Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21541939w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #419.39; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.283
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
For low mass stars, significant discrepancies exist between their observed physical parameters (i.e., mass and radius) and theoretical predictions of stellar evolution models. By accurately measuring the light curves of eclipsing binary star systems that contain low mass stars, we can accurately measure their stellar parameters. Our research team has monitored 4 candidate eclipsing binary systems provided to us by Scott Fleming (Univ. of Florida), who had previously found them to be spectroscopic binaries with periods ranging from 4.6 - 9.4 days. Using the UCI 24-inch telescope and ST9 CCD camera, our team observed a total of 64 nights over a 5 month period (5% temporal coverage). We reduced our data using IRAF and performed photometry using DAOPHOT. Calibrations were done using Peter Stetson's standard star fields with local standard stars defined in each eclipsing binary field. In this paper, we will report on the results of our photometry.
We gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support from the UCI Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Campbell John A.
Smecker-Hane Tammy Ann
Wynne Ketron
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