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High Angular Resolution Astrophysics: Resolving Stellar Surface Features We are now in an era where we can image details on the surfaces of stars. When resolving stellar surfaces, we see that every surface is uniquely complicated. Each imaged star provides insight into not only the stellar surface structures, but also the stellar interiors suggesting constraints on evolution and dynamo models. As more resources become operational in the coming years, imaging stellar surfaces should become commonplace for revealing the true nature of stars. Here, we discuss the main types of stars for which imaging surface features is currently useful and what improved observing techniques would provide for imaging stellar surface features.
Document ID
20205000783
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
White Paper
Authors
Rachael M. Roettenbacher
(Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, United States)
Ryan P. Norris
(Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
Fabien Baron
(Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
Kenneth G Carpenter
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Michelle J. Creech-Eakman
(New Mexico Tech)
Douglas Gies
(Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
Thomas Maccarone
(Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas, United States)
John D. Monnier
(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States)
Gioia Rau
(Catholic University of America Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)
Stephen Ridgway
(National Optical Astronomy Observatory Tucson, Arizona, United States)
Gail H. Schaefer
(Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
Theo ten Brummelaar
(Georgia State University)
Date Acquired
April 13, 2020
Publication Date
March 11, 2019
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysics > Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Publisher: Cornell Univesity
URL: arXiv:1903.04660
Subject Category
Astronomy
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: 80GSFC17M0002
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Technical Review
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