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The influence of the magnetic activity on the global parameters of cool stars

2011/03/B/ST9/03299

Keywords:

magnetic activity stellar rotation cool contact binaries RS CVn-type stars Algols

Descriptors:

  • ST9_7: Stars and stellar systems

Panel:

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

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Fizyki, Obserwatorium Astronomiczne

woj. mazowieckie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Kazimierz Stępień 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: OPUS 2 - announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded: 238 920 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-08-13

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2015-08-12

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. laptop z dodatkowym monitorem.
  2. dwa komputery typu desk-top oraz dwa mniejsze komputery przenośne (20 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. Pulsation models for the 0.26 M⊙ star mimicking RR Lyrae pulsator. Model survey for the new class of variable stars
    Authors:
    Smolec, R.; Pietrzyński, G.; Graczyk, D.; Pilecki, B.; Gieren, W.; Thompson, I.; Stępień, K.; Karczmarek, P.; Konorski, P.; Górski, M.; Suchomska, K.; Bono, G.; Prada, P. G. Moroni; Nardetto, N.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2013, tom: 428, strony: 3034-3047), Wydawca: Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/sts258 - link to the publication
  2. The Ultimate Fate of Low-mass Contact Binary Evolution: Planetary System?
    Authors:
    K. Stępień, M. Kiraga
    Academic press:
    Central European Astrophysical Bulletin (rok: 2013, tom: 37, strony: 381-390), Wydawca: Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb, Kaciceva 26, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
    Status:
    Published
  3. Ultra-Short-Period Binary Systems in the OGLE Fields Toward the Galactic Bulge
    Authors:
    I. Soszyński, K. Stępień, B. Pilecki, P. Mróz, A. Udalski, M.K. Szymański, G. Pietrzyński, Ł. Wyrzykowski, K. Ulaczyk, R. Poleski, S. Kozłowski, P. Pietrukowicz, J. Skowron, M. Pawlak
    Academic press:
    Acta Astronomica (rok: 2015, tom: 65, strony: 39-62), Wydawca: Fundacja Astronomii Polskiej
    Status:
    Published
  4. Evolution of Cool Close Binaries - Rapid Mass Transfer and Near Contact Binaries
    Authors:
    K. Stępień, M.Kiraga
    Academic press:
    Acta Astronomica (rok: 2013, tom: 63, strony: 239-266), Wydawca: Fundacja Astronomii Polskiej
    Status:
    Published
  5. ASAS Photometry of ROSAT Sources. II. New Variables from the ASAS North Survey
    Authors:
    M. Kiraga, K. Stępień
    Academic press:
    Acta Astronomica (rok: 2013, tom: 63, strony: 53-66), Wydawca: Fundacja Astronomii Polskiej
    Status:
    Published
  6. The Araucaria Project. Accurate stellar parameters and distance to +evolved eclipsing binary ASAS J180057-2333.8 in Sagittarius Arm.
    Authors:
    K. Suchomska, D. Graczyk, R. Smolec, G. Pietrzynski, W. Gieren, K. Stepien, P. Konorski, B. Pilecki, S. Villanova, I.B. Thompson, M.Gorski, P. Karczmarek, P. Wielogorski
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Siciety (rok: 2015, tom: 451, strony: 651-659), Wydawca: Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stv951 - link to the publication
  7. Fast radio bursts: the observational case for a Galactic origin
    Authors:
    Maoz, D. Loeb, A., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Engel, M. Kiefer, F., Kiraga, M., Levi, A., Mazeh, T., Pawlak, M., Rich, R. M., Tal-Or, L., Wyrzykowski, L.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2015, tom: 454, strony: 2183-2189), Wydawca: Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stv2015 - link to the publication
  8. Model computations of blue stragglers and W UMa-type stars in globular clusters
    Authors:
    K. Stepien and M. Kiraga
    Academic press:
    Astronomy and Astrophysics (rok: 2015, tom: 577, strony: A117-139), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/20145550 - link to the publication
  1. Rotation Period - X-ray Activity Relations Based on ASAS and ROSAT Data
    Authors:
    M. Kiraga, K. Stępień
    Conference:
    18th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Lowell Observatory
    Data:
    konferencja 8-14 czerwiec 2014
    Status:
    Published