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Name: |
Christine Nicholls |
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Title: |
Red giant binaries in the LMC |
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Project Description: |
Large surveys for variable stars have found very rare binary star
systems containing pairs of red giants eclipsing each other, and red giants
in supposedly eccentric orbits with unseen companions. This project aims
to obtain radial velocities of the red giants so that the sizes, masses
and luminosities of the stars can be determined, and to confirm the
eccentric orbits. |