Young stars and their circumstellar disks in the Sigma Orionis cluster (2004)
Conference Proceeding
M. Oliveira, J., D. Jeffries, R., Th. van Loon, J., & J. Kenyon, M. (2004). Young stars and their circumstellar disks in the Sigma Orionis cluster. In Open Issues in Local Star Formation (55–62). https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2600-5_6

The sigma Orionis cluster is a young association evolving under the disruptive influence of its massive O-star namesake. We are analysing this cluster as part of a program to characterise the influence of O-stars on the early stages of stellar evolut... Read More about Young stars and their circumstellar disks in the Sigma Orionis cluster.

Yields of rotating stars at solar metallicity (2004)
Journal Article
Hirschi, R., Meynet, G., & Maeder, A. Yields of rotating stars at solar metallicity. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%3A20041554. Manuscript submitted for publication

We present a new set of stellar yields obtained from rotating stellar models at solar metallicity covering the massive star range (12-60 solar masses). The stellar models were calculated with the latest version of the Geneva stellar evolution code de... Read More about Yields of rotating stars at solar metallicity.

The ASTRA Spectrophotometer: A July 2004 Progress Report (2004)
Journal Article
Pazder, J., J. Adelman, S., Younger, P., F. Gulliver, A., Boyd, L., Epand, D., …Smalley, B. The ASTRA Spectrophotometer: A July 2004 Progress Report. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921305009968. Manuscript submitted for publication

A cross-dispersed spectrophotometer with CCD detector and its automated 0.5-m telescope at the Fairborn Observatory, now under construction, should begin observations in 6 to 9 months. The Citadel ASTRA Telescope will be able to observe Vega the prim... Read More about The ASTRA Spectrophotometer: A July 2004 Progress Report.

Observations of convection in A-type stars (2004)
Journal Article
Smalley, B. Observations of convection in A-type stars. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921304004478. Manuscript submitted for publication

Convection and turbulence in stellar atmospheres have a significant effect on the emergent flux from A-type stars. The recent theoretical advancements in convection modelling have proved a challenge to the observers to obtain measurements with suffic... Read More about Observations of convection in A-type stars.

Accurate fundamental parameters of eclipsing binary stars (2004)
Journal Article
Southworth, J., Smalley, B., Maxted, P., & Etzel, P. (2004). Accurate fundamental parameters of eclipsing binary stars. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2004(IAUS224), 548-561. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921305009324

The study of detached eclipsing binaries is one of the most powerful ways to investigate the properties of individual stars and stellar systems. We present preliminary masses, radii and effective temperatures for the eclipsing binary WW Aurigae, whic... Read More about Accurate fundamental parameters of eclipsing binary stars.

Some updates on the role of magnetic fields in cataclysmic variables (2004)
Journal Article
Hellier, C. (2004). Some updates on the role of magnetic fields in cataclysmic variables

In this review talk I cover some recent developments in understanding the role that magnetic fields play in cataclysmic variables. I discuss the recent DNO--QPO unification models; the disk--magnetosphere boundary; some issues concerning the soft bla... Read More about Some updates on the role of magnetic fields in cataclysmic variables.

An L'-band survey for circumstellar discs around low-mass stars in the young σ Orionis cluster (2004)
Journal Article
Jeffries, R., Oliveira, J., & Van Loon, J. (2004). An L'-band survey for circumstellar discs around low-mass stars in the young σ Orionis cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 347(4), 1327 -1336. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07315.x

We present new K- and L'-band imaging of a representative sample of members of the young 3-5 Myr old sigma Orionis cluster. We identified objects with (K-L') excess by analysing colour-colour diagrams and comparing the observations with empirical mai... Read More about An L'-band survey for circumstellar discs around low-mass stars in the young σ Orionis cluster.