The RECONS Investigation of the Solar Neighborhood

ast -0507711机构：佐治亚州立大学ypi: Todd henry标题：太阳邻域的recon调查乔治亚州立大学的托德·亨利（Todd Henry）将在“近地恒星研究联盟”（RECONS）项目下进行研究。RECONS有几个目标，其中包括提供距离太阳10秒差距内的恒星普查，距离太阳25秒差距内的白矮星识别，太阳附近的亚矮星识别，寻找白矮星和红矮星的伴星，以及通过适当的运动数据识别附近的其他恒星。拟议的研究的主要更广泛的影响是在天体测量学领域的学生培训领域。此外，天文学的各种努力将受益于对附近恒星的普查，其中包括对太阳系外行星的搜索和对暗物质的搜索。

AST-0507711INSTITUTION: Georgia State UniversityPI: Todd HenryTITLE: The RECONS Investigation of the Solar NeighborhoodABSTRACTDr. Todd Henry, at the Georgia State University, will undertake research under the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars ("RECONS") program. RECONS has several goals, among them providing a census of stars within 10 parsecs of the Sun, the identification of white dwarfs within 25 parsecs of the Sun, the identification of subdwarfs in the Solar neighborhood, a search for companions to white and red dwarfs, and identification of other nearby stars though proper motion data.The primary broader impact of the proposed research is in the area of student training in the field of astrometry. Additionally, a variety of efforts within astronomy will benefit from a census of nearby stars, among them searches for extrasolar planets and searches for dark matter.