Dr. Konstanze Zwintz
Research Interests
My main research interests include:
- Asteroseismology of pre-main sequence stars
- Early stellar evolution
- Asteroseismology of "classical pulsators" (Slowly Pulsating B, delta Scuti and gamma Doradus stars)
- Chemical abundances from high resolution spectroscopy
- Astrophysics from space missions MOST, CoRoT, Kepler and BRITE-Constellation
- Future space missions: TESS, PLATO
My list of publications from the Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.at/scholar?lr=&q=Konstanze+Zwintz&hl=de&as_sdt=0,5
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Konstanze_Zwintz
Recent
scientific news
Zwintz, K. et al., 2014, Science 345, 550
We recently revealed a connection between the pulsational properties of
pre-main sequence stars and their relative evolutionary stage. The
picture shows that the younger and, hence, still larger the pre-main
sequence star is, the slower it pulsates. The further a young star
evolves towards the zero-age main sequence (i.e., the onset of hydrogen
core burning), the faster it pulsates.
Organisation
of the Second BRITE-Constellation Science Conference in Innsbruck,
Austria
The Second BRITE-Constellation Science Conference "small satellites - big science" took place in Innsbruck, Austria, from Aug 22 to 26, 2016.
For more information please follow the link to the
conference webpage given here.