Stars Group
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Tues, 3:30 PM, RLM 15.216B
AST 383T - Seminar in Stellar Astronomy
Wed, 11:30 PM, RLM 15.216B
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Superintendent McDonald Observatory Research Interests Observational aspects of variable stars, particularly distance scale issues for Cepheid and RR Lyrae variables. Group Areas |
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Senior Research Scientist Research Interests Space astrometry; search for extrasolar planetary systems; surface photometry of galaxies; barred galaxies. Group Areas Extrasolar Planetary Systems, Cool Stars, Galactic Structure, Space Astrometry |
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Adjunct Professor Research Interests Stellar astrophysics: the formation, structure and evolution of stars;
asteroseismology; photometry and polarimetry. |
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Professor Research Interests Planetary nebulae; abundances in gaseous nebulae; infrared, optical, and ultraviolet spectroscopy of emission lines; extragalactic H II regions and star formation in disk galaxies; classical novae. Group Areas |
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Research Fellow Research Interests Astronomy education. Group Areas |
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Director McDonald Observatory Research Interests Stellar atmospheres; chemical composition of stars; chemical evolution of the universe. Group Areas |
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Senior Research Scientist Research Interests Instrumentation, CCD detectors, exoplanets, the Galaxy halo. |
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Research Scientist Research Interests HST Astrometry; search for extrasolar planets. Group Areas Space Astrometry, Extrasolar Planetary Systems, Cool Stars, Galactic Structure |
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Research Scientist Research Interests Pulsation and seismology of white dwarf stars, nonlinear light curve modeling, numerical and theoretical studies of convection, evolution of white dwarf stars, constitutive physics of white dwarfs (crystallization, diffusion), Science Director of Whole Earth Telescope. Group Areas White Dwarfs, Whole Earth Telescope, Stellar Pulsation, Asteroseismology |
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Professor Emeritus Research Interests Observational studies of interacting binary collapsed stars; asteroseismology of white dwarfs; the Whole Earth Telescope. Group Areas |
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Professor Research Interests Observational studies of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; cataclysmic variables, low-mass X-ray binaries, X-ray transients; pulsating white dwarfs. |
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Senior Research Scientist Research Interests Observational techniques; queue scheduled telescopes; galactic nucleosynthesis; stellar evolution. |
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Professor Research Interests Chemical composition of stars; stellar evolution; galactic nucleosynthesis. Group Areas |
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Research Fellow Research Interests High-resolution stellar spectroscopy. |
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Professor Research Interests Theory and observation: cosmochronology; evolution of the Milky Way; late stages of stellar evolution; stellar pulsations; white dwarf stars as dark matter detectors; the Whole Earth Telescope. Group Areas White Dwarfs, Asteroseismology, Whole Earth Telescope, Stellar Pulsation |
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Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow Research Interests Chemical abundances of planet-host stars; solar twin stars; Galactic chemical evolution; stellar granulation. Group Areas |
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