Àgueda Costafreda, Neus (Date of defense: 2008-04-28)
We have developed a Monte Carlo model to simulate the transport of solar near-relativistic (NR; 30-300 keV) electrons along the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), including adiabatic focusing, pitch-angle ...
Zabalza de Torres, Victor (Date of defense: 2011-05-13)
Gamma-ray binaries are systems that comprise a young, massive star and a compact object that can be either a young pulsar or a black hole. They emit radiation from radio up to tens of TeV and show flux ...
Rodríguez Gasén, Rosa (Date of defense: 2011-05-06)
Gradual SEP events is one of the greatest hazards in space environment, particularly for the launch and operation of spacecraft and for manned exploration. Predictions of their occurrence and intensity ...
Vilardell Sallés, Francesc (Date of defense: 2009-03-09)
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is an excellent distance calibrator in the Cosmological Distance Ladder. We present the first direct distance determination to M31 using eclipsing binaries (EBs). EBs provides ...
Fortuny, Didac (Date of defense: 2015-07-13)
According to climate projections for the end of the twenty-first century, regional responses to global warming include a strong and widespread drying over the northern Mediterranean, particularly intense ...
Antoja Castelltort, M. Teresa (Date of defense: 2010-04-30)
One of the most intriguing features of the stellar velocity distribution in the solar neighbourhood is the existence of moving groups. At present, the origin of these kinematic structures is far from ...
Balaguer Núñez, María Dolores (Date of defense: 2006-01-16)
The aim of this thesis, devised as a collaboration between Spain and China, is the characterization of the open clusters NGC 1807, NGC 1817, NGC 2548 and NGC 2682, as well as the analysis of the results ...
Ortiz Carbonell, Ada Natalia (Date of defense: 2003-10-10)
The aim of this thesis is the study of the total and spectral solar irradiance variability induced by the presence of small magnetic elements that emerge into the solar photosphere. It is important to ...
Caballero García, María Dolores (Date of defense: 2008-06-27)
En esta tesis utilizamos los instrumentos de altas energías del satélite INTEGRAL para hacer espectroscopía y la cámara OMC para hacer fotometría de dos tipos diferentes de objetos ...
Marcos Matamoros, Raül (Date of defense: 2016-02-09)
This thesis studies the benefits of different calibration approaches on seasonal forecasting and the improvement of seasonal prognosis of water resources and forest fires. Droughts and wildfires are an ...