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PARI 2006 Summer Student Research Proceedings
Up one levelA compilation of research papers written in the summer of 2006 by high school and undergraduate student residents of PARI. You are free to download these papers. If you are interested in obtaining a printed copy of the complete PROCEEDINGS, they may be purchased for $20 each. Contact PARI Vice President of Administration David Clavier at dclavier@pari.edu.
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- An introduction to the PARI 2006 Summer Student Research Proceedings written by PARI Director of Astronomical Studies and Education Dr. Michael Castelaz
- Space Science Lab
- A narrative overview of the Burroughs Wellcome sponsored Space Science Lab which featured 27 high school students studying the Sun.
- Black Hole Observations in Andromeda
- A paper by Duke TIP students Indy Jones, Michael Lowe and Danja Mewes
- The Mystery of Dark Matter: the Galactic Rotation Curve for the Milky Way
- A paper by Duke TIP students Kyle McGinty and David Brotman
- The Galactic Habitable Zone
- A paper by Duke TIP students Jamie Tayar, Will Burns, Satai Pegram and John Roebker
- Gravitational Lensing: Determining the Mass of a Lensing Source
- A paper by Duke TIP students David Singham and Michael Locher
- Planetary Transits
- A paper by Duke TIP students Jamie Tayar, Will Burns and Sarai Pegram
- Quasi-Stellar Objects (Quasars)
- A paper by Duke TIP students Ashwin Safigan and Rebekkah Cazalas
- Search for Pulsars and Supernova Remnants
- A paper by Duke TIP students Anna Safigan, John Roebker, Caitlin Styres and Maria Marshall
- Experiments in the Relationship between Stellar Spectral Type and Starspots
- A paper by Duke TIP students Kristina Hogstrom, Kari McKinnon, Anna Ruth Halberstadt and Connor Braatz
- Open Star Clusters Alessi 10 and Dolidze 27
- A paper by the Sherry and Rick Austin Summer Intern Rosalie McGurk
- Updated PDP2 Manual
- The updated PDP2 manual written by the Joe and Karen Phillips Summer Intern Megan DeRocher
- S-Band and X-Ban Feed Bandwidth Tests
- A PARSEC summer intern report written by Anna Castelaz
- An Investigation of Temperature Control Using Computer Controlled Peltier Devices
- A PARSEC summer intern report written by Christian Kaltreider and Matthew Brown
- RF Preamplifier Characteristics
- A PARSEC summer intern report written by Root Kirbach and Christopher Vorrens