Galaxies are the main constituents of the observable universe. Galaxies are complex systems composed of stars, gas, and dark matter. Many physical processes are involved in their formation and evolution: gravitational collapse, star formation, feedback, complex dynamics. Most galaxies are far away and cannot be properly resolved by our instruments. We only measure their global properties. They are diverse and thus many galaxies are necessary to understand the whole population. Moreover, galaxies need to be sampled at different epochs to understand their evolution.Large surveys are thus necessary for a comprehensive study of galaxies.
Our group is involved, works and analyses data of several large surveys.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). A five band photometric and spectroscopic survey of 8000 square degrees, sampling the local universe with approximately 1 million galaxy spectra.
Advanced Large, Homogeneous Area Medium Band Redshift Astronomical (ALHAMBRA) survey. A photometric survey of 4 square degrees in 20 medium band optical filters and 3 wide band near infrared filters.
Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC) survey. A one degree multiwavelength deep survey in four fields with extensive spectroscopic follow-up.
Galaxy Origins and Young Assembly (GOYA) survey. A NIR-visible survey to map 0.5 square degree of high-latitude sky to limiting AB magnitude Ks=22 (5-sigma, 1 arcsec aperture), and corresponding depths at U,B,V,R,I,J, using 4-m class telescopes, as well as public data in preparation for the EMIR spectrograph at GTC
Dark Energy Survey (DES). A five band photometric 5000 square degrees survey to be carried out with the DEcam at the 4m Blanco Telescope at Cerro Tololo.
VISTA Hemisphere Survey (VHS). A near infared 20000 square degrees in J and K to be carried out from the VISTA telescope.
Este proyecto Consolider Ingenio 2010 tiene como objetivo principal la preparación de un experimento competitivo a escala mundial para abordar un problema de la máxima actualidad en la frontera del conocimiento: la existencia y naturaleza de la energía oscura del Universo. El equipo proponente está formado por científicos que trabajan en disciplinas relacionadas aunque distintas, en concreto física de partículas, astrofísica y gravitación, tanto en sus vertientes teórica como fenomenológica y experimental, así como por ingenieros. Colectivamente, los grupos que lo integran están actualmente involucrados en proyectos importantes en este campo, con colaboraciones que interrelacionan a los distintos grupos. No obstante, con la solicitud de un proyecto Consolider Ingenio 2010, se proponen dar un paso más y liderar, intelectual y materialmente, un experimento que suponga un "salto cualitativo" en su contribución científica al problema concreto de la energía oscura, central en la Cosmología actual.
PI i Co-PI: Gaztañaga, E., E.Fernandez (Coordinador nacional) Participants: Castander, F. J., Crocce, H. M., Sopuerta, C. F., Fosalba, P., Lobo, A., Miralda, J. , Verde, L. , Jimenez, R. Institució Financiadora: MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN Y CIENCIA (MEC) Atres Institucions: IFAE, UValencia, IAA, CIEMAT, UAM
ALFA (América Latina - Formación Académica) is a programme of co-operation between higher education institutions of the European Union and Latin America.
¿Cómo se genera estructura en el Universo? El problema de la formación de galaxias y cúmulos de galaxias no se puede separar del problema general de la formación de estructuras a grandes escalas y de su relación con el problema de encontrar las condiciones iniciales y el contenido de materia y energía en el universo. Este vínculo interdisciplinar es el foco propio de esta nueva propuesta de I+D básica.
Special Action requested to the MEC to jump start the ALHAMBRA project: an investigation of galaxy cosmic evolution
PI i Co-PI: Moles, M Participants: Castander, F. J., et al Institució Financiadora: MEC Atres Institucions: IAA (main principal institution), IAC, Valencia
Our group activities are related to the general aims of Observational Cosmology: understanding the observed universe.
We are involved in several observational cosmology projects including: the Dark Energy Survey, Plank, LISA and LISA PathFinder, and ALHAMBRA.
Benítez, N., Gaztañaga, E., Miquel, R., Castander, F. J., Moles, M., Crocce, M., Fernández-Soto, A., Fosalba, P., Ballesteros, F., Campa, J., et al, Measuring Baryon Acoustic Oscillations Along the Line of Sight with Photometric Redshifts: The PAU Survey, Astrophysical Journal, 691, pp. 241-260, 2009, jan, cosmological parameters, large-scale structure of universe, 0807.0535, 10.1088/0004-637X/691/1/241
Pisano, D. J., Garland, C. A., Guzmán, R., Pérez-Gallego, J., Castander, F. J., Gruel, N., What Are the Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies?, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Funes, J. G., Corsini, E. M., 396, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, pp. 431-+, 2008, oct
Moles, M., Benítez, N., Aguerri, J. A. L., Alfaro, E. J., Broadhurst, T., Cabrera-Caño, J., Castander, F. J., Cepa, J., Cerviño, M., Cristóbal-Hornillos, D., et al, The Alhambra Survey: a Large Area Multimedium-Band Optical and Near-Infrared Photometric Survey, Astronomical Journal, 136, pp. 1325-1339, 2008, sep, cosmology: observations, galaxies: evolution, surveys, techniques: photometric, 0806.3021, 10.1088/0004-6256/136/3/1325
DePoy, D. L., Abbott, T., Annis, J., Antonik, M., Barceló, M., Bernstein, R., Bigelow, B., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Campa, J., Castander, F. J., Gaztañaga, E., et al, The Dark Energy Camera (DECam), Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 7014, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 2008, aug, 10.1117/12.789466
Moles, M., Aguerri, J. A. L., Alfaro, E. J., Benítez, N., Broadhurst, T., Cabrera-Caño, J., Castander, F. J., Cepa, J., Cerviño, M., Fernández Soto, A., et al, The ALHAMBRA Survey, Pathways Through an Eclectic Universe, Knapen, J. H., Mahoney, T. J., Vazdekis, A., 390, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, pp. 495-+, 2008, jun
Schneider, D. P., Hall, P. B., Richards, G. T., Strauss, M. A., vanden Berk, D. E., Anderson, S. F., Brandt, W. N., Fan, X., Jester, S., Gray, J., Castander, F. J., et al, SDSS-DR5 quasar catalog (Schneider+, 2007), VizieR Online Data Catalog, 7252, pp. 0-+, 2008, may, dr5qso.dat 77429x472 The SDSS Quasar Catalog IV, DR5
Adelman-McCarthy, J. K., Agüeros, M. A., Allam, S. S., Allende Prieto, C., Anderson, K. S. J., Anderson, S. F., Annis, J., Bahcall, N. A., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Baldry, I. K., Castander, F. J., et al, The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 175, pp. 297-313, 2008, apr, Atlases, Catalogs, Surveys, 0707.3413, 10.1086/524984
Oguri, M., Inada, N., Strauss, M. A., Kochanek, C. S., Richards, G. T., Schneider, D. P., Becker, R. H., Fukugita, M., Gregg, M. D., Hall, P. B., Castander, F. J., et al, The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Lens Search. III. Constraints on Dark Energy from the Third Data Release Quasar Lens Catalog, Astronomical Journal, 135, pp. 512-519, 2008, feb, cosmological parameters, cosmology: theory, gravitational lensing, 0708.0825, 10.1088/0004-6256/135/2/512
Inada, N., Oguri, M., Becker, R. H., Shin, M. -., Richards, G. T., Hennawi, J. F., White, R. L., Pindor, B., Strauss, M. A., Kochanek, C. S., Castander, F. J., et al, The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Lens Search. II. Statistical Lens Sample from the Third Data Release, Astronomical Journal, 135, pp. 496-511, 2008, feb, cosmology: observations, gravitational lensing, quasars: general, 0708.0828, 10.1088/0004-6256/135/2/496
Castander, F. J., The PAU camera, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 7014, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 2008, aug, 10.1117/12.789497
Castander, F. J., Dark Energy Survey Collaboration, , Cosmology with the Largest Scale Structures: Probing Dark Energy, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics IV, Figueras, F., Girart, J. M., Hernanz, M., Jordi, C., pp. 193-+, 2007
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007rg and 2007sb-2007sn, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1167, pp. 1-+, 2007, dec
González, V., Castander, F. J., Kauffmann, G., Can We Find Early-Type Galaxies with a Bluer Core Today?, Cosmic Frontiers, Metcalfe, N., Shanks, T., 379, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, pp. 302-+, 2007, dec
Castander, F. J., Simulating the Dark Energy Survey, Cosmic Frontiers, Metcalfe, N., Shanks, T., 379, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, pp. 285-+, 2007, dec
Garland, C. A., Pisano, D. J., Williams, J. P., Guzmán, R., Castander, F. J., Sage, L. J., The Nature of Nearby Counterparts to Intermediate-Redshift Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies. III. Interferometric Observations of Neutral Atomic and Molecular Gas, Astrophysical Journal, 671, pp. 310-322, 2007, dec, Galaxies: Fundamental Parameters, Galaxies: ISM, Galaxies: Kinematics and Dynamics, Galaxies: Starburst, 0708.2703, 10.1086/522514
Pisano, D. J., Garland, C., Guzman, R., Perez-Gallego, J., Castander, F. J., Gruel, N., Constraints on the Evolution of Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies from HI Observations, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, pp. 993-+, 2007, dec
Garland, C. A., Perez-Gallego, J., Castillo-Morales, A., Pisano, D., Guzman, R., Gallego, J., Castander, F. J., Gruel, N., Munoz, J., Zamorano, J., 3D Optical and Radio Spectroscopy of Nearby LCBGs: NGC 7673, A Case Study, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, pp. 993-+, 2007, dec
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007qz and 2007rc-2007rs, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1146, pp. 1-+, 2007, nov
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007qf-2007ra, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1139, pp. 1-+, 2007, nov
Goobar, A., Nichol, R., Molla, M., Castander, F. J., Miquel, R., Galbany, L., Romani, R., Zheng, C., Sako, M., Wheeler, C., et al, Supernova 2007qd, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1137, pp. 2-+, 2007, nov
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007oq-2007pj, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1128, pp. 1-+, 2007, nov
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007md and 2007mr-2007nl, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1104, pp. 1-+, 2007, oct
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007lf-2007mp, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1102, pp. 1-+, 2007, oct
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007ju and 2007kl-2007ld, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1098, pp. 1-+, 2007, oct
Adelman-McCarthy, J. K., Agüeros, M. A., Allam, S. S., Anderson, K. S. J., Anderson, S. F., Annis, J., Bahcall, N. A., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Baldry, I. K., Barentine, J. C., Castander, F. J., et al, The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 172, pp. 634-644, 2007, oct, Atlases, Catalogs, Surveys, 0707.3380, 10.1086/518864
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007jy-2007kb, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1081, pp. 1-+, 2007, sep
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007ji-2007jx, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1079, pp. 1-+, 2007, sep
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Bizyaev, D., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., D'Andrea, C., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2007ix-2007jh, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 1076, pp. 1-+, 2007, sep
Quadri, R., Marchesini, D., van Dokkum, P., Gawiser, E., Franx, M., Lira, P., Rudnick, G., Urry, C. M., Maza, J., Kriek, M., Castander, F. J., et al, The Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC): Deep Near-Infrared Imaging and the Selection of Distant Galaxies, Astronomical Journal, 134, pp. 1103-1117, 2007, sep, arXiv:astro-ph/0612612, 10.1086/520330
Schneider, D. P., Hall, P. B., Richards, G. T., Strauss, M. A., Vanden Berk, D. E., Anderson, S. F., Brandt, W. N., Fan, X., Jester, S., Gray, J., Castander, F. J., et al, The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog. IV. Fifth Data Release, Astronomical Journal, 134, pp. 102-117, 2007, jul, Catalogs, Galaxies: Quasars: General, Surveys, 0704.0806, 10.1086/518474
Loverde, M., Hui, L., Gaztañaga, E., Magnification-temperature correlation: The dark side of integrated Sachs-Wolfe measurements, Physical Review D, 75, 4, pp. 043519-+, 2007, feb, 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.043519
Gawiser, E., van Dokkum, P. G., Gronwall, C., Ciardullo, R., Blanc, G. A., Castander, F. J., Feldmeier, J., Francke, H., Franx, M., Haberzettl, L., et al, The Physical Nature of Ly$\alpha$-emitting Galaxies at z=3.1, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 642, pp. L13-L16, 2006, may, astro-ph/0603244, 10.1086/504467
Adelman-McCarthy, J. K., Agüeros, M. A., Allam, S. S., Anderson, K. S. J., Anderson, S. F., Annis, J., Bahcall, N. A., Baldry, I. K., Barentine, J. C., Berlind, A., Castander, F. J., et al, The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 162, pp. 38-48, 2006, jan, astro-ph/0507711, 10.1086/497917
Gawiser, E., van Dokkum, P. G., Herrera, D., Maza, J., Castander, F. J., Infante, L., Lira, P., Quadri, R., Toner, R., Treister, E., et al, The Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC): Survey Design and Deep Public UBVRIz' Images and Catalogs of the Extended Hubble Deep Field-South, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 162, pp. 1-19, 2006, jan, astro-ph/0509202, 10.1086/497644
Tegmark, M., Eisenstein, D. J., Strauss, M. A., Weinberg, D. H., Blanton, M. R., Frieman, J. A., Fukugita, M., Gunn, J. E., Hamilton, A. J. S., Knapp, G. R., Castander, F. J., et al, Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies, Physical Review D, 74, 12, pp. 123507-+, 2006, dec, astro-ph/0608632, 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.123507
Castander, F. J., Treister, E., Maza, J., Gawiser, E., CXOCY J220132.8-320144: An Edge-on Spiral Gravitational Lens, Astrophysical Journal, 652, pp. 955-962, 2006, dec, astro-ph/0611330, 10.1086/508148
Ota, N., Inada, N., Oguri, M., Mitsuda, K., Richards, G. T., Suto, Y., Brandt, W. N., Castander, F. J., Fujimoto, R., Hall, P. B., et al, Chandra Observations of SDSS J1004+4112: Constraints on the Lensing Cluster and Anomalous X-Ray Flux Ratios of the Quadruply Imaged Quasar, Astrophysical Journal, 647, pp. 215-221, 2006, aug, astro-ph/0601700, 10.1086/505385
von der Linden, A., Erben, T., Schneider, P., Castander, F. J., The dark clump near Abell 1942: dark matter halo or statistical fluke?, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 454, pp. 37-53, 2006, jul, astro-ph/0501442, 10.1051/0004-6361:20052733
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., Dejongh, F., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Doi, M., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2006er, 2006ew-2006fc, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 621, pp. 1-+, 2006, sep
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., Dejongh, F., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Doi, M., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2006fa and 2006fd-2006fn, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 623, pp. 1-+, 2006, sep
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., Dejongh, F., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Doi, M., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2006fq-2006ga, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 627, pp. 1-+, 2006, sep
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., Dejongh, F., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Doi, M., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2006jf-2006kd, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 680, pp. 1-+, 2006, oct
Bassett, B., Becker, A., Brewington, H., Choi, C., Cinabro, D., Dejongh, F., Dembicky, J., Depoy, D. L., Dilday, B., Doi, M., Castander, F. J., et al, Supernovae 2006kg-2006lc, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 688, pp. 1-+, 2006, oct
Aragon-Salamanca, A., Bremer, M., Turatto, M., Goobar, A., Nichol, R., Sollerman, J., Ruiz-Lapuente, P., Castander, F. J., Romer, A., Collins, C., et al, Supernovae 2006oy-2006qm, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 762, pp. 5-+, 2006, nov
Garland, C. A., Pisano, D. J., Williams, J. P., Guzman, R., Castander, F. J., H I maps of Local Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 207, pp. #134.04-+, 2005, dec
Inada, N., Burles, S., Gregg, M. D., Becker, R. H., Schechter, P. L., Eisenstein, D. J., Oguri, M., Castander, F. J., Hall, P. B., Johnston, D. E., et al, SDSS J024634.11-082536.2: A New Gravitationally Lensed Quasar from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Astronomical Journal, 130, pp. 1967-1976, 2005, nov, astro-ph/0506631, 10.1086/432930
Inada, N., Oguri, M., Keeton, C. R., Eisenstein, D. J., Castander, F. J., Chiu, K., Hall, P. B., Hennawi, J. F., Johnston, D. E., Pindor, B., et al, Discovery of a Fifth Image of the Large Separation Gravitationally Lensed Quasar SDSS J1004+4112, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 57, pp. L7-L10, 2005, jun, astro-ph/0503310
Pérez Gallego, J., Guzmán, R., Castander, F. J., Garland, C. A., Pisano, D. J., Luminous compact blue galaxies in the local Universe: A key reference for high-redshift studies, ASSL Vol. 329: Starbursts: From 30 Doradus to Lyman Break Galaxies, de Grijs, R., González Delgado, R. M., pp. 59P-+, 2005, may
Garland, C. A., Williams, J. P., Pisano, D. J., Guzmán, R., Castander, F. J., Brinkmann, J., The Nature of Nearby Counterparts to Intermediate-Redshift Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies. II. CO Observations, Astrophysical Journal, 624, pp. 714-725, 2005, may, astro-ph/0502055, 10.1086/429362
York, D. G., vanden Berk, D., Richards, G. T., Crotts, A. P. S., Khare, P., Lauroesch, J., Lemoine, M., Burles, S., Bernardi, M., Castander, F. J., et al, The Sloan Digital Sky Survey QSO absorption line catalogue, IAU Colloq. 199: Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines, Williams, P., Shu, C. -., Menard, B., pp. 58-64, 2005, mar, 10.1017/S1743921305002437
Oguri, M., Inada, N., Hennawi, J. F., Richards, G. T., Johnston, D. E., Frieman, J. A., Pindor, B., Strauss, M. A., Brunner, R. J., Becker, R. H., Castander, F. J., et al, Discovery of Two Gravitationally Lensed Quasars with Image Separations of 3'' from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Astrophysical Journal, 622, pp. 106-115, 2005, mar, astro-ph/0411250, 10.1086/428087
Abazajian, K., Adelman-McCarthy, J. K., Agüeros, M. A., Allam, S. S., Anderson, K. S. J., Anderson, S. F., Annis, J., Bahcall, N. A., Baldry, I. K., Bastian, S., Castander, F. J., et al, The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Astronomical Journal, 129, pp. 1755-1759, 2005, mar, astro-ph/0410239, 10.1086/427544
Treister, E., Castander, F. J., Maccarone, T. J., Gawiser, E., Coppi, P. S., Urry, C. M., Maza, J., Herrera, D., Gonzalez, V., Montoya, C., et al, The Calán-Yale Deep Extragalactic Research (CYDER) Survey: Optical Properties and Deep Spectroscopy of Serendipitous X-Ray Sources, Astrophysical Journal, 621, pp. 104-122, 2005, mar, astro-ph/0411325, 10.1086/427471
Treister, E., Castander, F. J., Maccarone, T. J., Herrera, D., Gawiser, E., Maza, J., Coppi, P. S., An X-Ray-selected Active Galactic Nucleus at z=4.6 Discovered by the CYDER Survey, Astrophysical Journal, 603, pp. 36-41, 2004, mar, astro-ph/0311356, 10.1086/381432
Coppi, P. S., Treister, E., Castander, F. J., Maccarone, T. J., Gawiser, E., Maza, J., Herrera, D., Urry, C. M., Gonzalez, V., Montoya, C., et al, The Calan-Yale Deep Extragalactic Research (CYDER) Survey: Optical Properties and Deep Spectroscopy of Extragalactic Serendipitous X-Ray Sources, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, pp. 1203-+, 2004, aug
Garland, C. A., Pisano, D. J., Williams, J. P., Guzmán, R., Castander, F. J., The Nature of Nearby Counterparts to Intermediate-Redshift Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies. I. Optical/H I Properties and Dynamical Masses, Astrophysical Journal, 615, pp. 689-701, 2004, nov, astro-ph/0407438, 10.1086/424562
Finkbeiner, D. P., Padmanabhan, N., Schlegel, D. J., Carr, M. A., Gunn, J. E., Rockosi, C. M., Sekiguchi, M., Lupton, R. H., Knapp, G. R., Ivezi\'c, \. Z., Castander, F. J., et al, Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging of Low Galactic Latitude Fields: Technical Summary and Data Release, Astronomical Journal, 128, pp. 2577-2592, 2004, nov, astro-ph/0409700, 10.1086/425050
Gilbank, D. G., Castander, F. J., Balogh, M. L., Bower, R. G., Wide-field spectroscopy of a galaxy cluster pair at z=0.4, IAU Colloq. 195: Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters: Intense Life in the Suburbs, Diaferio, A., pp. 95-97, 2004, jul, 10.1017/S1743921304000213
Abazajian, K., Adelman-McCarthy, J. K., Agüeros, M. A., Allam, S. S., Anderson, K., Anderson, S. F., Annis, J., Bahcall, N. A., Baldry, I. K., Bastian, S., Castander, F. J., et al, The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Astronomical Journal, 128, pp. 502-512, 2004, jul, astro-ph/0403325, 10.1086/421365
Oguri, M., Inada, N., Castander, F. J., Gregg, M. D., Becker, R. H., Ichikawa, S. -., Pindor, B., Brinkmann, J., Eisenstein, D. J., Frieman, J. A., et al, SDSS J1335+0118: A New Two-Image Gravitational Lens, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 56, pp. 399-405, 2004, apr, astro-ph/0311169
Oguri, M., Inada, N., Keeton, C. R., Pindor, B., Hennawi, J. F., Gregg, M. D., Becker, R. H., Chiu, K., Zheng, W., Ichikawa, S. -., Castander, F. J., et al, Observations and Theoretical Implications of the Large-Separation Lensed Quasar SDSS J1004+4112, Astrophysical Journal, 605, pp. 78-97, 2004, apr, astro-ph/0312429, 10.1086/382221
Gilbank, D. G., Bower, R. G., Castander, F. J., Ziegler, B. L., Exploring the selection of galaxy clusters and groups: an optical survey for X-ray dark clusters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 348, pp. 551-580, 2004, feb, astro-ph/0310809, 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07335.x
Garland, C. A., Pisano, D. J., Williams, J. P., Guzmán, R., Castander, F. J., The Neutral ISM in Nearby Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies, The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies, Pfalzner, S., Kramer, C., Staubmeier, C., Heithausen, A., pp. 147-+, 2004
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Castander, F. J., Treister, E., Maccarone, T. J., Coppi, P. S., Maza, J., Zepf, S. E., Guzmán, R., High-Redshift X-Ray-Selected Quasars: CXOCY J125304.0-090737 Joins the Club, Astronomical Journal, 125, pp. 1689-1695, 2003, apr, astro-ph/0301584, 10.1086/368243
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preprints
Verde, L., A practical guide to Basic Statistical Techniques for Data Analysis in Cosmology, proceedings of the XIX Canary Island Winter School "The Cosmic Microwave Background: from Quantum fluctuations to the present Universe", 2008, 0712.3028