The following members of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics presented papers at the 197th meeting of the American Astronomical Society Jan 7-11, 2001 in San Diego CA.

STUDENTS: Joe De Pasquale, Ira Nadalin, Joshua Lake, Colleen Henry, Joel Urban
FACULTY: Dr Edward Sion, Dr Carol Ambruster, Dr Rex Saffer

The following papers were presented:


[9.03] A Comparative Far UV Spectroscopic Study of the Dwarf Novae VW Vul and X Leo During Quiescence

C. K. Henry, E. M. Sion (Villanova Un.)


[85.02] The Dwarf Novae UZ Serpentis and SS Aurigae During Quiescence: Exposed White Dwarfs?

J. Lake (Eastern Coll.), E. M. Sion (Villanova Un.)


[85.04] Chemical Abundances of the Magnetic White Dwarf During the Low States of the Polar AM Herculis

J. DePasquale, E.M. Sion (Villanova Un.)


[85.03] The Dwarf Novae Ty Psc and V436 Cen During Quiescence: Exposed White Dwarfs?

I. Nadalin, E. M. Sion (Villanova Un.)


[46.01] On the Origin of Subdwarf B Stars and Related Metal Rich Binaries

E.M. Green, J. Liebert (Steward Observatory, U of Arizona), R.A. Saffer (Villanova University)

[129.04] The Rotation/Activity Relation for Solar Neighborhood ZAMS Stars

C.W. Ambruster (Villanova Un.), F.C. Fekel (Ctr of Excellence, TN State Univ), A. Brown (CASA, Univ. of Colorado), B.E. Wood (JILA Univ. of Colorado)

[130.01] A Synthetic Spectral Analysis in the Far UV of the Dwarf Nova RU Peg

J.A. Urban, M.J. Dulude, E.M. Sion (Villanova University)