WGB3: Binaries and Multiple Systems
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Participants
Name |
Inst |
Contact |
Comments |
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Dimitri Pourbaix |
FNRS@ULB, BE |
pourbaix at astro.ulb.ac.be |
co-Facilitator |
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Frédéric Arenou |
CNRS@ObsPM, FR |
Frederic.Arenou at obspm.fr |
co-Facilitator |
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Henri Boffin |
ESO, CL |
hboffin at eso.org |
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Matt Burleigh |
University of Leicester, UK |
mbu at star.le.ac.uk |
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Sarah Casewell |
University of Leicester, UK |
src25 at star.le.ac.uk |
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Romano Corradi |
IAC, Canary Islands, SP |
rcorradi at iac.es |
symbiotic stars, outflows from binaries (PNe, novae, CVs) |
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Yassine Damerdji |
Universite de Liege, BE |
Yassine.Damerdji at ulg.ac.be |
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Marc David |
University of Antwerpen, BE |
marc.david at ua.ac.be |
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Peter De Cat |
Royal Observatory of Belgium, BE |
Peter.DeCat at oma.be |
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Marc-Antoine Dupret |
Universite de Liege, BE |
MA.Dupret at ulg.ac.be |
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Benoit Famaey |
CNRS@UStrasbourg, FR |
benoit.famaey at astro.unistra.fr |
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Yves Frémat |
Royal Observatory of Belgium, BE |
yves.fremat at oma.be |
"classical" Be stars in binaries |
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Duncan Fyfe |
University of Leicester, UK |
djf at star.le.ac.uk |
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University of Warwick, UK |
boris.gaensicke at warwick.ac.uk |
interacting and detached white dwarf binaries |
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Beatriz Garcia |
UNICET, AR |
beatrizgarcia at gmail.com |
Binaries in clusters |
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IAC, Canary Islands, SP |
jonay at iac.es |
LMXBs |
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Eric Gosset |
FNRS@ULg, BE |
gosset at astro.ulg.ac.be |
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Jean-Louis Halbwachs |
Universite de Strasbourg, FR |
Jean-Louis.Halbwachs at astro.unistra.fr |
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University of Barcelona ICC-IEEC, SP |
carme at am.ub.es |
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Alain Jorissen |
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, BE |
Alain.Jorissen at ulb.ac.be |
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Alexis Klutsch |
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SP |
klutsch at astrax.fis.ucm.es |
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Patricia Lampens |
Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van Belgie, BE |
patricia.lampens at oma.be |
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Alex Lobel |
Royal Observatory of Belgium, BE |
Alex.Lobel at oma.be |
Stellar models, massive binaries |
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Brian D. Mason |
U.S.N.O., US |
bdm at usno.navy.mil |
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Frédéric Meynadier |
CNRS@ObsPM, FR |
Frederic.Meynadier at obspm.fr |
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UCM, SP |
dmg at astrax.fis.ucm.es |
Active stars in binaries |
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Thierry Morel |
Universite de Liege, BE |
morel at astro.ulg.ac.be |
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Yael Naze |
FNRS@ULg, BE |
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Arlette Noels |
Universite de Liege, BE |
Arlette.Noels at ulg.ac.be |
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Ignacio Negueruela |
Univ. de Alicante, SP |
ignacio.negueruela at ua.es |
massive binaries, HMXBs |
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Richard Parker |
ETH Zurich, CH |
R.Parker at sheffield.ac.uk |
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Gregor Rauw |
FNRS@ULg, BE |
rauw at astro.ulg.ac.be |
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MSSL, UCL, UK |
gms at mssl.ucl.ac.uk |
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Christos Siopis |
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, BE |
Christos.Siopis at ulb.ac.be |
Eclipsing binaries |
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Danny Steeghs |
Warwick, UK |
D.T.H.Steeghs at warwick.ac.uk |
binaries involving compact objects |
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Lazslo Szabados |
Konkoly Obs., HU |
szabados at szombat.konkoly.hu |
Cepheids in binaries |
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Francesc Vilardell |
Universitat d'Alacant, SP |
francesc.vilardell at ua.es |
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Glenn White |
Open University, UK |
g.j.white at open.ac.uk |
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Fields of interest
- Identification of binaries for screening purpose;
- Binaries with a massive component;
- Assessment of stellar models
- Binaries with a pulsating component;
- Active stars in binaries;
- Distribution of binaries and statistics of the orbital elements including masses and radii
- among field stars,
- in clusters,
- in star forming regions
- Distribution of mass ratios of binaries and multiple systems with respect to the total mass
- a clue to binary and multiple star formation
- Hierarchical mass ratio and period in multiple systems.
- Wide binaries, galactic potential, dark matter
- Binaries and galactic chemical evolution
Meetings
Orbiting couples: "pas de deux" in the Solar System and the Milky Way, 10 - 12 October 2011, Paris Observatory, Paris, France (workshop website)
Kick Off meeting: May 17-18, 2010 Brussels, summary
Technical notes
Binaries: need for multi-epoch survey