POWRE: Preparations for Testing Magnetic Models of RoAp Star Dynamics Using Remote Observatories

长荣州立学院的学生和工作人员将在华盛顿大学西雅图分校（UW）马纳斯塔什岭天文台（MRO）进行高质量的天文观测。第一步是训练观测者使用望远镜并在MRO工作。观测、数据分析和升级望远镜将进行。MRO望远镜将进行升级，以便进行远程观测。该设施将与其他机构的其他观察员共享。本科生将积极参与研究，他们将是长荣州立学院第一代从事天文学研究的学生。正在进行的理论工作强烈地激励了常青天文学研究计划的建立。对新的恒星动力学模型的测试将指导未来观测工作的长期方向。目前，MRO的天文观测将为观测研究提供所需的经验，并将促进与其他观测天文学家的沟通，这些天文学家的数据目前与理论有关。这些活动将为今后的理论和观测研究奠定基础。人们正在研究一种以前无法解释的、在磁性的、快速振荡的奇特A星中产生声波的机制。该模型扩展了无力等离子体的基本理论，并描述了磁能最小的振荡如何驱动磁子模式。它们在恒星中以声波的形式出现。理论测试用例的能量、波长和频率与观测值一致。该模型可以通过更详细的计算和观测来进一步验证。它计划学习足够的观测天文学知识，以设计一个未来的研究项目来帮助测试该模型。这是未来活动的一个关键目标。华盛顿大学将参与培训长荣学院的教职员工和学生使用马纳斯塔什岭天文台的望远镜。望远镜将进行升级，以便可以远程操作。学生们将在夏季在天文台工作，并与常青学院的教师一起参与理论研究。学生将能够在整个学年参与MRO的远程观测。他们将使用由加州大学伯克利分校的“动手宇宙”项目和华盛顿大学的IRAF天文数据处理系统开发的软件。这些活动将建立与当地同事的新工作关系；加强长荣学生的教育和研究；使教职员工和学生能够与华盛顿州的教师和学生分享远程天文观测。＊＊＊

AST-9806188 Zita Research quality astronomy observations by students and staff at Evergreen State College will be carried out at the University of Washington at Seattle's (UW) Manastash Ridge Observatory (MRO). The first step is to train observers to use the telescope and work at MRO. Observations, analysis of data, and upgrading the telescope will be carried out. The MRO telescope will be upgraded so that observations may by made remotely. The facility will be with shared with other observers from other institutions. Undergraduate students will take active part in the research, and they will be the first generation of students doing astronomy research at the Evergreen State College. The ongoing theoretical work strongly motivates the establishment of an Evergreen astronomy research program. The testing of new stellar dynamics models will guide the longer-term directions of the future observational work. At the present, astronomy observations at MRO will provide needed experience in observational research, and will facilitate improved communication with other observational astronomers, whose data presently relate to the theory. These activities will lay the groundwork for future theoretical and observational research. A mechanism for the previously unexplained sound waves in magnetic, rapidly oscillating peculiar A stars is being examined. The model extends the basic theory of force-free plasmas and describes how oscillations about a minimum in magnetic energy can drive magnetosonic modes. which appear as sound waves in the stars. The energy, wavelength, and frequency for the theoretical test case is consistent with observations. The model can be tested further by making more detailed calculations and observations. It is planned to learn enough observational astronomy to design a future research program to help test the model. This is a key goal of the future activities. The University of Washington will be involved in the training of Evergreen faculty and students to use the Manastash Ridge Observatory telescope. The telescope will be upgraded so that it can be operated remotely. Students will work at the observatory in the summer and be involved in theoretical research with Evergreen faculty. Students will be able to participate in remote observations at MRO throughout the academic year. They will use software such as that developed by the University of California -Berkeley's Hands-On Universe project and UW's IRAF astronomical data processing system. The activities will build on new working relationships with local colleagues; enhance Evergreen students' education as well as research; and enable staff and students to share remote astronomy observations with teachers and students throughout Washington state. ***