XI IAU Regional Latin American Meeting of Astronomy

Volumen 26

Agosto 2006

• Topic 1: Solar Physics and Planetary Systems
• Topic 2: Interstellar Medium and Star Formation
• Topic 3: Stellar Evolution, Stellar Activity, and Binaries
• Topic 4: Galactic Structure, Local Group, and Stellar Populations
• Topic 5: Galaxies, Large Scale Structure, and Cosmology
• Topic 6: Compact Objects, AGNs, and High Energy/Cosmic Ray Astrophysics
• Topic 7: Science with ALMA and Astronomical Instrumentation

Table of Contents
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Preface
L. Infante & M. Rubio
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Group Photograph
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List of Participants
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Topic 1: Solar Physics and Planetary Systems

Exploring the Kuiper Belt with the Magellan Telescopes
J. L. Elliot, S. D. Kern, A. A. S. Gulbis, & J. F. Kane
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New numerical models on giant planet formation
A. Fortier, A. Brunini, & O. G. Benvenuto
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Topic 2: Interstellar Medium and Star Formation

Keys to Spitzer Observations of Luminous Star Forming Regions
F. Boulanger & M. Rubio
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Radio observations of Wolf-Rayet ring nebulae
C. E. Cappa
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The maternities of high-mass stars
G. Garay
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Massive Star Formation
L. F. Rodríguez
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OH maser emission toward the young planetary nebula K3-35
Y. Gómez, D. Tafoya, G. Anglada, R. Franco-Hernández, J. M. Torrelles, & L. F. Miranda
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Using Planetary nebulae to determine the abundance gradient in the Galaxy
M. Peña, G. Stasinska, & S. G. Gorny
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High Resolution OH Maser Survey in Star Forming Regions
A. E. Ruiz-Velasco, V. Migenes, V. Slysh, & I. E. Val'tts
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The 3-D View of Planetary Nebulae
H. E. Schwarz & H. Monteiro
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Morpho-kinematic modeling of planetary nebulae
W. Steffen & J. A. López
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Topic 3: Stellar Evolution, Stellar Activity, and Binaries

High Resolution Spectra of Novae and the Quadratic Zeeman Effect
R. Williams & E. Mason
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Brown Dwarf and Very Low Mass Stars Search in Orion OB1a and OB1b asociations
J. J. Downes, C. Briceño, & J. Hernández
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Wack 2134 (= WR 21a): A New Wolf-Rayet Binary
V. S. Niemela, R. C. Gamen, G. R. Solivella, P. Benaglia, P. Reig, & M. J. Coe
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Accretion in young low intermediate mass stars
G. Pinzón, A. Seifahrt, & R. de la Reza
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Internal heating and thermal emission from old neutron stars: constraints on dense-matter and gravitational physics
A. Reisenegger, R. Fernández, & P. Jofré
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Evidence for rotation-induced mixing in evolved intermediate mass stars
R. Smiljanic, B. Barbuy, J. R. De Medeiros, & A. Maeder
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$\beta$ Coronae Borealis: Lithium and Cerium Contribution to the Blend at 6708Å
N. A. Drake, S. Hubrig, N. S. Polosukhina, & R. de la Reza
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Born Again Stars and their Offspring
M. M. Miller Bertolami & L. G. Althaus
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Physical parameters of RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster NGC 5466: The Oosterhoff dichotomy
V. Rojas López, A. Arellano Ferro, S. Giridhar, & D. M. Bramich
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Topic 4: Galactic Structure, Local Group, and Stellar Populations

Searching for ghosts in the galactic halo: What can we learn about the formation of the Galaxy from the stellar halo?
L. A. Aguilar, A. G. A. Brown, & H. Velázquez
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Understanding the Stellar Initial Mass Function
R. B. Larson
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Sub-Structures in the Halo of the Milky Way
A. K. Vivas, R. Zinn, Y. Subero, & J. Hernández
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Probing Galactic structure with MUSYC
M. Altmann, R. A. Méndez, W. van Altena, V. Korchargin, M. T. Ruiz, & the MUSYC collaboration
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The pre-main sequence population of NGC 6530 in M8
J. I. Arias, R. H. Barbá, & N. I. Morrell
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Carbon and Oxygen Galactic Gradients
L. Carigi, M. Peimbert, C. Esteban, & J. García-Rojas
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Confirmation of Halo Substructure using Quest RR Lyrae Data: The New Virgo Stellar Stream (VSS)
S. V. Duffau, R. Zinn, A. K. Vivas, R. A. Méndez, G. Carraro, R. Winnick, & C. Gallart
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Deep photometric studies in the Third Quadrant: NGC 2467
R. C. Gamen, R. Barbá, M. Rubio, R. A. Méndez, & D. Minniti
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Spectroscopy of blue and yellow long-period variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud
R. E. Mennickent, L. S. Cidale, G. Pietrzynski, W. Gieren, & B. Sabogal
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Old Main-Sequence Turnoff Photometry in the SMC
N. E. D. Noël, C. Gallart, E. Costa, & R. A. Méndez
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The Proper Motion of the Large Magellanic Cloud: A Reanalysis
M. H. Pedreros, E. Costa, & R. A. Méndez
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Stellar populations in the Calán-ESO catalogue. The luminosity function and kinematics of dwarfs
M. Radiszcz, R. A. Méndez, & M. T. Ruiz
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Light Echoes of Supernovae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
A. Rest, N. B. Suntzeff, R. C. Smith, K. Olsen, A. Zenteno, J. L. Prieto, C. Stubbs, A. Garg, P. Challis, A. C. Becker, G. A. Miknaitis, A. Miceli, D. L. Welch, A. Clocchiatti, D. Minniti, L. Morelli, K. H. Cook, S. Nikolaev, & M. Huber
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Argo and Other Tidal Structures around the Milky Way
H. J. Rocha-Pinto, S. R. Majewski, & M. F. Skrutskie
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Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disk via Simulations of the Open Cluster System
T. E. Tecce, L. J. Pellizza, & A. E. Piatti
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Chemical abundances in the Galactic Bulge: evidence for a fast enrichment
M. Zoccali, D. Minniti, B. Barbuy, V. Hill, A. Lecureur, A. Renzini, Y. Momany, A. Gómez, & S. Ortolani
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Radial abundance gradients as observational constraints of galactic evolution: planetary nebulae and other objects
W. J. Maciel, L. G. Lago, & R. D. D. Costa
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Dynamical 3-D evolution of nearby young moving groups
V. G. Ortega, R. de la Reza, & E. Jilinski
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Topic 5: Galaxies, Large Scale Structure, and Cosmology

Near-Field Cosmology with Horizontal Branch
and RR Lyrae Stars
M. Catelan
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A Dimensional Study of Disk Galaxies (An excuse to Talk about the Hubble Sequence)
X. Hernandez & B. Cervantes-Sodi
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The most luminous radio galaxies
M. S. Longair
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The Evolution of Galaxies in Compact and Fossil Groups
C. Mendes de Oliveira
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Studying Stellar Populations at High Spectral Resolution
G. Bruzual
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The dynamical state of massive galaxy clusters
E. S. Cypriano, L. Sodré Jr., J.-P. Kneib, & L. E. Campusano
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Stellar Populations in Elliptical Galaxies of Compact Groups
I. G. de la Rosa, R. R. de Carvalho, A. Vazdekis, & B. Barbuy
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Census of the star-forming galaxy population at z < 1.5
D. F. de Mello
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The source of metals in the high-redshift Lyman-$\alpha$ forest
S. Lopez
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Metallicity Gradient and The Hybrid Formation Scenario for Early-Type Galaxies
R. L. C. Ogando, M. A. G. Maia, P. S. S. Pellegrini, C. Chiappini, R. P. Schiavon, & L. N. da Costa
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Polarization Spectrum of CMB Obtained from the Cosmic Background Imager
R. A. Reeves, R. Bustos, S. Torres, & A. Readhead
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Kinematics of the nuclear region of M83
I. Rodrigues, R. J. Díaz, H. Dottori, E. Mediavilla, M. P. Agüero, & D. Mast
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Galaxy Formation and Supernova Feedback
P. B. Tissera, C. Scannapieco, S. D. M. White, & V. Springel
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Analisys of the Luminosity-Stellar Mass-Metallicity Relation in cosmological simulations
M. E. De Rossi, P. B. Tissera, & C. Scannapieco
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Galaxy-galaxy interactions and star formation activity in hierarchical scenarios
J. Perez, P. B. Tissera, C. Scannapieco, D. G. Lambas, & M. E. De Rossi
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Effects of chemical and energy feedback in the formation of galaxies
C. Scannapieco, P. B. Tissera, S. D. M. White, & V. Springel
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Estimation of a possible time variation of the electron mass from CMB observations
C. Scóccola, S. J. Landau, & H. Vucetich
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Topic 6: Compact Objects, AGNs, and High Energy/Cosmic Ray Astrophysics

Starbursts and AGN Fueling through Secular Evolution
F. Combes
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Signatures of mass accretion onto AGN from sub-parsec to kiloparsec scales
T. Storchi-Bergmann
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Accretion of Stellar Winds in the Galactic Centre
J. Cuadra, S. Nayakshin, V. Springel, & T. Di Matteo
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The Fate of Massive Black Holes in Gas-Rich Galaxy Mergers
A. Escala, R. B. Larson, P. S. Coppi, & D. Mardones
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Spatially-resolved mid-IR spectroscopy of NGC 1068
R. E. Mason, T. R. Geballe, C. Packham, N. A. Levenson, M. Elitzur, R. S. Fisher, & E. Perlman
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Hadronic gamma-ray production in microquasars with equatorial winds
M. Orellana & G. E. Romero
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AGN Unification and the X-ray and Infrared Backgrounds
E. Treister, C. M. Urry, & P. Lira
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Topic 7: Science with ALMA and Astronomical Instrumentation

ALMA: Exploring the Outer Limits of Astronomy
A. Wootten
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FRIDA: Diffraction limited imaging and integral field spectroscopy with GTC
J. A. López, V. Bringas, S. Cuevas, J. J. Díaz, S. Eikenberry, C. Espejo, R. Flores, F. J. Fuentes, J. Gallego, F. Garzón, P. L. Hammersley, R. Pelló, A. Prieto, B. Sánchez, & A. Watson
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Abstracts of Contributed Papers
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Author Index
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