New Observing Techniques
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The influence of new techniques on the discovery and characterization of pulsating variables has been enormous. In this paper, I will review the methods and results of a number of research programmes which have dramatically altered our ability to study variable stars and will likely bear fruit for many years into the future. Specifically, I will touch on results from the MACHO and EROS Projects, the HIPPARCOS mission, "flux difference" photometry and a handful of new algorithmic advances which I consider to be important.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9711228,
title = {New Observing Techniques},
author = {D. L. Welch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9711228},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, to appear in "A Half-Century of Stellar Pulsation Interpretations: A Tribute to Arthur N. Cox", ed. P.A. Bradley and J.A.Guzik (ASP Conference Series). Uses paspconf.sty