Dr. Eugene Frank Milone
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Professor Emeritus
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Background
Educational Background
PhD. Astronomy, Yale University,
MS. Astronomy, Yale University,
AB. Mathematics, Columbia University,
Research
Areas of Research
My work on variable stars has focused on two main groups, eclipsing binary stars and pulsating variables such as delta Scuti stars and Cepheid variables, with occasional studies of novae, and cataclysmic variables, and even active galactic nuclei. The principle purpose for studying these objects has been the opportunity they provide for not only revealing the physics behind their activity, but also for providing the means to obtain fundamental stellar information such as their masses, sizes, surface temperatures, and distances.
To obtain the highest precision in fundamental stellar quantities, the data gathering tools must deliver highly accurate and precise data. That was the raison d'etre behind the development of the Rapid Alternate Detection System at the RAO, and the Infrared Working Group infrared passbands designed to minimize the effect of water vapor absorption. Both of those projects, and much of my stellar research was conducted with telescopes at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory.
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Publications
Books
- Milone, E. F., Wilson, W. J. F. (2014). Solar System Astrophysics: Background Science and the Inner Solar System (New York: Springer), Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, 2nd ed. (335pp) SSA-Vol I book page
- Milone, E. F., Wilson, W. J. F. (2014). Solar System Astrophysics: Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System (New York: Springer), Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, 2nd ed. (482pp) SSA-Vol II book page
- Kelley, D. H., and Milone, E. F. (2011). Exploring Ancient Skies: (New York: Springer Science and Business Media). 2nd edition. (614pp) EAS book page
- Milone, E. F., and Sterken, C., eds. (2011). Astronomical Photometry: Past, Present, and Future, (New York: Springer Science and Business Media). Astrophysics & Space Science Library, 373, (217pp)
- Kallrath, J., and Milone, E. F. (2009). Eclipsing Binary Stars: Modeling and Analysis (New York: Springer-New York). 2nd ed. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library, (427pp)
- Milone, E. F., Leahy, D. A., Hobill, D. W., eds. (2008). Short-Period Binary Stars: Observations, Analyses, and Results (Dordrecht: Springer). Astrophysics & Space Science Library, 352, (270pp)
Journal Articles
- Milone, E. F., Schiller, S. J., Mellergaard Amby, Th., Frandsen, S. (2019). "DS Andromedae: A Detached Eclipsing Double-Lined Spectroscopic Binary in the Galactic Cluster NGC 752," Astronomical Journal, 158, 82 (26pp).
- Nelson, R. H., Terrell, D., Milone, E. F. (2016). "A Critical Review of Period Analyses and Implications for Mass Exchange in W UMa Eclipsing Binaries: Paper 3," New Astronomy Reviews, 70, 1-27.
- Prza, Andrej; Harmanec, Petr; Torres, Guillermo; Mamajek, Eric; Asplund, Martin; Capitaine, Nicole; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Joergen; Depagne, Eric; Haberreiter, Margit; Hekker, Saskia; Hilton, James; Kopp, Greg; Kostov, Veselin; Kurtz, Donald W.; Laskar, Jacques; Mason, Brian D.; Milone, Eugene F.; Montgomery, Michele; Richards, Mercedes; Schmutz, Werner (2016). "Nominal Values for Selected Solar and Planetary Quantities: IAU 2015 Resolution B3," Astronomical Journal, 152, 41
- Nelson, R. H., Terrell, D., Milone, E. F. (2015). "A Critical Review of Period Analyses and Implications for Mass Exchange in W UMa Eclipsing Binaries: Paper 2," New Astronomy Reviews, 69, 1-15.
- Williams, M. D., and Milone, E. F. (2013). "Results from the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory Variable Star Search Program: Background, Procedure, and Results from RAO Field 1," The Journal of Astronomical Data, 19 (2), 1-86. (arxiv.org/abs/1101.5650)
- Nelson, R. H., Terrell, D., Milone, E. F. (2014). "A Critical Review of Period Analyses and Implications for Mass Exchange in W UMa Eclipsing Binaries: Paper 1," New Astronomy Reviews, 59, 1-13.
- Milone, E. F., Kurpinska-Winiarska, M., Oblak, E. (2010). "Observations and Analysis of the Eccentric Orbit Eclipsing Binary HP Draconis," Astronomical Journal, 140, 129-137.
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