Theoretical Studies of: Close Binary Systems; Binaries in Dense Stellar Environments (Astronomy)

这个研究项目将继续和扩大一个强有力的研究计划，研究与密集恒星环境和近距离双星系统中的双星有关的问题。 具体问题表现出一系列的困难。 有些问题，如星际介质对超软源可观测性的影响，是相关工具相当容易获得的，可以相对较快地完成。 其他的工作，如球状星团中的三体和四体过程，需要大量的研究和工作来为这里提出的研究奠定适当的基础。 在潮汐捕获和循环过程中的质量剥离工作属于这一类福尔斯。 这是一个广泛的研究计划，将在两年的时间内进行。 许多有待探讨的问题之间存在着相互联系，所有这些领域的先前工作为其中几个问题提供了强有力的切入点。 互动活动包括在大学高年级教授天文学课程和关于银河系动力学的研究生课程。 其他活动包括：举办一次区域会议，以满足当地在鼓励青年妇女从事科学方面的需求（本科及以上程度）积极追求对科学的兴趣，以及建立网络和其他战略的可能性，以提高现有本地资源的有效性;并与天体物理学中心妇女方案委员会合作，为中心的年轻女科学家设计和参加讲习班。

This research project will continue and expand a vigorous program of research on questions related to binaries in dense stellar environments and close binary systems. The specific problems exhibit a range of difficulty. Some, like the influence of the interstellar medium on the observability of supersoft sources, are ones for which the relevant tools are rather easily available and can be completed relatively quickly. Others, like work on three- and four- body processes in globular clusters, require a good deal of study and work to lay proper foundations for the research proposed here. The work on mass stripping during tidal capture and circularization falls into this category. This is a broad research program, to be carried out over a two year period. There are interconnections between many of the questions to be explored, and previous work in all of these areas provides a strong lead-in for several of the problems. Interactive activities include teaching an astronomy course at the advanced undergraduate level, and a graduate course on galactic dynamics. Other activities involve: hosting a regional conference to address local needs regarding encouraging young women in the sciences (at the undergraduate level and above) to enthusiastically pursue their interest in science, and the possibility of networking and other strategies to enhance the effectiveness of existing local resources; and working with the Center for Astrophysics Women's Program Committee to design and participate in workshops for young women scientists at the Center.