Completing the Inventory of Bright Variable Stars in Globular Clusters

研究机构：密歇根州立大学PI：Horace Smith标题：完成球状星团中明亮变星的清单。密歇根州立大学的霍勒斯·史密斯将对银河系、麦哲伦云和天炉座矮星系中的球状星团进行调查，以识别变星，特别是天炉座RR型变星。这项工作的目标是利用球状星团中的变星来了解恒星形成的环境，并提高我们对恒星演化和星系形成过程的理解。 这项工作的结果将是对密歇根州立大学天体物理学研究生和本科生的培训。 这项研究也将被用来吸引密歇根地区的天文学家参加当地的变星会议。还将维持一个介绍研究情况的网页，并将在校园天文台的开放日之夜向公众介绍研究情况。 此外，将在校园观测站举行的会议上向中学教师介绍这项研究，教师们将能够在那里进行自己的观察。

AST-0607249INSTITUTION: Michigan State UniversityPI: Horace SmithTITLE: Completing the Inventory of Bright Variable Stars in Globular ClustersABSTRACTDr. Horace Smith, at Michigan State University, will conduct a survey of globular clusters in the Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, and the Fornax dwarf galaxy to identify variable stars, in particular RR Lyrae variables. The goal of the work is to use variable stars in globular clusters to understand the environments in which the stars formed, and to improve our understanding of stellar evolution and galaxy formation processes. This work will result in the training of both graduate and undergraduate astrophysics students at Michigan State University. The research will also be used as a means to attract astronomers in the Michigan area to local meetings on variable stars. A web page describing the research will also be maintained, and presentations to the public during open house nights at the campus observatory will be undertaken. Additionally, secondary school teachers will be introduced to this research at sessions held at the campus observatory, where the teachers will be able to undertake their own observations.