Accurate fundamental parameters for lower main-sequence stars

Accurate fundamental parameters of eclipsing binary stars

The study of detached eclipsing binaries is one of the most powerful ways to investigate the properties of individual stars and stellar systems. We present preliminary masses, radii and effective temperatures for the eclipsing binary WWAurigae, which is composed of two metallic-lined A-type stars. We also reanalyse the data on HD23642, an A-type eclipsing binary member of the Pleiades open clus...

Luminosity-metallicity relation for stars on the lower main sequence

We present a comparison of the predictions of stellar models with the luminosity of the lower main sequence (5.5 < MV < 7.3) using K dwarfs in the Hipparcos catalog. The parallaxes of our comparison stars are known to better than 15% and metallicities have been recently determined from photometry. A major advantage of our comparison is that distances in our sample are known with good accuracy, ...

Fundamental Parameters of Main-Sequence Stars in an Instant with Machine Learning

Owing to the remarkable photometric precision of space observatories like Kepler, stellar and planetary systems beyond our own are now being characterized en masse for the first time. These characterizations are pivotal for endeavors such as searching for Earth-like planets and solar twins, understanding the mechanisms that govern stellar evolution, and tracing the dynamics of our Galaxy. The v...

Activity Cycles in Lower Main Sequence and Post Main Sequence Stars: the Hk Project

Fundamental Parameters of Massive Stars

We discuss the determination of fundamental parameters of ‘normal’ hot, massive OB-type stars, namely temperatures, luminosities, masses, gravities and surface abundances. We also present methods used to derive properties of stellar winds – mass-loss rates and wind velocities from early-type stars.