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 ...
Balaguer Núñez, María Dolores (Date of defense: 2006-01-16)
The aim of this thesis, devised as a collaboration between Spain and China, is the characterization of the open clusters NGC 1807, NGC 1817, NGC 2548 and NGC 2682, as well as the analysis of the results ...