This research involves using a Bayesian Statistics software developed by Dr. Ted von Hippel and his team to determine properties of binary stars. This software, titled BASE-9, which stands for Bayesia..
This research involves using a Bayesian Statistics software developed by Dr. Ted von Hippel and his team to determine properties of binary stars. This software, titled BASE-9, which stands for Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution, can be used to derive the properties of stars and star clusters including age, metallicity, helium abundance, distance modulus, mass, binary mass ratios, and cluster membership probability. With this information, the impact of environment on the characteristics of binaries over time can be examined. This project has consisted of running thousands of stars within different clusters using the Vega Supercomputer in order to study the properties of binary systems. By using BASE-9 and Vega, these properties can be derived with much more precision and by more direct means than other commonly used methods. This research involves using a Bayesian Statistics software developed by Dr. Ted von Hippel and his team to determine properties of binary stars. This software, titled BASE-9, which stands for Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution, can be used to derive the properties of stars and star clusters including age, metallicity, helium abundance, distance modulus, mass, binary mass ratios, and cluster membership probability. With this information, the impact of environment on the characteristics of binaries over time can be examined.