Fundamental Stellar Properties: The Interaction Between Observation and Theory
Proceedings of the 189th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held at the Women’s College, University of Sydney, Australia, 13–17 January 1997
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Simulations predict that hot super-Earth sized exoplanets can have their envelopes stripped by photoevaporation, which would present itself as a lack of these exoplanets. However, this absence in the exoplanet...
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Delta Scuti (δ Sct)1 stars are opacity-driven pulsators with masses of 1.5–2.5M⊙, their pulsations resulting from the varying ionization of helium. In less massive stars2 such as the Sun, convection transports ma...
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We present the results of modelling the subgiant star β Hydri using seismic observational constraints. We have computed several grids of stellar evolutionary tracks using the Aarhus STellar Evolution Code (ASTEC,...
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We found molecular bands in absorption and in emission in the infrared spectra of the RV Tau stars, R Sct. This is a unique property among the RV Tau stars, but rather commonly seen in Mira variables. The peri...
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Proceedings of the 189th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held at the Women’s College, University of Sydney, Australia, 13–17 January 1997
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We discuss the prospects for resolving the disks of red-giants and Mira variables with the VLT and the VLTI. We also describe infrared aperture-masking observations with the NTT, from which we have measured an...
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We describe a project that uses VLT + CONICA to resolve distant galaxies (D ≥ 10 Mpc) into stars, obtaining IR color-magnitude diagrams.
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One of the observing modes available with the ESO Very Large Telescope will be coherent combination of the light received by up to four 8m unit telescopes and several 1.8m auxiliary telescopes. The location of...
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MAPPIT (Masked APerture-Plane Interference Telescope) is an optical interferometer mounted at the coudé focus of the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope. The instrument, shown schematically in Fig. 1, uses a pupi...