Eric Hintz

Oct 26, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Andrew Davis |Eric Hintz |Brigham Young

KeywordsCCD photometric, NGC, variable stars, open cluster NGC 188CollegePhysical and Mathematical SciencesDepartmentPhysics and AstronomyAbstractThe old open cluster NGC 188 is unique because of its large number of W UMa type contact binaries. This allows astronomers to use these stars to refine models of the origin and evolution of these systems.

Jul 9, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Catherine Morris |Eric Hintz |Brigham Young

Keywordsquasars 3C273, Mark 509, telescope, brightness, standard starsCollegePhysical and Mathematical SciencesDepartmentPhysics and AstronomyAbstractThis project looked for variability in quasars 3C273 and Mark 509. Between May 2003 and July 2003 several nights of data were taken on these quasars. The project was also to see if “good” data on quasars could be obtained using the BYU 16” telescope, since not much research has been done on this topic at BYU.

Jul 9, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Eric Hintz |Brigham Young |Kelsey Jorgenson

KeywordsH-beta indices, delta scuti variable stars, brightness, starsCollegePhysical and Mathematical SciencesDepartmentPhysics and AstronomyAbstractA large part of astronomical research involves gathering information about celestial objects and drawing conclusions about that information. Astronomers commonly gather data for research projects via sweeping surveys, either of particular regions of the sky or of specific kinds of stars or celestial objects.

Jun 6, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | Eric Hintz

Who invents for sports and why? Specifically, what motivates so many athletes to becomes sports inventors? These are some of the central questions the Lemelson Center is exploring in the new exhibition Change Your Game. We originally called it Game Changers; the name change—and emphasis on you—reflects a greater focus on our visitors.

Mar 5, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Denise Stephens |Eric Hintz |Brigham Young |Leanne Lunsford

Keywordsdesign space, oscillartory biological networks, Manifold Boundary Approximation Method, MBAMCollegePhysical and Mathematical SciencesDepartmentPhysics and AstronomyAbstractCharacterizing the relevant parameters of a design space in order to satisfy a specific behavior criterion is an important problem throughout all of science and engineering. In this project we proposed to apply model reduction to the case of biological oscillations involving Michaelis-Menten reactions.