Using pulsating stars as probes of the evolution of stars and stellar systems

2011/03/B/ST9/02667

Keywords

Descriptors

  • ST9_7: Gwiazdy i układy gwiazdowe

Panel

ST9 – Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Fizyki i Astronomii

Voivodeship: dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

prof. Andrzej Pigulski

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call

OPUS 2 – announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded
304 200 PLN
Project start date
2012-08-13
Project end date
2015-12-12
Project duration
40 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Drukarka laserowa. Cost: 2 214 PLN
  2. Dysk zewnętrzny (3 pcs). Cost: 1 500 PLN
  3. Komputer przenośny (laptop) (3 pcs). Cost: 17 958 PLN
  4. Koło z filtrami. Cost: 4 680 PLN
  5. Zestaw dwóch filtrów H-alfa. Cost: 5 000 PLN
  6. Zestaw komputerowy do prowadzenia obliczeń (2 pcs). Cost: 8 000 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (16)

  1. Massive pulsating stars observed by BRITE-Constellation. I. The triple system Beta Centauri (Agena)

    Authors:
    Pigulski A., Cugier H., Popowicz A., Kuschnig R., Moffat A.F.J., Rucinski S., Schwarzenberg-Czerny A., Weiss W.W., Handler G., Wade G.A., Koudelka O., Matthews J.M., Mochnacki St., Orleański P., Pablo H., Ramiaramanantsoa T., Whittaker G., Zocłońska E., Zwintz K.
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (year: 2016, volume: 588, pages: A55, 1-17), Publisher: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201527872 – link to the publication
  2. Short-term variability and mass loss in Be stars. I. BRITE satellite photometry of Eta and Nu Centauri

    Authors:
    Baade D., Rivinius Th., Pigulski A., Carciofi A.C., Martayan Ch., Moffat A.F.J., Wade G.A., Weiss W.W., Grunhut J., Handler G., Kuschnig R., Mehner A., Pablo H., Popowicz A., Rucinski S., Whittaker G.
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (year: 2016, volume: 588, pages: A56, 1-18), Publisher: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201528026 – link to the publication
  3. New observations and period change study for the anomalous Cepheid in M92

    Authors:
    Osborn W., Kopacki G., Haberstroh J.
    Academic press:
    Acta Astronomica (year: 2012, volume: 62, pages: 377-388), Publisher: Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  4. A CCD Search for Variable Stars of Spectral Type B in the Northern Hemisphere Open Clusters. IX. NGC 457

    Authors:
    Moździerski D., Pigulski A., Kopacki G., Kołaczkowski Z., Stęślicki M.
    Academic press:
    Acta Astronomica (year: 2014, volume: 64, pages: 89-114), Publisher: Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy
    Status:
    Published
  5. The quasi-resonant variability of the massive LMC system BI 108

    Authors:
    Kołaczkowski Z., Mennickent R.E., Rivinius T., Pietrzyński G.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (year: 2013, volume: 429, pages: 2852-2857), Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/sts432 – link to the publication
  6. Spectroscopic survey of Kepler stars. I. HERMES/Mercator observations of A- and F-type stars

    Authors:
    Niemczura E., Murphy S.J., Smalley B., Uytterhoeven K., Pigulski A., Lehmann H., Bowman D.M., Catanzaro G., van Aarle E., Bloemen S., Briquet M., De Cat P., Drobek D., Eyer L., Gameiro J.F.S., Gorlova N., Kamiński K., Lampens P., Marcos-Arenal P., Papics P.I. Vandenbussche B., Van Winckel H., Stęślicki M., Fagas M.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (year: 2015, volume: 450, pages: 2764-2783), Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stv528 – link to the publication
  7. Kepler photometry of RRc stars: peculiar double-mode pulsations and period doubling

    Authors:
    Moskalik P., Smolec R., Kolenberg K., Molnár L., Kurtz D.W., Szabó R., Benkő J.M., Nemec J.M., Chadid M., Guggenberger E., Ngeow C.-C., Jeon Y.-B., Kopacki G., Kanbur S.M.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (year: 2015, volume: 447, pages: 2348-2366), Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stu2561 – link to the publication
  8. Variable stars in the globular cluster M80

    Authors:
    Kopacki G.
    Academic press:
    Acta Astronomica (year: 2013, volume: 63, pages: 91-107), Publisher: Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  9. Variability survey in the young open cluster IC 1805

    Authors:
    Moździerski D.
    Academic press:
    Astronomische Nachrichten (year: 2012, volume: 333, pages: 1051-1052), Publisher: WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co.KGaA, Weinheim
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/asna.201211820 – link to the publication
  10. KIC 8410637: a 408-day period eclipsing binary containing a pulsating giant star

    Authors:
    Frandsen S., Lehmann H., Hekker S., Southworth J., Debosscher J., Beck P., Hartmann M., Pigulski A., Kopacki G., Kołaczkowski Z., Stęślicki M., Thygesen A.O., Brogaard K., Elsworth Y.
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (year: 2013, volume: 556, pages: A138, 1-12), Publisher: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201321817 – link to the publication
  11. Asteroseismology of KIC 11754974: a high-amplitude SX Phe pulsator in a 343-d binary system

    Authors:
    Murphy S.J., Pigulski A. Kurtz D.W., Suarez J.C., Handler G., Balona L.A., Smalley B., Uytterhoeven K., Szabó R., Thygesen A.O., Elkin V., Breger M., Grigahcene A., Guzik J.A., Nemec J.M., Southworth J.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (year: 2013, volume: 432, pages: 2284–2297), Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stt587 – link to the publication
  12. Interacting binaries W Serpentids and double periodic variables

    Authors:
    Mennickent R.E., Otero S., Kołaczkowski Z.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (year: 2016, volume: 455, pages: 1728-1745), Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stv2433 – link to the publication
  13. Wide-field variability survey of the globular cluster M79 and a new period-luminosity relation for SX Phe stars

    Authors:
    Kopacki G.
    Academic press:
    Acta Astronomica (year: 2015, volume: 65, pages: 81-106), Publisher: Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy
    Status:
    Published
  14. Total eclipse of the heart: the AM CVn Gaia14aae/ASASSN-14cn

    Authors:
    Campbell H.C., Marsh T.R., Fraser M., Hodgkin S.T., de Miguel E., Gänsicke B.T., Steeghs D., Hourihane A., Breedt E., Littlefair S.P., Koposov S.E., Wyrzykowski Ł., Altavilla G., Blagorodnova N., Clementini G., Damljanovic G., Delgado A., Dennefeld M., Drake A.J., Fernández-Hernández J., Gilmore G., Gualandi R., Hamanowicz A., Handzlik B., Hardy L.K., Harrison D.L., Iłkiewicz K., Jonker P.G., Kochanek C.S., Kołaczkowski Z., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska Z., Kotak R., van Leeuwen G., Leto G., Ochner P., Pawlak M., Palaversa L., Rixon G., Rybicki K., Shappee B.J., Smartt S.J., Torres M.A.P., Tomasella L., Turatto M., Ulaczyk K., van Velzen S., Vince O., Walton N.A., Wielgórski P., Wevers T., Whitelock P., Yoldas A., De Angeli F., Burgess P., Busso G., Busuttil R., Butterley T., Chambers K.C., Copperwheat C., Danilet A.B., Dhillon V.S., Evans D.W., Eyer L., Froebrich D., Gomboc A., Holland G., Holoien T.W.-S., Jarvis J.F., Kaiser N., Kann D.A., Koester D., Kolb U., Komossa S., Magnier E.A., Mahabal A., Polshaw J., Prieto J.L., Prusti T., Riello M., Scholz A., Simonian G., Stanek K.Z., Szabados L., Waters C., Wilson R.W.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (year: 2015, volume: 452, pages: 1060-1067), Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stv1224 – link to the publication
  15. The roAp star alpha Circini as seen by BRITE-Constellation

    Authors:
    Weiss W.W., Fröhlich H.-E., Pigulski A., Popowicz A., Huber D., Kuschnig R., Moffat A.F.J., Matthews J.M., Saio H., Schwarzenberg-Czerny A., Grant C.C., Koudelka O., Lüftinger T., Rucinski S.M., Wade G.A., Alves J., Guedel M., Handler G., Mochnacki St., Orleanski P., Pablo B., Pamyatnykh A., Ramiaramanantsoa T., Rowe J., Whittaker G., Zawistowski T., Zocłonska E., Zwintz K.
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (year: 2016, volume: 588, pages: A54, 1-10), Publisher: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201526997 – link to the publication
  16. The 2003-2004 multisite photometric campaign for the β Cephei and eclipsing star 16 (EN) Lacertae with an appendix on 2 Andromedae, the variable comparison star

    Authors:
    Jerzykiewicz M., Handler G., Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz J., Pigulski A., Poretti E., Rodríguez E., Amado P.J., Kołaczkowski Z., Uytterhoeven K., Dorokhova T.N., Dorokhov N.I., Lorenz D., Zsuffa D., Kim S.-L., Bourge P.-O., Acke B., De Ridder J., Verhoelst T., Drummond R., Movchan A.I., Lee J.-A., Stȩślicki M., Molenda-Żakowicz J., Garrido R., Kim S.-H., Michalska G., Paparó M., Antoci V., Aerts C.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (year: 2015, volume: 454, pages: 724-740), Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stv1958 – link to the publication

Articles in post-conference publications (5)

  1. A review of pulsating stars from the ASAS data

    Authors:
    Pigulski A.
    Conference:
    Precision Asteroseismology (IAU Symposium 301) (year: 2014, pages: 31-38), Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Date:
    conference 19-23.08.2013
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  2. Multicolour photometry of pulsating stars in the Galactic Bulge fields

    Authors:
    Bruś P., Kołaczkowski Z.
    Conference:
    Precision Asteroseismology (IAU Symposium 301) (year: 2014, pages: 391-392), Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Date:
    conference 19-23.08.2013
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  3. Variable stars in the young open cluster NGC 2244

    Authors:
    Michalska G.
    Conference:
    Precision Asteroseismology (IAU Symposium 301) (year: 2014, pages: 453-454), Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Date:
    conference 19-23.08.2013
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  4. Spectroscopic and photometric study of two B-type pulsators in eclipsing systems

    Authors:
    Drobek D., Pigulski A.
    Conference:
    Precision Asteroseismology (IAU Symposium 301) (year: 2014, pages: 403-404), Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Date:
    conference 19-23.08.2013
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  5. Wide-field variability survey of the globular cluster NGC 4833

    Authors:
    Kopacki G.
    Conference:
    Precision Asteroseismology (IAU Symposium 301) (year: 2014, pages: 441-442), Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Date:
    conference 19-23.08.2013
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication

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