Observational Projects |
| PI |
Project Title |
Telescope/Instrument (Technique) |
Run date/Proposal deadline |
Project Status/Publications |
Information |
| DeMarco |
Detecting hot companions to cool CSPN |
HST/COS spectroscopy |
Cycle 19 |
Second submission |
Cool CSPN |
| DeMarco/Montez |
X-rays from known binaries |
Chandra/imagining |
Data close to submission; Chandra proposal submitted April 2010 |
-- |
X-rays XMM X-rays Chandra |
| DeMarco |
RV faint |
VLT/spectroscopy |
data analysed |
Data partly analysed |
RV Faint |
| DeMarco/Moe |
IR excess |
KPNO 2.1m, AAT/imaging |
AAT proposal submitted September 2009 |
2.1 m data reduced and analysed |
IR Excess |
| DeMarco/Bond |
RV bright |
WIYN 3.5m, KPNO 4m/spectroscopy |
project temporarily suspended |
2 publications |
RV Bright |
| Frew |
photometric variability |
Perth 24"/imaging |
ongoing |
-- |
Photometric Variability II |
| Hillwig |
photometric variability |
SARA/imaging |
ongoing |
2 publications |
Photometric Variability |
| Hillwig |
known binaries: modeling |
time-resolved imaging/spectroscopy |
ongoing; 2010 Gemini approved |
2 publication |
R.V. and phot. models |
| Hrivnak |
photometric variability pPN central stars |
VUO 0.4m/imaging |
ongoing |
1 publication |
Photometric Variability PPNe |
| Hrivnak |
RV variability pPN central stars |
DAO 1.2m/spectroscopy |
1991-95, restarted |
1 publication |
RV Variability PPNe - bright |
| Jones |
Accretion flickering in binary CSPN |
SAAO 1m/UCT frame transfer CCD |
Project temporarily suspended |
-- |
High-speed photometry |
| Jones |
Photometric variability of PNe in the WASP field |
SuperWASP |
ongoing |
-- |
SuperWASP |
| Miszalski |
Photometric Variability of Galactic Bulge PNe |
OGLE Photometry |
ongoing |
4 publications |
OGLE Photometry |
| Miszalski |
Spectroscopic Followup of OGLE Binary CSPN |
GMOS,FORS |
Gemini 2008B,GS2009A; VLT P83 |
|
OGLE GMOS |
| Miszalski/Corradi |
Photometric Variability of Northern PNe |
Mercator |
2009 Data Taken; 2010A Approved! |
4 publications |
Mercator |
| Santander-Garcia/Jones |
Shaping of nebulae around binary stars |
Various/Images & Long-slit + 2D spectroscopy |
ongoing |
8 publications |
Spatio-kinematical modelling |
| Shaw |
photometric variability in the LMC |
SuperMACHO images and Macho database |
ongoing |
2 publications |
Photometric Variability LMC |
| Shaw, Hillwig |
Optical/IR photometry |
Southern hemisphere telescope & CCD camera |
Proposed March 08; Approved |
-- |
Follow-up on LMC variables |
| Jacoby |
Search for PNe in M31 GCs |
WIYN / Hydra |
March 08; approved |
Jacoby et al 1997 (MW GCs) |
PN counts |
| Sahai |
Searching for binarity in AGB stars |
GALEX |
GALEX GI, archival data; Cyc 5 proposal (Jun'08) |
Sahai et al 2008, ApJ (submit 4/22/08, revise 6/02/08) |
UV Excesses, UV Spectroscopy |
| Sahai |
Searching for binarity in AGB stars |
Palomar / NOAO |
(fall 2008 proposal) |
Sanchez Contreras, Gil de Paz & Sahai 2004, ApJ, 616, 519 |
Optical Spectroscopy |
Telescope availability
|
| Corradi |
telescopes available for short projects and TOs |
La Palma (lat+29deg) 2-4m tel, imaging and spectroscopy |
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procedure |
Theoretical Projects
|
| Frank |
Temporal evolution of PN shape |
MHD modeling |
HST Cycle 16/Theory |
Just started |
Theory Roundification |
| Nordhaus |
Binary Induced Jet Precession |
Basic Theory/Hydro-modeling |
HST Cycle 18/Theory |
Second Quartile Cycle 17 (Rejected) |
Jet Precession |
| Nordhaus |
AGB Wind / Wide Binary Interactions |
Hydro-modeling |
TeraGrid Allocation; Approved |
1 publication |
Wind/Binary Interaction |
| Sahai |
Using SIM to find binary companions to AGB and post-AGB stars |
Developing observational strategies using SIM |
SIM (Space Interferometry Mission) Science Studies (Jun 13, 2008) |
Rejected |
Astrometry |
| Nordhaus |
Tides and Tidal Engulfment in Post-MS Binaries |
Theoretical |
1 publication |
Completed |
Tides and Engulfment |
| Passy |
Common envelope simulations |
Theoretical |
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NSF 2006-2011 |
Common Envelope |
