In this line of research, new non-invasive microscopy techniques with high optical sectioning are developed, such as confocal microscopy, structured illumination microscopy (SIM) or digital holographic microscopy (DHM).
Development in the implementation of 3D image capture techniques based on taking multiple images with different perspectives. This multi-perspective information allows both the reconstruction of the original 3D scene and the development of new 3D digital processing techniques.
Participation in the development of new acceleration techniques for future hadron colliders (HL-LHC, FCC) and e+e- (ILC, CLIC) and their possible applications in medicine.
Study of the possible experimental detection of the Hawking effect in analogue gravity models.
BeX star study, stellar spectroscopy, exoplanet.
Systems for the collection, processing and statistical treatment of data. Advanced database management applications. DWH design and implementation. Re-engineering of systems and client/server architectures. Data modelling. Document management. Multimodal systems. Hospital management.
The physics of neutrinos, antimatter and dark matter in astrophysics is explored. More specifically, solar neutrinos and the solar composition problem, the origin of positrons in our galaxy, and possible axion signals as dark matter candidates.
Characterisation of atmospheric aerosols from extinction measurements of solar irradiance and sky radiance. Dependence of atmospheric aerosols on the origin of air masses. Inversion methods to determine aerosol size distributions. Atmospheric correction. Study of the interrelationship of aerosols and clouds.
Development of correction methods for atmospheric disturbance in the data provided by artificial satellites.
Technical audits of ITS and ICT systems. Secretariat and management of European projects. Representation of the administration in standardisation and normalisation committees. Translation and evaluation of standards. Traffic and transport, ITS and ICT consultancy studies.
Extensions of the standard model are studied to explain the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry observed in the Universe, as well as its possible implications for experiments.
Analysis of the spatial distribution of aquatic organisms in relation to the environment and dispersal processes.
Calibration of remote sensing satellites by carrying out in situ measurements simultaneously with passing satellites. Implementation of in situ measurement stations in different parts of Spain (Doñana Natural Area, Almería, Barrax, etc.) and the world (Peru, Chile, etc.). Validation of algorithms.
The calibration and validation of products allows quantifying the accuracy and quality of the satellite derived products in order to provide us a temporal and spatial consistency against reference values and existing satellite products.
The main purpose is to take full advantage of remotely sensed data to map Essential Climate Variables (ECVs): LAI, FAPAR, PAR, canopy water content, biomass and land cover and/or ecosystem functional type. Maps of ECVs are produced from EO reflectance and other auxiliary data.
This line of research aims to study the spatio-temporal variability of temperature and precipitation, as well as other climatic elements, in the context of the theory of climate change in a vulnerable area such as the Mediterranean, with special emphasis on the Valencian territory.
Application of remote sensing techniques in the study of climatic processes, especially those related to radiation, energy and water balances on the Earth's Surface.
Design of algorithms for the numerical solution of the equations of relativistic magnetohydrodynamics.
Computer aided modeling of Astrophysical plama.
Adaptation of parallel codes of the HYDRA Consortium –cosmological structure simulations– to apply them to the study of the Rees-Sciama, lensing and Sunyaev-Zel´dovich effects. Statistical analysis of the resulting maps, and comparison of the results with observational data.
We use the time delays in gravitationally lensed quasars to measure cosmological distances and then use them to constrain the properties of the dark energy that is driving the accelerating expansion of our Universe.
Cosmological simulations including primordial magnetic fields. Comparison with simulations without magnetic field and study of the effects of the field on the dynamics of cosmological structures.
Study of quantum phenomena where gravitation plays a fundamental role, such as in the vicinity of black holes or the very early universe.
Search for candidates for the bulk of the non-luminous matter in the Universe. Theoretical study of different models providing dark matter candidates and their signals in direct or indirect detection experiments, as well as in cosmological observables.
Analysis of ATLAS and LHCb data at the LHC accelerator and physics studies for future linear accelerators.
Reconstruction of gravitational collapse signals from the core of massive stars. Catalogues of signals by magneto-rotational, neutrino and acoustic mechanisms. Obtaining physical parameters. Comparison of Bayesian inference techniques and Split-Bregman algorithms.
Development of new detection techniques and systems for particle physics based on silicon detectors (micro-bands and pixels) for the new colliders, HL-LHC and the future linear collider (ILC).
WEB systems for access to databases. Semantic WEB, Ontologies and metadata. RDS dissemination systems and DATEX protocol data exchange systems. Development of WEB services. Mobile applications. Electronic forms, payment services and secure information processing.
Diffractive lenses are very interesting elements because they are compact, lightweight and economical optical components. In this line of research, new designs are being developed for application in ophthalmology in the form of both intraocular (IOL) lenses and contact lenses.
Optical devices for manipulating pulses of tens of femtoseconds by using diffractive optical elements allowing spatial control of the wavefront of the pulsed beam, as well as the shaping of the temporal envelope of the ultra-short pulses.
Development of distributed computing using GRID techniques.
Study of the relation between the self-gravitating N-particle issue in general relativity and the dark matter and dark energy phenomena on galactic and cosmological scales.
Simulations of large cosmological volumes including dark matter and gas. Analysis of statistical descriptors and comparison with observational data. Study of cosmological gaps.
Study of the symmetries and parameters that characterise different solutions of Einstein’s equations from concomitants of the curvature tensor. Analysis of the concept of the intrinsic state of gravitational radiation from the invariant properties of the Bel-Robinson tensor.
Analysis of data from the ANTARES and KM3NeT neutrino telescopes: study of cosmic neutrino sources, indirect search for dark matter and measurement of the neutrino mass hierarchy. Participation in the construction of KM3NeT: time calibration and design of the data acquisition control cards.
Only very recently we are starting to discover low-mass planets like Earth. Microlensing searches are probably the most powerful probe for finding planets like Earth in the habitable zone. We work with a large international collaboration towards this extraordinary objective.
Study of the evolution of extragalactic jets and the relevant factors in the evolution (power, mass loading by gas clouds and stellar winds within the progenitor galaxy, development of instabilities...). Effects on the progenitor galaxy.
Spectral characterization of natural surfaces is carried out by measuring the irradiance and radiance in the field by means of spectrorradiometers to obtain the bidirectional reflectance factor. It is used to better understand the nature of the interaction of solar radiation with Earth surface.
Study objectives: improvements in the ckm matrix tests with the lhc results. clarification of the stresses in the b->s stresses in lhcb. Analysis of the model-independent quark flavour sector. Phenomenology of mfv models.
Simulation of galaxy formation and evolution including cooling and heating processes, metals and star formation. Study of stellar populations in galaxies: metallicity and age gradients. Comparison with observational data.
Fundamental and applied limnology: Dynamics and functioning of epicontinental aquatic ecosystems. Community structure and functional diversity. Assessment of environmental and conservation status. Microbial ecology in lentic ecosystems: Study of the composition and functionality of the microbial community by molecular techniques. Metagenomics. Metabarcoding and e-DNA Biogeochemistry and carbon balances in Mediterranean wetlands, fluxes of carbonate greenhouse gases. Effects of environmental properties and conservation status on the climate change mitigation capacity of lentic ecosystems. Ecotoxicology. Geographic information systems (GIS). Remote-sensing. Polar limnology.
We are conducting a new mid-infrared imaging survey to analyze the statistic on the “anomalous flux ratios” of lensed quasars to estimate the abundance of starless dark matter satellites in the lens galaxies.
Aims of study: Study of extended models with tau dipole moment. Properties of the dipole moments. Precise determination and how it can be measured at LHC. H/A interferometry of quasi-degenerate Higgs bosons with opposite CP. H/A mixing: CP violation effects.
Evolutionary and functional genomics.
GEOPORTAL (http://ceosspain.lpi.uv.es/) providing historical (since 2007) and real-time (less than 5 hours) products of the SEVIRI and MODIS sensors.
Non-perturbative studies in QCD: QCD at low energies and sum rules. Non-perturbative QCD calculations in the lattice.
Security analysis of computer systems, vulnerability detection, cryptography and secure communications. Mechanisms for the protection of personal data, traceability of information, privacy and security-oriented design. Data anonymization. Security audits. International regulations.
In a scenario of reduced precipitation in the Mediterranean expected for the 21st century, this pioneering line of research studies other water inputs to the hydrological system. The group is working on the analysis of hidden precipitation from fog water and its potential applications.
The goal is to combine different satellite data, particularly to exploit a synergistic use of actual remotely sensing programs. This offers a great potential for updating the production of vegetation parameters in quasi-real-time for applications.
Ecology of aquatic interactions and their applications.
Search for the most general definition of linear and angular 4-momentum proper to the universe. Use of this definition to determine whether the different models of the universe used in technical literature to explain the observations can be created (as quantum vacuum fluctuations).
Statistics of galaxy distribution and measurement of baryon acoustic oscillations.
The formulation of quantum field theories in a space-time lattice allows them to be solved from first principles by means of numerical simulations. Our aim is to apply this method to hadronic physics in QCD and to theories with dynamical symmetry breaking.
Electronic toll collection systems and mobile vehicles. Satellite and telephony location systems. GPS and GSM applications. V2V, V2I and I2V communication systems. Bluetooth, RFID and WIFI detection systems. Cooperative systems. Dynamic navigation.
This line covers the analysis, using numerical modelling, remote sensing and climate data, of the dynamic factors and processes that trigger meteorological hazards (torrential rains, forest fires and extreme temperatures) in the Mediterranean, in order to improve their prediction.
The main purpose is to take full advantage of remotely sensed data to map Essential Climate Variables (ECVs): LAI, FAPAR, PAR, canopy water content, biomass and land cover and/or ecosystem functional type. Maps of ECVs are produced from EO reflectance and other auxiliary data.
Modelling and design of waveguides and other photonic devices, such as photonic-crystal fibers, integrated semiconductor and dielectric guides and resonators, fibre optic lasers, or metamaterials.
The aim is to study the properties of extensions of the Standard Model in more than 3+1 dimensions and the possibility of constructing phenomenologically viable models.
Modified gravity in the Palatini formalism and applications in cosmology and black holes.
Traffic monitoring, vehicle magnetic fingerprint identification systems, DAI systems, applications for route and/or time optimisation, travel times, O/D matrices, GIS applications, geographic data representation and virtual simulation. Emergency management plans.
Use of time series of satellite images from 1981 to the present to study the Earth's surface dynamics.
Study objectives: possible structure of redshift and cosmic neutrinos. inclusion of sfermion mass effects in leptogenesis. Positron excess in the pamela/atic experiment and dark matter candidates. study objectives: non-perturbative contribution of the quark loop to the gluon propagator. Modifications to the dyson-schwinger equations due to the presence of QDC vacuum condensates finite energy sum rules and reanalysis of the b and d meson decay constants.
In this line we investigate particle physics models beyond the Standard Model that generate the mass and mixing structure of neutrinos, in particular those inspired by large- or small-scale see-saw models, with or without unification, radiative or supersymmetric models.
The aim is to design and optimise strategies to determine the neutrino mass matrix and to test models beyond the Standard Model with massive neutrinos.
Global analysis of data from solar, atmospheric, reactor and accelerator neutrino experiments. Experimental consequences of the existence of non-standard interactions. Neutrinos as probes in astrophysics (Sun, supernovae) and cosmology (CMB, LSS), neutrino astronomy.
Measurements of cosmic microwave radiation, the large-scale structure of the Universe and the abundance of light elements allow valuable information to be extracted about neutrinos and other relics of the Big Bang, which may be related to dark matter and dark energy.
Phenomenology of extended models, in particular supersymmetric ones, in particle accelerators and in particular the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Model-driven data prediction and analysis, looking for specific signals of new particles.
Development of algorithms to estimate physical and biophysical parameters from satellite data, such as temperature, albedo, reflectivity, land surface emissivity, thermal inertia, evapotranspiration, atmospheric water-vapour content.
We construct and analyse the phenomenological consequences of theoretical models that solve some open problems of the Standard Model, for example the nature of dark matter. In particular supersymmetric models.
We use the variability in lensed quasars produced by stellar microlensing to study the structure of quasar accretion disks, particularly their size as a function of wavelength as a probe of the temperature structure of the disk.
Effects of UVB radiation on humans. Prediction of the UVI (UltraViolet Index). Modelling of solar UV radiation on inclined planes. Measurements of solar UVB radiation and prediction of erythematic solar UV radiation under clear, cloudless skies.
Study of the properties of extragalactic jets in the innermost regions of active galaxies, such as stability, or the role of the magnetic field in the dynamics of the jets. In addition, we collaborate in the interpretation of radio interferometric observations of these objects.
Study of the evolution of relativistic jets and the interaction between relativistic pulsar winds and stellar winds in high-mass binary stars. These scenarios are interesting as potential sources of high-energy radiation.
Analytical and numerical study of single and dual (bifurcation) positioning. Selection of the true position in the case of bifurcation, and choice of the four satellites in the constellation that lead to minimum positioning errors. Pulsar navigation within the solar system.
Development of remote sensing and remote sensing techniques to improve the observational capacity of the climate system.
Improvement and adaptation of LST algorithms for various satellites, mainly MSG-SEVIRI, EOS-MODIS, and ENVISAT-AATSR. Design and development of angular field radiometry systems.
Remote sensing applications to environment, agriculture and water quality. Development of new sensors and Earth observation missions.
Use of remote, satellite or airborne sensors to measure the values of environmental variables related to the environmental properties, quality and ecological status of inland aquatic ecosystems.
Simulation of astrophysical processes emitting gravitational radiation (collapsars, collision of neutron stars in compact binaries, etc.). Obtaining the cosmological background of gravitational radiation from the formation of supermassive black holes and large-scale structures.
Targets of study: dark matter. Detection of wims by inelastic collision with nuclei. Shared leptonic asymmetry between leptons and sleptons may be relevant for leptogenesis. Phenomenology of supersymmetric models at LHC. Study of flavour theories in supersymmetry.
Study of the magnetic field configuration, persistent X-ray emission, and quasi-periodic oscillations in magnetars.
Study of supergravity, supersymmetry, space-time deformations and their consequences at low energies.
Study of cosmological models based on vector-tensor theories of gravitation with acceptable PPN parameters. Use of numerical codes CMBFAST, CAMB and COSMOMC, adapted to the new cosmologies, in order to estimate cosmological parameters and their compatibility with observational data.
Methodologies for the processing and analysis of time series using biophysical parameters and vegetation indices are developed to quantify changes. Vegetation dynamics is analyzed in terms of the intra-annual and inter-annual variability, which are related with vegetation phenology and trends.
Design of new vegetation indices relying on the use of canopy reflectance models as well as on field and laboratory spectroscopy. Vegetation indices are the most used parameters to study vegetation from remotely sensed data.
