Morales Peralta, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2010-06-14)
The comparison between stellar structure models and observations of low-mass stars revealed that the stellar radii predicted by models for these stars are about 10% lower than observed, while effective ...
Vilardell Sallés, Francesc (Date of defense: 2009-03-09)
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is an excellent distance calibrator in the Cosmological Distance Ladder. We present the first direct distance determination to M31 using eclipsing binaries (EBs). EBs provides ...