Analysis of some classical and quantum aspects of black holes 

    Gabbanelli, Luciano (Date of defense: 2019-11-04)

    For ninety years we have known that our universe is in expansion. Cosmological data favor an unknown form of intrinsic and fundamental uniform energy contributing approximately 68% of the total energy budget in the current ...

    Chemical and dynamical analysis of Open Clusters in the context of the Milky Way disc 

    Casamiquela Floriach, Laia (Date of defense: 2017-06-23)

    This thesis has as a main purpose the determination of the chemical composition of Open Clusters for the study of the chemical gradients in the Galactic disc with: Galactocentric radius, position above the plane, and ...

    Collapse scenarios in magnetized star-forming regions 

    Juárez Rodríguez, Carmen (Date of defense: 2017-06-26)

    Turbulence, magnetic fields and gravity driven flows are important for the formation of new stars. Although magnetic fields have been proven to be important in the formation of stars, only a few works have been done ...

    Coupling fluid-dynamics and non-thermal processes to study sources of high-energy emission 

    Moreno de la Cita, Víctor (Date of defense: 2017-04-28)

    In this thesis we have developed a tool for the computation of non-thermal emission in astrophysical sources. The code reads the hydrodynamic data coming from relativistic hydrodynamic simulations and compute the injection, ...

    The cross-correlation among tracers of the underlying large-scale mass distribution in the universe 

    Pérez Ràfols, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2016-10-03)

    The work presented in this Ph.D. thesis is mostly related to the measurement and interpretation of the cross-correlation of different species. This is achieved using spectroscopic data from the BOSS survey of which I am a ...

    Dark energy in quantum field theory: Implications on modern cosmology 

    Moreno Pulido, Cristian (Date of defense: 2023-07-06)

    [eng] The Cosmological Constant, Λ, has been a controversial element in theoretical physics and cosmology since its introduction by Einstein in his field equations in 1917. Despite maintaining an irregular reputation over ...

    Detection, characterisation and use of open clusters in a Galactic context in a Big Data environment 

    Castro Ginard, Alfred (Date of defense: 2021-04-30)

    Open clusters are groups of stars, gravitationally bound together, that were born from the same molecular cloud and, thus, share similar positions, kinematics, ages and metallicities. Traditional methods to detect open ...

    The Dynamical State of Star-forming Regions, from Molecular Clouds to Massive Clumps 

    Lu, Zujia (Date of defense: 2022-04-26)

    Star formation is a fundamental and still largely unsolved problem of astrophysics and cosmology. Its complexity stems from the complex interaction of turbulence, magnetic fields and gravity, and from the onset of different ...

    Exploring Signatures of New Physics in Cosmology 

    Bellomo, Nicola (Date of defense: 2020-01-24)

    Cosmology is the study of the origin and evolution of our Universe as a whole. Even if the theoretical framework of Cosmology was developed a century ago, with the formulation of General Relativity by Albert Einstein, it ...

    Exploring the Universe with Quasar Absorption Spectra: correlations among tracers of the mass density field and the impact of ionizing background intensity fluctuations 

    Gontcho, Satya Gontcho A (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)

    The work we present in this manuscript revolves around the use of quasar spectra to probe the Universe. Absorption features in the electromagnetic spectrum of bright distant quasars by ionized hydrogen give us access to ...

    From the Precision Era towards the Accuracy Era of Cosmology with DESI 

    Brieden, Samuel (Date of defense: 2022-09-14)

    [eng] Despite the successes of the cosmological ΛCDM model and having entered the "Precision Era of Cosmology" there are still open questions. The principal model ingredients, ΛCDM, contribute to ~95% of the total energy ...

    High Energy Processes in Active Galaxies 

    Torres i Albà, Núria (Date of defense: 2019-10-14)

    This thesis has as an objective the study of very energetic phenomena in the central regions of active galaxies. Intense star formation is triggered by mergers of galaxies, and the funneling of large quantities of gas ...

    Implications of Dynamical Dark Energy in the expansion of the Universe and the Structure Formation 

    de Cruz Pérez, Javier (Date of defense: 2021-04-16)

    En aquesta tesi s’estudien diferents models cosmològics, tots ells caracteritzats per considerar, de manera efectiva, una lleu evolució temporal de l’Energia Fosca, en contrast amb l’actual model estàndard de la cosmologia. ...

    Modeling and observations of relativistic outflows in high-energy binary systems 

    Molina Lumbreras, Edgar (Date of defense: 2021-09-29)

    Some binary systems consisting of a compact object, which can be either a neutron star or a black hole, and typically a non-degenerate companion star, have been shown to emit broadband radiation from radio up to gamma-ray ...

    Neutron-rich matter in atomic nuclei and neutron stars 

    González Boquera, Claudia (Date of defense: 2020-01-13)

    The proper understanding of the equation of state (EoS) of highly asymmetric nuclear matter is essential when studying systems such as neutron stars (NSs). Using zero-range Skyrme interactions and finite-range interactions ...

    Numerical Relativity studies in Anti-de Sitter spacetimes: Gravitational Collapse and the AdS/CFT correspondence 

    Santos-Oliván, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-07-12)

    In this thesis we study several open problems using Numerical Relativity on asymptotically Anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes. The understanding of the dynamics of AdS is interesting not only because of pure theoretical reasons ...

    Numerical simulations of primordial black holes­­­­­­­­­­ 

    Escrivá Mañas, Alberto (Date of defense: 2021-06-21)

    This thesis has been devoted to the study of the gravitational collapse of spherically symmetric perturbations on a Friedman-Robertson-Walker (FRW) universe filled by a perfect fluid. Large cosmological perturbations ...

    Observational and theoretical perspective of massive star formation 

    Añez López, José Ignacio (Date of defense: 2021-05-05)

    In this thesis, we are aimed to better understand the massive star formation process paying special attention to the role of the magnetic field. To do this, we will carry out a multi-scale analysis with a double approach, ...

    Observational consequences of Black Holes in the Universe: From dark matter candidates to quasars 

    Oncins Fernández, Marc (Date of defense: 2022-06-03)

    The existence of black holes that go beyond the mass given by their stellar origin has been known for some time. On the lower end, a subset of primordial black holes (PBHs) could form all of the dark matter with individually ...

    Primordial black holes and their implications for Inflation 

    Triantafyllou, Nikolaos (Date of defense: 2021-11-12)

    The standard cosmological model, ΛCDM, with the addition of an early inflationary phase, provides an accurate description of a nearly flat and homogeneous Universe, at large scales, which expands at an accelerated ...