RR Lyrae/Cepheid 2019 Conference

本次会议将汇集研究人员和学生，观察员和理论家代表各种调查和任务的最新发现和正在进行的工作与RR天琴座和造父变星的介绍和讨论。 在会议期间，与会者将讨论和分享各种数据集（地基调查和天基任务）的最新结果，最新的理论模型（从描述恒星内部的流体动力学代码，脉动恒星的恒星演化和脉动理论），以及小（双星系统）和大（近场宇宙学）尺度的主题。 会议定于2019年10月13日至18日在新墨西哥州的Cloudcroft举行。会议的位置很好，可以将天文学带到新墨西哥州东南部的当地社区。扩大会议影响的一个目的是与当地的美洲原住民接触，与我们的科学家小组分享他们对夜空的理解。这种文化交流预计将是启发性和鼓舞人心的，对每个人都有教育意义。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This conference will bring together researchers and students, observers and theorists representing a variety of surveys and missions for the presentation and discussion of the latest discoveries and on-going work with RR Lyrae and Cepheid type pulsating variable stars. During the meeting, participants will discuss and share the latest results from a variety of datasets (ground-based surveys and space-based missions), the latest theoretical models (from hydrodynamical codes describing stellar interiors, stellar evolution of pulsating stars, and pulsation theory), and topics on the small (binary systems) and large (near-field cosmology) scale. The conference is scheduled for October 13-18, 2019 in Cloudcroft, New Mexico.The conference is well situated to bring astronomy to the local communities in southeastern New Mexico. One aim to broaden the impact of the meeting is to engage with the local Native Americans to share their understanding of the night sky with our group of scientists. This cultural exchange is expected to be illuminating and inspirational, and educational for everyone. The second aim is to reach out to the amateur astronomy community to encourage joint research projects with professional astronomers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.