Richard Wade
- Associate Professor
515 Davey Lab
University Park, PA 16802
University Park, PA 16802
Email:
wade@astro.psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-6039
Websites
Education
- B.A. 1975 (Physics), University of Utah
- Ph.D. 1981 (Astronomy), California Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Advanced stages of stellar evolution involving white dwarf stars and hot subdwarf stars.
Binary origins of hot subdwarf stars: orbital studies, studies of the binary companions, evolutionary pathways, and population synthesis.
Distances to planetary nebulae from photometric observations of their companion stars.
A dynamical mass for TU Ursae Majoris, an RR Lyrae star in a 23-year binary.
Accurate masses and radii of low-mass dwarf stars.
Observations and models of accretion disks in cataclysmic variable systems.
