Maria Mitchell Observatory

MMO REU Students and their projects:

2001:

Dana Hammond: ES Aql is an R Coronae Borealis Star
(Clayton, G.C., Hammond, D., Lawless, J., Kilkenny, D., Lloyd Evans, T., Mattei, J, & Landolt, A.U.  2002, PASP, 114, 846)

2002:

Kristen Brock: X-ray binary A0538-66 during the years 1897 through 1951
(Brock, K. L., Clayton, G. C., & Wollman, E. R. 2002, BAAS, 34, 1201)

Erica Hesselbach: The Newly Active R Coronae Borealis Star, V2552 Oph
(Hesselbach, E., Clayton, G.C., & Smith, P. 2003, PASP, 115, 130)

Richard Plotkin: Photometry of SK -69 202, the Progenitor of SN 1987A, from 1896 to 1954
(Plotkin, R.M., & Clayton, G.C. 2005, JAAVSO, 32, 89)

2003:

Sarah Bank: An Extremely Bright Echo Associated With SN 2002hh

(Welch, D. L., Clayton, Geoffrey C., Campbell, Amy, Barlow, M. J., Sugerman, Ben E. K., Meixner, Margaret, & Bank, S. H. R. 2007, ApJ, in press)

Justin Steinfadt: A Unique Dust Formation Episode in the SC-Type Star UY Cen

(Steinfadt, J. D. R., Clayton, G. C., Lloyd Evans, T., & Williams, T. 2005, PASP, 117, 950 )

Emily Tenenbaum: Detection of Near-IR CO Absorption Bands in R Coronae Borealis Stars

(Tenenbaum, E., Clayton, G. C., Asplund, M., Englebracht, C., Gordon, K.D., Hanson, M.M., Rudy, R.J., Lynch, D.K., Mazuk, S., Venturini, C.C., & Puetter, R.C. 2005, AJ, 130, 256 )

An Extremely Large Excess of 18O in the Hydrogen-deficient Carbon Star HD 137613

(Clayton, G.C., Herwig, F., Geballe, T. R., Asplund, M., Tenenbaum, E.D., Engelbracht, C. W., & Gordon, K.D. 2005, ApJ, 623, L141)

2004:

Celestyna Brozek: P Cygni Profiles in He I 10830: Mass Outflow in R Coronae Borealis Stars

(Brozek, C.B. & Clayton, G. C. 2004, AAS Meeting 205, #54.19)

Peter Robinson: Searching for Past Outbursts of Recurrent Novae

(Robinson, P.B., Clayton, G. C., & Schaefer, B. 2006, PASP, 118, 385 )

Anna Zaniewski: Discovery of Five New R Coronae Borealis Stars in the MACHO Galactic Bulge Database

(Zaniewski, A. M., Clayton, G. C., Welch, D.L., Gordon, K.D., Minitti, D, & Cook, K. 2005, AJ, 130, 2293 )

2005:

Lydia Mitchell: The Nature of RCB Stars: The Feasibility of the Double Degenerate Method

(Mitchell, L. , & Clayton, G. C.2005, AAS Meeting 207, #124.05 )

Joseph Fedrow: V605 Aql: The Older Twin of Sakurai's Object

(Clayton,G.C., Kerber, F., Pirzkal, N., De Marco, O., Crowther, P.A., and Fedrow, J.M. 2006, ApJ Letters, 646, L69)