Papers presented by the following members of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the 203th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, January 4-8, 2004 in Atlanta, GA.

STAFF: Dr. Frank Maloney, Dr. Edward Guinan, Dr. Edward Sion, Mr. Larry DeWarf

STUDENTS: Ryan Hamilton, Micheal Lesniak, Joel Urban, Joleen Miller and Laura Barge


The Exciting World of Search and Discovery: Research Experiences as part of the Undergraduate Astronomy Curriculum

E. F. Guinan (Villanova University)

Rotation-Activity-Age Relations of Sun-like Stars: In Search of the Much Coveted Solar Twin

R.T. Hamilton, E.F. Guinan, L.E. DeWarf (Villanova University)


Revisiting the Anomalous Apsidal Motion of the Eccentric Eclipsing Binary DI Herculis

F. P. Maloney, E. F. Guinan, L. M. Barge (Villanova), R. A. Mardling (Monash)


Dwarf Novae in Quiescence: An Unexpected Diversity

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


Semi-Steady Burning Evolutionary Sequences for CAL 83 and CAL 87: Super Soft X-ray Binaries are Supernova Ia Progenitors

S. Starrfield (ASU), F. X. Timmes (Chicago), W. R. Hix (ORNL), E. M. Sion (Villanova), W. M. Sparks (LANL), S. Dwyer (ASU)

The Accretion Rate and Temperature of the Accreting White dwarf in the Dwarf Nova SS Cygni During Quiescence

M. V. Lesniak, E. M. Sion (Villanova U.)


Calculating Velocity Shifts Between the Pre- and Post-Upgrade AFOE Data Sets

J. K. Miller (Villanova University), S. G. Korzennik, P. Nisenson (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)