Centro de Astrofísica

Opportunities

Expression of interest - outreach
The Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto opens a period of reception of "expression of interest" in order to recruit an outreach collaborator for a 2 month period.
Applications from 16 to 24 May
Position in the field of extragalactic astrophysics
The Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto opens a call for one Research Fellowship to work with Dr. Andrew Humphrey and the Galaxies and Cosmology group.
Applications from 16 to 30 May
Research assistantship grant
The Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto invites applications for a "Bolsa de Investigação" with a maximum duration of 18 months.
Applications from 23 May to 6 June
Position in the field of extra-solar planets
The Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto opens a call for one Research Fellowship to work in the extra-solar group.
Applications from 17 May to 30 June
Research Fellowship in the field of Astero and Helio-Seismology
The Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto opens a call for one Research Fellowship to work in the "Origin and Evolution of Stars and Planets".
Applications from 21 May to 30 June
PhD-level positions in the field of extra-solar planets
The Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto opens a call for 3 PhD level student positions.
Applications from 21 May to 30 June
Expression of interest - research
The Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto invites expressions of interest from interested researchers.
Applications from 21 May to 30 June
Vacancy for a Professor Auxiliar Convidado on the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the U.Porto
Until 31 May

Conferences

Towards Other Earths II: The Star-Planet Connection
15 to 19 September 2014

Training

Cookie seminar
Age and mass determination of low mass pre-main sequence stars
Ana C. S. Rei - 29 May, 13:30
Cookie seminar
Cosmological evolution and couplings of four relevant Dark Energy models
Pauline Vielzeuf - 29 May, 13:00
Advanced courses
Dwarf Galaxies
Polychronis Papaderos - 6 June

Outreach

Astrocamp 2013
Content available in Portuguese only

Preprints

Asteroseismology of KIC11754974: a high-amplitude SX Phe pulsator in a 343-day binary system
S. J. Murphy, A. Pigulski, D. W. Kurtz, J.-C. Suárez, G. Handler, L. Balona, B. Smalley, K. Uytterhoeven, R. Szabó, A. O. Thygesen, V. G. Elkin, M. Breger, A. Grigahcène, J. A. Guzik, J. M. Nemec, J. Southworth
KOI-200 b and KOI-889 b: two transiting exoplanets detected and characterized with Kepler, SOPHIE and HARPS-N
G. Hébrard, J.-M. Almenara, A. Santerne, M. Deleuil, C. Damiani, A. S. Bonomo, F. Bouchy, G. Bruno, R. F. Díaz, G. Montagnier, C. Moutou
The Mass-Metallicity relation explored with CALIFA:
I. Is there a dependence on the star formation rate?
S. F. Sánchez, F. F. Rosales-Ortega, B. Jungwiert, J. Iglésias-Páramo, J. M. Vílchez, R. A. Marino, C. J. Walcher, B. Husemann, D. Mast, A. Monreal-Ibero, R. Cid Fernandes, E. Pérez, R. González Delgado, R. García-Benito, L. Galbany, G. van de Ven, K. Jahnke, H. Flores, J. Bland-Hawthorn, Á. R. López-Sánchez, V. Stanishev, D. Miralles-Caballero, A. I. Díaz, P. Sánchez-Blázquez, M. Mollá, A. Gallazzi, P. Papaderos, J. M. Gomes, N. Gruel, I. Pérez, T. Ruiz-Lara, E. Florido, A. de Lorenzo-Cáceres, J. Mendez-Abreu, C. Kehrig, M. M. Roth, B. Ziegler, J. Alves, L. Wisotzki, D. Kupko, A. Quirrenbach, D. J. Bomans, E. Calabrese

Astronews

portuguese only

24 years of Research, Education and Outreach
Created in 1989, the Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto has played an essential role in portuguese Astronomy. >>
7 May 2013

Kepler, SOPHIE and HARPS-N observe two new exoplanets with eccentric orbits
An international team of astronomers, including CAUP researcher Alexandre Santerne, characterized two new exoplanets, thanks to… >>
29 April 2013

Astrocamp gets a second edition
Registration has opened for the second edition of Astrocamp, the only astronomy summer camp in Portugal. >>
18 March 2013

Astronomy Day
The Astronomy Day will present to students and their parents the current status of Astronomy in Portugal. >>
7 January 2013