Andrej Prša

1% accuracy in fundamental stellar parameters? Not without an extensive redesign of eclipsing binary models.

Collaborative Research: A uniform sample of Kepler eclipsing binaries as benchmark stars to constrain stellar models and evolution at the bottom of the main sequence

ECLIPSING BINARY STARS ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS. THEY PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL STELLAR PARAMETERS MASSES RADII TEMPERATURES AND LUMINOSITIES FOR OBJECTS ACROSS THE H R DIAGRAM. THE K2 MISSION WILL PROBE FIELDS ALONG THE ECLIPTIC THUS ALLOWIN

KEPLER''S ULTRA-HIGH PRECISION PHOTOMETRY IS REVOLUTIONIZING STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS. WE ARE SEEING INTRINSIC PHENOMENA ON AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE, AND INTERPRETING THEM IS BOTH A CHALLENGE AND AN EXCITING PRIVILEGE. ECLIPSING BINARY STARS ARE OF PARTICULAR SI

THE PROPOSAL EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ECLIPSING BINARY STARS OBSERVED BY KEPLER. BACKGROUND ECLIPSING BINARIES ARE THE LEADING SOURCE OF FALSE POSITIVES AND A THOROUGH ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED FOR PLANET TRANSIT VALIDATION. STUDYING THE STATISTICAL DISTRI