Collaborative Proposal: RUI: An Automatic Telescope Shared for Stellar Research and the Training of Undergraduates

AST-0507536 George McCookVillanova大学合作建议：RUI：用于恒星研究和本科生培训的自动望远镜摘要：将在三个主要本科机构的四位天文学家中开展一系列合作和个人研究计划，使用四所学院自动化光度望远镜，这是一个0.75米的望远镜，位于亚利桑那州华盛顿坎普的费尔伯恩天文台。实例项目有：对研究甚少的主序g模衰变恒星(包括缓慢脉动的B星和剑鱼座伽马恒星)的频率测定；对短周期德尔塔角星、贝塔造父变星和脉动白矮星(可用于探测内部结构)的星震学；监测早期类型超巨星的光度可变性(其光度与光度可变性相关，但其根本原因尚不清楚)；持续监测磁化学奇特恒星(以了解自转速度、表面活动等的变化)；和正在进行的大约15个太阳类似物的测光(确定自转速度、表面活动、变率等，以更好地了解太阳过去和未来的活动)。这些项目包括本科生在这项工作的各个方面的重要参与，包括数据收集、分析和在期刊和专业会议上传播。这里收集的数据也将用于当地的大学预科学生项目和教师培训活动。

AST-0507536George McCookVillanova UniversityCollaborative Proposal: RUI: An Automatic Telescope for Stellar Research andTraining of UndergraduatesABSTRACT:A series of collaborative and individual research programs will be carried out among fourastronomers at three primarily undergraduate institutions using the Four College AutomaticPhotometric Telescope, a 0.75-m telescope at the Fairborn Observatory site in Washington Camp,Arizona. Example projects are: frequency determinations of little studied main-sequence g-modepulsating stars (including slowly pulsating B stars and gamma Doradus stars); asteroseismology ofshort period delta Scuti, beta Cephei, and pulsating white dwarfs (which can be used to probeinterior structure); monitoring of the photometric variability of early type supergiants (whoseluminosities correlate with photometric variability although the underlying cause is not known);continued monitoring of magnetic chemically peculiar stars (for changes in the rotation rates,surface activity, etc.); and ongoing photometry of some 15 solar analogs (determining rotation rates,surface activity, variability, etc., to better understand the past and future activity of our Sun).These projects include significant involvement of undergraduate students in all aspects of this work,including data collection, analysis, and dissemination in journals and professional meetings. Thedata collected here will also be used in local programs for pre-college students and in teachertraining activities.