Collaborative Proposal: RUI: An Automatic Telescope Shared for Stellar Research and the Training of Undergraduates

AST-0507536乔治·麦库克维拉诺瓦大学合作计划：RUI：一台用于恒星研究和本科生培训的自动望远镜摘要：一系列的合作和个人研究计划将在三个主要的本科院校的四个天文学家中进行，使用四个学院自动测光望远镜，一台位于亚利桑那州华盛顿营地的费尔伯恩天文台的0.75米望远镜。示例项目包括：研究较少的主序星g模脉动星的频率测定（包括缓慢脉动的B星和剑鱼座γ星）;短周期的盾牌座δ星、仙王座β星和脉动的白色矮星的星震学（可用于探测内部结构）;监测早期型超巨星的光度变化（亮度与光度变化相关，尽管根本原因尚不清楚）;继续监测化学性质特殊的磁性恒星（自转速率、表面活动等的变化）;以及正在进行的大约15个太阳类似物的测光（确定旋转速率，表面活动，变化等，更好地了解我们太阳的过去和未来活动）。这些项目包括本科生在这项工作的各个方面的重要参与，包括数据收集，分析和在期刊和专业会议上的传播。这里收集的数据也将用于当地的大学预科生项目和教师培训活动。

AST-0507536George McCookVillanova UniversityCollaborative Proposal: RUI: An Automatic Telescope for Stellar Research andTraining of UndergraduatesABSTRACT:A series of collaborative and individual research programs will be carried out among fourastronomers at three primarily undergraduate institutions using the Four College AutomaticPhotometric Telescope, a 0.75-m telescope at the Fairborn Observatory site in Washington Camp,Arizona. Example projects are: frequency determinations of little studied main-sequence g-modepulsating stars (including slowly pulsating B stars and gamma Doradus stars); asteroseismology ofshort period delta Scuti, beta Cephei, and pulsating white dwarfs (which can be used to probeinterior structure); monitoring of the photometric variability of early type supergiants (whoseluminosities correlate with photometric variability although the underlying cause is not known);continued monitoring of magnetic chemically peculiar stars (for changes in the rotation rates,surface activity, etc.); and ongoing photometry of some 15 solar analogs (determining rotation rates,surface activity, variability, etc., to better understand the past and future activity of our Sun).These projects include significant involvement of undergraduate students in all aspects of this work,including data collection, analysis, and dissemination in journals and professional meetings. Thedata collected here will also be used in local programs for pre-college students and in teachertraining activities.