High-precision studies of eclipsing binary stars observed using space telescopes

对食双星系统的研究是恒星物理学中最成熟和最有价值的领域之一，它提供了一个独特的机会，可以直接从观测数据中确定遥远恒星的质量和半径。这一领域的研究目前正在经历复兴，因为来自太空搜索太阳系外行星的数据的质量和数量都很可观。这个新时代的主要贡献者是最近的开普勒和CoRoT望远镜，正在进行的K2和BRITE任务，以及即将到来的太空卫星TESS和PLATO。成功的候选人将研究由开普勒、K2、CoRoT和BRITE望远镜任务观测到的日食双星系统。已经对其中一些天体进行了后续的光谱观测，并且存在访问大型望远镜以获得其他天体的光谱观测的机会。该项目的根本目的是验证和改进恒星理论模型的预测，这些模型构成了观测和理论天体物理学的大多数领域的基础。

The study of eclipsing binary star systems is one of the most mature and rewarding areas of stellar physics, offering the unique opportunity to determine the masses and radii of distant stars directly from observational data. This area of research is currently experiencing a renaissance, due to the remarkable quality and quantity of data coming from space-based searches for extrasolar planets. Major contributors to this new era are the recent Kepler and CoRoT telescopes, the ongoing K2 and BRITE missions, and the forthcoming space satellites TESS and PLATO. The successful candidate will study eclipsing binary star systems which have been observed with the Kepler, K2, CoRoT and BRITE telescope missions. Follow-up spectroscopic observations have already been obtained for some of these objects and opportunities exist to visit large telescopes to obtain spectroscopic observations of others. The fundamental aim of this project is to verify and improve the predictions of theoretical models of stars, which form the foundation of most areas of observational and theoretical astrophysics.