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This volume contains the Proceedings of the Fourth Scientific
Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Espanola de
Astronomfa, SEA). The meeting was held at the Universidade de
Santiago de Compostela in Galicia from September 11 to 14, 2000.
The event brought together 156 participants who pre- sented their
latest results in many different subjects. In comparison with the
previous scientific meetings of the Society, the numbers of oral
talks and poster contributions (95 and 51, respectively) are
rapidly increasing, confirming that the SEA conferences are
becoming a point of reference to assess the interests and
achievements of astrophysical research in Spain. During the
meeting, the SEA made public the granting of the Prize to the Best
Spanish Ph. D. Thesis in As- tronomy and Astrophysics for the
period 1998-1999 to Dr. H. Socas. This is the first time that the
SEA is awarding this prize, which aim is to encourage young spanish
astrophysicists to pursue a high level scientific career. The
Society is indebted to the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela,
and, in particular, to the Observatorio Astronomico Ramon Marfa
Aller, for its hospi- tality. The Local Organizing Committee took
care of all the logistics details to ensure a nice stay for all the
participants. The effort of the Scientific Organizing Committee was
decisive in determining the organizational and scientific success
of the meeting.
This volume documents the contributions presented at the III
Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA).
Covering a wide range of topics, the 92 contributed papers give a
comprehensive overview of the current state of Spanish astronomy.
The Proceedings include special reviews dealing with the
cosmological evolution of star-forming galaxies, the nature of
cosmic gamma-ray bursts, infrared astrophysics with ISO, and the
distance scale after Hipparcos, with special emphasis on the
development of the next generation of instruments to propel
astrophysical research into the new century. The contents of these
Proceedings thus reflect the broad interests of the Spanish
astronomical community. The significance of these proceedings can
hardly be exaggerated, since here, for the first time, the SEA
publishes the proceedings of its own scientific meeting. The
intended audience is professional astronomers and graduate
astronomy students worldwide.
Astronomy is a scienti?c discipline that has developed a rapid and
impressive growth in Spain. Thirty years ago, Spain occupied a
purely anecdotal presence in the international context, but today
it occupies the eighth position in the world in publication of
astronomical articles, and, among other successes, owns and op-
ates ninety per cent of the world's largest optical telescope GTC
(Gran Telescopio Canarias). The Eighth Scienti?c Meeting of the
Spanish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Espanol a de Astronom a,
SEA), held in Santander in July 7-11 2008, whose p- ceedings are in
your hands, clearly shows the enthusiasm, motivation and quality of
the present Spanish astronomical community. The event brought
together 322 participants, who represent almost 50% of Spanish
professional astronomers. This percentage, together with the
continuously increasing, with respect to previous SEA meetings,
number of oral presentations and poster contributions (179 and 127
respectively), con?rms that the SEA conferences have become a point
of reference to assess the interests and achievements of
astrophysical research in Spain. The most important and current
topics of modern Astrophysics were taken into accountat
thepreliminarymeeting, aswell as the numberandqualityofparticipants
and their contributions, to select the invited speakers and oral
contributors. We took a week to enjoy the high quality
contributions submitted by Spanish astronomers to the Scienti?c
Organizing Committee. The selection was dif?cult. We wish to
acknowledge the gentle advice and commitment of the SOC members."
This volume contains the Proceedings of the Fourth Scientific
Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Espanola de
Astronomfa, SEA). The meeting was held at the Universidade de
Santiago de Compostela in Galicia from September 11 to 14, 2000.
The event brought together 156 participants who pre- sented their
latest results in many different subjects. In comparison with the
previous scientific meetings of the Society, the numbers of oral
talks and poster contributions (95 and 51, respectively) are
rapidly increasing, confirming that the SEA conferences are
becoming a point of reference to assess the interests and
achievements of astrophysical research in Spain. During the
meeting, the SEA made public the granting of the Prize to the Best
Spanish Ph. D. Thesis in As- tronomy and Astrophysics for the
period 1998-1999 to Dr. H. Socas. This is the first time that the
SEA is awarding this prize, which aim is to encourage young spanish
astrophysicists to pursue a high level scientific career. The
Society is indebted to the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela,
and, in particular, to the Observatorio Astronomico Ramon Marfa
Aller, for its hospi- tality. The Local Organizing Committee took
care of all the logistics details to ensure a nice stay for all the
participants. The effort of the Scientific Organizing Committee was
decisive in determining the organizational and scientific success
of the meeting.
This volume documents the contributions presented at the III
Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA).
Covering a wide range of topics, the 92 contributed papers give a
comprehensive overview of the current state of Spanish astronomy.
The Proceedings include special reviews dealing with the
cosmological evolution of star-forming galaxies, the nature of
cosmic gamma-ray bursts, infrared astrophysics with ISO, and the
distance scale after Hipparcos, with special emphasis on the
development of the next generation of instruments to propel
astrophysical research into the new century. The contents of these
Proceedings thus reflect the broad interests of the Spanish
astronomical community. The significance of these proceedings can
hardly be exaggerated, since here, for the first time, the SEA
publishes the proceedings of its own scientific meeting. The
intended audience is professional astronomers and graduate
astronomy students worldwide.
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