Primary Recipient

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Amount

$85,270.00

Award Date

8/03/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

'Dr. Andrew F. Boden of the California Institute of Technology will undertake a study of the properties of binary stars at various stages of their lives. Binary stars are fundamental calibrators of stellar evolution, since the masses of the stars and the