Collaborative Proposal: RUI: An Automatic Telescope Shared for Stellar Research and the Training of Undergraduates

合作提案：RUI：恒星研究和本科生培训共享的自动望远镜

• 批准号: 0507536
• 负责人: George McCook
• 金额: $ 11.51万
• 依托单位: Villanova University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0507536&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Proposal; RUI; Automatic; Telescope

AST-0507536George McCookVillanova UniversityCollaborative Proposal: RUI: An Automatic Telescope for Stellar Research andTraining of UndergraduatesABSTRACT:A series of collaborative and individual research programs will be carried out among fourastronomers at three primarily undergraduate institutions using the Four College AutomaticPhotometric Telescope, a 0.75-m telescope at the Fairborn Observatory site in Washington Camp,Arizona. Example projects are: frequency determinations of little studied main-sequence g-modepulsating stars (including slowly pulsating B stars and gamma Doradus stars); asteroseismology ofshort period delta Scuti, beta Cephei, and pulsating white dwarfs (which can be used to probeinterior structure); monitoring of the photometric variability of early type supergiants (whoseluminosities correlate with photometric variability although the underlying cause is not known);continued monitoring of magnetic chemically peculiar stars (for changes in the rotation rates,surface activity, etc.); and ongoing photometry of some 15 solar analogs (determining rotation rates,surface activity, variability, etc., to better understand the past and future activity of our Sun).These projects include significant involvement of undergraduate students in all aspects of this work,including data collection, analysis, and dissemination in journals and professional meetings. Thedata collected here will also be used in local programs for pre-college students and in teachertraining activities.

AST-0507536乔治麦库克维拉诺瓦大学合作提案：RUI：用于恒星研究和本科生培训的自动望远镜摘要：三个主要本科机构的四位天文学家将使用四学院自动光度望远镜（0.75米望远镜）开展一系列合作和个人研究项目位于亚利桑那州华盛顿营的费尔伯恩天文台。示例项目有： 很少研究的主序 g 模脉动恒星（包括缓慢脉动 B 星和伽马剑鱼座星）的频率测定；短周期盾牌座δ、仙王座β和脉动白矮星的星震学（可用于探测内部结构）；监测早期型超巨星的光度变异性（其光度与光度变异性相关，尽管根本原因尚不清楚）；持续监测磁性化学奇特恒星（旋转速率、表面活动等的变化）；以及正在进行的大约 15 个太阳类似物的光度测量（确定旋转速率、表面活动、变化性等，以更好地了解太阳过去和未来的活动）。这些项目包括本科生对这项工作各个方面的大量参与，包括数据收集、分析以及在期刊和专业会议上传播。这里收集的数据还将用于当地的大学预科学生项目和教师培训活动。