Collaborative Project: Doppler Imaging of Spatially ResolvedFeatures on Rotating Stars

该奖项支持一个为期两年的计划，将使用一种技术， 被称为多普勒成像，以研究某些表面结构， 星星的种类 研究人员将得到大星星的图像 冷双星上的黑子（类似于我们太阳上的太阳黑子）。 这些斑点追踪出射的磁通量和分布 这些斑点随时间的演变提供了 这些恒星的磁场和对流过程的信息。 该研究计划将继续改善多普勒成像 技术，并提供几个不同的长期监测 恒星和恒星系统

This award supports a two year program that will use a technique known as Doppler imaging to study the surface structure on certain types of stars. The investigators will derive images of large star spots (analagous to sunspots on our Sun) on cool binary stars. These spots trace the emergent magnetic flux and the distribution and evolution of these spots over time provides fundamental information on magnetic and convective processes in these stars. The research program will continue to improve the Doppler imaging technique and provide long term monitoring of several different stars and stellar systems.