Organization profile
Organization profile
The Research Center for Space Sciences and Theoretical Physics (CICEF) aims to strengthen research in astronomy, astrophysics, theoretical physics, and related disciplines. The Center promotes collaborative research by taking advantage of the country’s worldclass astronomical infrastructure and existing scientific capabilities. It also aims to enhance institutional capacity in research and teaching, supporting the development of future graduate programs and positioning UCEN as an emerging reference in Space Sciences and Theoretical Physics.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Microvariability Analysis through Advanced Human Capital Formation: Investigating a New Type of Variable Star in Globular Clusters
1/12/24 → 30/11/26
Project: Research
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A Hombros de Gigantes Científicas
Cortés Orellana, C. C. (PI) & Barria Diaz, D. P. (CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Exploring rotating wormholes in higher-dimensional Einstein-Horndeski- Maxwell gravity and their images with EHT observations
Fathi, M. (PI) & Erices Osorio, C. R. (CoI)
1/04/24 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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A clustering-based search for substructures in the Galactic plane and bulge using RR Lyrae stars as tracers
Cristi-Cambiaso, N., Navarrete, C., Catelan, M., Zoccali, M. & Quezada, C., 1 Feb 2026, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 706, A298.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Black hole with global monopole charge in self-interacting Kalb-Ramond field
Fathi, M. & Övgün, A., Apr 2025, In: European Physical Journal Plus. 140, 4, 280.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cosmological evolution driven by polytropic fluids in an inhomogeneous spacetime
Aguilar-Pérez, G., Cruz, M., Fathi, M., García-Castro, D. D. J. & Villanueva, J. R., Oct 2025, In: European Physical Journal C. 85, 10, 1195.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access