The O-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars experience strong mass-loss with efficient dust condensation and they are major sources of dust in the interstellar medium. Alumina dust (Al2O3) is an important dust component in O-rich circumstellar shells and it is expected to be fairly abundant in the winds of the more massive and O-rich AGB stars

During HST Cycle 19, we obtained long-slit spectra using STIS of the planetary nebula NGC 3242 with higher spatial resolution than previously published. The full wavelength range is around 1100-10200Å, covering many nebular lines for determining numerous ionic abundances and electron densities and temperatures. In this work, we first analyze the

On 20 August 2010 an energetic disturbance triggered large-amplitude longitudinal oscillations in a large fraction of a nearby filament. The triggering mechanism appears to be episodic jets connecting the energetic event with the filament threads. We analyzed this periodic motion to characterize the underlying physics of the oscillation as well as

This thesis is focused in the study of the quiet Sun photosphere. In particular, in the high speed magnetized flows that can be observed in the solar surface. These events are distinguishable through the detection of highly distorted Stokes V profiles that trace the presence of magnetic plasma which is moving with very high velocities. We have

We study a hundred of galaxies from the spectroscopic Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) with individual detections in the far-infrared Herschel Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer bands (100 or 160 μm) and in the GALEX far-ultraviolet band up to z ˜ 0.4 in the COSMOS and Lockman Hole fields. The galaxies are divided into four spectral and

We show that recently documented trends in galaxy sizes with mass and redshift can be understood in terms of the influence of underlying cosmic evolution; a holistic view which is complimentary to interpretations involving the accumulation of discreet evolutionary processes acting on individual objects. Using standard cosmology theory, supported