NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2010A-0111
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PI: Leslie Hebb, Vanderbilt University, leslie.hebb@vanderbilt.edu
Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, 6301 Stevenson Center, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
CoI: Keivan Stassun, Vanderbilt Universtiy
CoI: Don Pollacco, Queen's University Belfast
CoI: Andrew Collier Cameron, University of St Andrews
CoI: Josh Pepper, Vanderbilt University
CoI: Scott Fleming, University of Florida
Title: Calibrating Stellar Evolution Models and Defining the Radius-Activity and -Metallicity Relations for M dwarfs
Abstract: Our goal is to empirically determine the mass-radius relationship of M dwarfs using a sample of F/G/K+M dwarf eclipsing binaries (EBs) in order to establish in detail how the measured radii depend on activity and metallicity. In addition, we aim to make precise measurements of the temperatures and metallicities of known benchmark EBs which lack this information. This will allow for critical testing of theoretical stellar evolution models.
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