main stream research is
the study of the properties
and physical conditions
of molecular clouds in
the LMC and SMC, and its
relation to massive star
formation. The LMC and
SMC offer a unique laboratory
to perform this study.
Their proximity and their
different conditions of
the ISM, constitute very
good systems to study
the formation of molecular
clouds and the star formation
process in low metallicty
environments. The results
of these investigations
can give important clues
to these processes in
the early universe, where
the abundance of heavier
elements and the content
of dust was much lower.
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Ruíz,
María Teresa
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María
Teresa Ruíz
Teléfono:
56 (2) 2 977 1115
E-mail: mtruiz[at]das.uchile.cl
Línea de Investigación:
Enanas Blancas, Estrellas
cercanas, Cúmulos
Estelares.
Ph.D. en Astrofí,sica,
1975, U. de Princeton,
EEUU.
Premio Nacional
de Ciencias 1997
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