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SEVERO OCHOA CENTER
2018 - 2022

       




INTRODUCTION

The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) has obtained the Severo
Ochoa Center of Excellence distinction, an accreditation that recognizes the
centers that carry out basic border research and are among the best in the world
in their area of work. They stand out for their high competitiveness, their
ambitious strategic plans, high quality production and great capacity to attract
talent. Endowed with a budget of one million euros annually for four years, the
badge forms part of the Subprogram of Institutional Strengthening of the State
Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation.

The Severo Ochoa centers have been selected for their trajectory in the five
years of reference quoted in the call and their strategic programs, after a
rigorous evaluation by an international committee made up of top-level
researchers and renowned prestige in their respective fields. This guarantees
the quality, the level of excellence and the impact of the research carried out
by the selected centers.

The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is the only Andalusian
center with the Severo Ochoa distinction.

Severo Ochoa Centers



 


SO-IAA PROJECT

The IAA holds a solid and unique position in astrophysics and space research in
Spain, being the largest astrophysics research center in the CSIC. Its
multidisciplinarity and experience in multi-range astronomy favor the existence
of transversal synergic projects.

Our stated objective is to transform the IAA into one of the leading institutes
of astrophysics and space science in Europe and to develop its research and
structure at a level such that the IAA is placed in a privileged position for
the exploitation of the next generation of advanced experiments and innovators.
For this, we will take advantage of the opportunities offered by our Calar Alto
Observatory (CAHA) management to occupy unique niches in observational astronomy
and continue to use it as a technological test bed. We will strengthen our
position in participation in international space missions, such as JUICE or
Solar Orbiter. We will focus on participation in the SKA, an international
effort to build the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the world,
which will play a transformative role in astrophysics. We will also participate
in the instrumentation for the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the
largest optical telescope to date (class 40m). On the way to these long-term
objectives, we will carry out preparatory work for the SKA through the
scientific exploitation of its precursors currently in operation and under
construction (MeeRKAT, ASKAP, JVLA, LOFAR) and we will operate the telescopic
facilities of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) .

The technological development achieved in recent years has allowed to reach an
angular resolution in the observations of the order of tens of milliseconds of
arc (even better with very long base interferometry), which correspond
approximately to the Earth-Sun distance in the regions of formation of the
closest massive stars and they are sufficient to separate individual stars in
galaxies of the local group. Likewise, it has been possible to reach spectral
resolution limits of the order of 1 m / s, which allows us to detect planets
similar to the Earth around nearby stars. CARMENES is particularly competitive
in this context, since it has been specially designed for the detection of
planets similar to the Earth in contrast to other existing instruments. Combined
with our better understanding of complex chemistry and the corresponding
spectroscopic signatures of planetary atmospheres, this means that we are now in
a position to connect the minute to the big and explore the interrelationship
between planets, stars and galaxies, not only at multiple wavelengths. wave, but
also on multiple scales that span many spatial scales. With this perspective in
mind, our scientific strategy will be based on three scientific pillars that
focus on and intertwine increasing spatial scales:

 1. Towards the understanding of planetary systems
 2. Star formation in the Milky Way and the Local Universe
 3. Galaxy Evolution and Cosmology



 


COMMITTEES

Scientific Director 

 * Dr. Isabel Márquez

Steering Committee

 * Dr. Isabel Márquez
 * Prof. Antonio Alberdi
 * Dr. Rainer Schödel
 * Dr. Pepa Masegosa
 * D. Francisco Tapia

Scientific Committee

 * Dr. Isabel Márquez
 * Dr. José Luis Ortiz
 * Prof. Jose Manuel Vílchez
 * Dr. Olga Muñoz
 * Dr. Rainer Schödel

External scientific advisory committee

 * Prof. You-Ha Chu. Academia Sinica, Institute of astronomy and Astrophysics.
   ASIAA.
 * Prof. Athena Coustenis. CNRS LESIA, Paris-Meudon.
 * Prof. Angeles I. Diaz. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.
 * Prof. Holland Ford. John Hopkins University, EEUU.
 * Prof. Valentin Martinez Pillet. National Solar Observatory, EEUU.
 * Prof. Michael Perryman. University College Dublin.
 * Prof. Luis Felipe Rodriguez. CRYA, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
 * Prof. Eduardo Ros. Max Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie. Alemania.
 * Prof. Nicholas Thomas. Universidad de Berna, Physikalisches Institut.
 * Prof. Silvia Torres Peimbert. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.



 


SO-IAA SUPPORT OFFICE

The SO-IAA Support Office aims to support the SO project and the scientific
activity of the IAA-CSIC. This structure includes the following areas or fields
of work:

 *     SO-IP: International projects
 *     SO-TT: Technology Transfer
 *     SO-VA: Visitor Assistance

The SO-IAA Support Office, in addition to bringing together and coordinating
these 3 areas of work, has been assigned the following functions

 1.     Management of the Severo Ochoa project: management of the visitor,
    colloquia and recruiting programmes; monitoring of the execution of the
    expenditure; coordination of the document management and economic
    justification; SOMMa communication;
 2.     Executive assistance to the IAA management in actions related to the
    strategic plan/SO-IAA
 3.     SO-IAA Institutional Communication
 4.     Coordination of protocol and organization of public events and external
    activities of the EPI related to the SO-IAA

 

Given the transversal nature of the work of the SO-IAA Technical Office, in
addition to its own associated human resources, the SO-IAA Technical Office
works in a coordinated manner and in collaboration with the General Services
Unit, the Computing Center, the Communication Unit and the Instrumental and
Technological Development Unit of the IAA-CSIC. The SO-IAA Technical Office
reports and is accountable to the following committee members: SO Director: IAA
Director, SO Scientific Director and IAA Manager.

Contact person: Alicia Pelegrina (Head of the SO-IAA Support Office):

severoochoa [at] iaa.es

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