3.10 Tesis magíster

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    A search for substructures near the Galactic plane and bulge using RR Lyrae stars as tracers
    (2024) Cristi Cambiaso, Nicolas Eduardo; Catelan, Marcio; Zoccali, Manuela; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Faculty of Physics. Institute of Astrophysics
    Usando estrellas pulsantes de tipo RR Lyrae, hacemos una búsqueda de subestructuras Galácticas ("stellar streams" y cúmulos globulares) en la región del plano Galáctico. Construimos una muestra de estrellas RR Lyrae con valores de distancia y metalicidades. Estudiamos esta muestra con un algoritmo de "clustering" para encontrar grupos de estrellas cercanas y con propiedades similares. Mediante esta búsqueda, recuperamos estructuras conocidas y encontramos posibles nuevas estructuras.
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    Chemistry in externally FUV illuminated protoplanetary disks in the Orion Nebula Cluster
    (2022) Díaz Berríos, Javiera Katalina; Guzmán Veloso, Viviana; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Física
    Understanding the chemical composition and distribution of the birthplaces of planets (protoplanetary disks) is key to constraining the initial conditions of planet formation and planetary atmospheres. Most protoplanetary disks are born in stellar clusters and can therefore be affected by the radiation of nearby massive stars. However, little is known about the potential differences or similarities in the chemistry of isolated versus externally irradiated disks. Motivated by this question, we present ALMA Band 6 observations of two protoplanetary disks in the outskirts of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) to explore the chemical composition of disks exposed to (external) FUV radiation fields: the large 216–0939 disk and the binary system 253–1536A/B. We successfully detect lines from CO isotopologues, HCN, H2CO, and C2H toward both protoplanetary disks. Undetected molecular lines include DCN and C3H2. Based on the observed disk–integrated line fluxes and flux, we do not find significant differences between isolated and irradiated disks. This suggests that these sources are far enough from the ONC so that their chemistry is not affected by the external radiation field or that we are observing the region from the disk that survives the external radiation; Indeed, these disks are massive and could, therefore self–shield from the radiation field. However, we expect CN emission to be brighter in irradiated disks than in isolated ones, which can be tested with future ALMA observations. We also expect stronger differences for disks that are closer to the ONC.
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    Evolution of Chemical Patterns During Major Mergers
    (2025) Jara Ferreira, Francisco Eduardo; Tissera, Patricia; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Astrofísica
    El estudio de la evolución química de las galaxias es clave para comprender su formación y desarrollo, especialmente en fusiones e interacciones. Estas afectan la composición química y estructura de las galaxias al inducir flujos de gas, estallidos de formación estelar y redistribución de elementos. En esta tesis, se analizan las poblaciones estelares en 12 simulaciones no cosmológicas con el código P-Gadget3, explorando diferentes modelos de Delay Time Distribution (DTD) para supernovas tipo Ia y condiciones iniciales (galaxias aisladas con y sin barra y una fusión masiva).El análisis del plano [Fe/H]–[O/Fe] revela una doble trayectoria en las simulaciones de galaxias fusionando, con loops formados en la interacción y en episodios tardíos de formación estelar. Los modelos DTD correspondientes a SD, DD y Pritchet muestran una evolución química más dinámica, mientras que el modelo Bimodal atenúa los loops. Adicionalmente, hemos probado métodos analíticos y filogenéticos para identificar huellas químicas de fusiones masivas, encontrando diferencias claras entre galaxias aisladas y fusionadas. Estos resultados sugieren la existencia de patrones químicos característicos de galaxias que han pasado por una fusión masiva, abriendo la posibilidad de la aplicación de este análisis en observaciones y simulaciones que incluyan cosmología.
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    High-Cadence Stellar Variability Studies of Galactic RR Lyrae Stars with DECam
    (2023) Baeza Villagra, Karina; Catelan, Márcio; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Física
    As part of the DECam Alliance for Transients (DECAT), a consortium of time- domain DECam programs, the DECam Deep Drilling Program (DDP) is being conducted at the Blanco 4m telescope, located at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile. The DDP includes the DECaPS East field, situated in the Galactic bulge at coordinates (RA, DEC)(J2000) = (18:03:34, -29:32:02). We performed two nights of high-cadence, multi- band (griz) observations utilizing DECam. We obtained high-quality griz light curves for 1033 previously identified RR Lyrae stars. Subsequently, a robust Fourier decomposition analysis was con- ducted, generating well-defined, multi-band light curve templates for 143 RRab and 146 RRc stars. This process aimed to update and enhance the existing RR Lyrae star templates catalog. Therefore, our work is expected to broadly apply to the data acquired from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Furthermore, we compared and analyzed the dependence of Fourier coef- ficients and other derived light curve parameters on the effective wavelength, providing valuable in-sights into the behavior and structure of RR Lyrae stars. Another significant contribution of this study was the construction of the Period- φ31-[Fe/H] relations, total-to-selective extinction ratios, and distances for each star in both the DECam and Sloan photometric systems. This information is crucial for investigating RR Lyrae stars and their role as tracers of Galactic structures. By combining these results, we better un- derstand the characteristics and morphology of their light curves, the chemical composition through studying their metallicities, and the spatial distribution of RR Lyrae stars within the Galactic bulge. This knowledge contributes to the overall effort of classifying and detecting variable stars.
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    Lepton universality in the MSSM with trilinear R-parity violation model
    (2024) Guirriman Alvarez, Alexis Vladimir; Díaz Gutiérrez, Marco Aurelio; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Física
    The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, though highly successful, fails to address several fundamental questions, including the neutrino masses origin, the nature of dark matter, among others. The recent LHCb collaboration analysis measured the ratio of branching fractions RK inB+ → K+ℓ+ℓ− decay to test lepton universality, a property predicted by the SM. This observable is particularly powerful due to the cancellation of hadronic uncertainties, making it a sensitive probe for new physics. The measured value of RK is consistent with the SM prediction, suggesting nosignificant lepton universality violation. Nevertheless, given the limitations of the SM, this thesis explores a SM extension using the MSSM+λ ′TRPV model. By incorporating all possible SUSY contributions, we aim to theoretically predict the experimental RK result, providing a novel perspective on determining the parameter space that fit with the experimental measurement. The analysis is conducted within an Effective Field Theory framework across four different scenarios for Wilson Coefficients to account for the higher energy scales associated with these particles, translating their effects to the measurable energy range. The theoretical calculation is performedusing a scan in Python, while respecting other experimental constraints regarding SUSY particles. We found that the parameter space that respect the 3σ region of the LHCb collaboration measurement is |λ′| ≲ 10−2 or m˜ ≳ 8.5 TeV. Additionally, we found that our result is independent from each scenario for Wilson Coefficients. Finally, we discovered that RK has no particular bias towards any individual λ′ijk.
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    New insights and methods for the clustering of emission line galaxies.
    (2019) Jiménez Henríquez, Esteban; Padilla, Nelson; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Astrofísica
    We study the dependence of emission line galaxies (ELG) clustering in halo properties besides mass, an effect known as assembly bias (AB). This AB signature is scale-dependent in some ELG samples and may contribute with potential systematic effects on cosmology constraints. We test different implementations of the halo occupation distribution (HOD) model to construct mock galaxy catalogues that mimic ELG selected samples produced by a semi-analytical model (SAM). These catalogues are useful to understand the future observational samples. We select galaxies from two different SAMs, applied to the Millennium-WMAP7 and the MultiDark Plank 2 simulation. We use fixed number density galaxy samples selected according to stellar mass, star formation rate (SFR), and emission line luminosity from Hα, [OIII]λ5007, and [OII]λλ3727 − 3729 emission, obtained from a photoionization code. We develop three different schemes to populate haloes with galaxies with increasing complexity, considering the scatter of the satellites HOD as an additional parameter in the modellings. The quality of the HOD modelling is determined by comparing the two-point correlation function (2PCF) of the HOD mocks and the SAM samples. The HOD modelling that uses the HOD of centrals and satellites separately, and assume a negative binomial distribution for the satellite HOD, produce the best clustering predictions. The scatter in the satellites HOD is a key consideration for HOD mock catalogues that mimic ELG selected samples in future galaxy surveys. The origin of the scale-dependent AB seems to be related to an environment selection effect rather than a physical reason. We found that galaxies in underdense regions and low gas metallicity, make the main contribution to the scale-dependent signature. We obtain that the peak of the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) for some ELG samples is in lower scales than expected, and the β parameter is non-constant in large scales. Hence, this selection effect can introduce systematic in the inferred cosmology from ELGs.