2019/03/15 by Gerald van Belle, Ellyn K. Baines, van Belle, Gerard +19
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Developments in Astronomy #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1903.06750
openalex publication_date 2019/03/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Direct determination of fundamental stellar parameters has many profound and wide-ranging impacts throughout astrophysics. These determinations are rooted in high angular resolution observations. In particular, as long-baseline optical interferometry has matured over the past decade, increasingly large survey samples are serving to empirically ground the basic parameters of these building blocks of the universe. True imaging and improved parametric fitting are becoming routinely available, an essential component of fully characterizing stars, stellar environments, and planets these stars may host.