Papers were presented by the following members of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the 211th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, January 7 - 11, 2008 in Austin, Texas

STAFF: Dr. Edward Guinan, Dr. Andrej Prsa, Laurence DeWarf
STUDENTS: Jennifer Carton, Scott Engle, Amanda Hernendaz, Nicholas Hollon, Jason Merritt, Robert Zellem


The EBAI Project: Testing Artificial Intelligence / Neural Network Approaches to Automatically Solve Light Curves of Eclipsing Binary Systems
Edward F. Guinan1, N. Hollon1, A. Prsa1, E. Devinney1
1Villanova Univ..
Presentation Number: 003.36

The Guiding Light: Vri/uvby & Tio Photometry Of The Chromospherically Active & Spotted Binary System Im Peg - The Guide-star For The Gravity Probe-b Mission
Robert Zellem1, E. Guinan1, S. Messina2, R. Wasatonic1, G. McCook1
1Villanova University, 2INAF, Italy.
Presentation Number: 060.04

Investigating the Photometric and Pulsation Properties of the NGC 7790 Classical Cepheid CF Cas
Amanda Hernandez1, J. Carton1, E. Guinan1, S. Engle1
1Villanova University.
Presentation Number: 060.15

Living With A Red Dwarf: Rotation, Starspots, Activity Cycles, Coronal X-ray Activity And X-uv Irradiances Of Proxima Centauri
Merritt Jason1, E. Guinan1, S. Engle1, G. Pojmanski2
1Villanova University, 2University of Warsaw Observatory, Poland.
Presentation Number: 103.11

Living with a Red Dwarf: Constraining the Ages of dM Stars From Rotation-Activity-Age Relations
Scott G. Engle1, E. Guinan1, T. Mizusawa1, G. Pojmanski2
1Villanova Univ., 2University of Warsaw Observatory, Poland.
Presentation Number: 103.13

Continued Investigations into the Magnetic Activity of alpha Centauri A
Jennifer M. Carton1, L. E. Dewarf1, E. F. Guinan1
1Villanova University.
Presentation Number: 104.23

Cosmological Constraints From Tully Fisher Measurements In The Local Universe
Nicholas Hollon1, R. Bean2
1Villanova University, 2Cornell University.
Presentation Number: 091.10