BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Stellar astrophysics with data from the WASP survey - Pierre Maxte
 d (Keele University)
DTSTART:20151013T120000Z
DTEND:20151013T130000Z
UID:TALK60331@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Jean Teyssandier
DESCRIPTION:The Wide Angle Search for Planets has now discovered over 150 
 extrasolar giant planets that transit bright stars\, more than any other g
 round-based transiting exoplanet survey. The data from WASP and other exop
 lanet surveys are also an extremely valuable resource for the discovery an
 d characterisation of many other types of variable star. In this talk I wi
 ll give two examples of eclipsing binary star systems discovered using WAS
 P data. The first example is a new class of eclipsing binary star in which
  the precursor of a very low mass\nwhite dwarf is eclipsed by a blue strag
 gler. These binaries can be used to understand the formation of low-mass w
 hite-dwarf companions to milli-second pulsars and in other extreme astroph
 ysical environments. The second example is solar-type stars in long-period
  eclipsing binaries. I will outline how these binary systems can be used t
 o calibrate the stellar models that will be used for the interpretation of
  observations from the Gaia and Plato missions.
LOCATION:MR14\,  Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce Road\, Cam
 bridge
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR