Funding
This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and
Universities PGC2018-094765-B-I00 project and the MDM-2017-0729-18-2
María de Maeztu Center of Excellence (MINECO-FEDER), the 2017SGR-974
Excellence Research Group of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the ICREA
Acadèmia Distinguished Professorship awarded to Carles Escera.
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