Completing the Inventory of Bright Variable Stars in Globular Clusters

完成球状星团中明亮变星的清查

• 批准号: 0607249
• 负责人: Horace Smith
• 金额: $ 14.17万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-15 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0607249&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Completing; Inventory; Bright; Variable; Stars

AST-0607249INSTITUTION: Michigan State UniversityPI: Horace SmithTITLE: Completing the Inventory of Bright Variable Stars in Globular ClustersABSTRACTDr. Horace Smith, at Michigan State University, will conduct a survey of globular clusters in the Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, and the Fornax dwarf galaxy to identify variable stars, in particular RR Lyrae variables. The goal of the work is to use variable stars in globular clusters to understand the environments in which the stars formed, and to improve our understanding of stellar evolution and galaxy formation processes. This work will result in the training of both graduate and undergraduate astrophysics students at Michigan State University. The research will also be used as a means to attract astronomers in the Michigan area to local meetings on variable stars. A web page describing the research will also be maintained, and presentations to the public during open house nights at the campus observatory will be undertaken. Additionally, secondary school teachers will be introduced to this research at sessions held at the campus observatory, where the teachers will be able to undertake their own observations.

AST-0607249机构：密歇根州立大学PI：Horace Smithtitle：在球形clustersabtractdr中完成明亮可变星的清单。密歇根州立大学的霍拉斯·史密斯（Horace Smith）将对银河系，麦哲伦云和福纳克斯矮星银河的球形簇进行调查，以识别可变星，尤其是RR Lyrae变量。工作的目的是在球状簇中使用变量恒星来了解恒星形成的环境，并提高我们对恒星进化和星系形成过程的理解。 这项工作将导致密歇根州立大学的毕业生和本科天体物理学学生培训。 这项研究还将用作吸引密歇根州的天文学家参加可变恒星的当地会议的一种手段。还将维护描述研究的网页，并将在校园观测站的开放日内向公众进行演示。 此外，将在校园天文台举行的会议上向中学教师介绍这项研究，教师将能够进行自己的观察。