Van Hamme, Walter
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Overview
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- Dr. Van Hamme received his Doctor of Science in Astronomy degree from Ghent University (Belgium) in 1981. He joined FIU's Department of Physics in 1988 and served as department chair from 2004 to 2011, managing the department's rapid growth and advocating for teaching reform of introductory physics courses, and the establishment of a physics education research group. He was appointed Associate Director in 2011 and Executive Director in 2016 of the School of Integrated Science and Humanity in the College of Arts, Sciences & Education.
research interests
- Van Hamme's areas of research include interacting binary stars, binary star evolution, and the search for planets around stars other than the Sun. He is the co-developer of one of the most widely used and comprehensive computer programs to extract astrophysical information from binary star observational data.
Scholarly & Creative Works
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2020Binary star analysis with intrinsic pulsation. CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY SKALNATE PLESO. 50:552-556.Full Text via DOI: 10.31577/caosp.2020.50.2.552 Web of Science: 000523574300036
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2017BVRI Photometric Analysis and Spectra of the Dwarf Solar Type Algol Binary, V500 Pegasi. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 129.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/aa632a Web of Science: 000400101400001
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2016BVRI OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSES OF THE SEMIDETACHED BINARY FF VULPECULA. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 152.Full Text via DOI: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/199 Web of Science: 000390360900002
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2016BVRI PHOTOMETRIC 2015 WD ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTHERN TOTALLY ECLIPSING, SOLAR-TYPE, SHALLOW-CONTACT W UMA BINARY, DD INDUS. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 152.Full Text via DOI: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/219 Web of Science: 000390342200002
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2016Gaia Data Release 1 Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 595.Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629512 Web of Science: 000388573500136
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2016PHOTOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF SELECTED ALGOL-TYPE BINARIES. IX. V548 CYGNI. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 152.Full Text via DOI: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/49 Web of Science: 000381817500022
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2016The Gaia mission. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. 595.Full Text via DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629272 Web of Science: 000388573500125
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2015ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTHERN PRE-CONTACT W UMA BINARY ZZ ERIDANI: A 34 YEAR PERIOD STUDY YIELDS A POSSIBLE LOW-MASS COMPANION. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 149.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/149/2/48 Web of Science: 000349360200013
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2015THE V471 TAURI SYSTEM: A MULTI-DATA-TYPE PROBE. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 810.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/810/2/157 Web of Science: 000362083700073
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2015UBVRI ANALYSIS OF THE TOTALLY ECLIPSING EXTREME MASS RATIO W UMa BINARY, GSC 3208 1986. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 149.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/149/3/90 Web of Science: 000352304000001
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2014BVRcIc OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSES ON V2421 CYGNI, A PRECONTACT W UMa BINARY. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 147.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/147/1/3 Web of Science: 000328694500003
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2014UNIFICATION OF BINARY STAR EPHEMERIS SOLUTIONS. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 780.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/151 Web of Science: 000329097100038
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2013BVRI Photometric Analysis and 73 year Period Study of the Totally Eclipsing Binary, DK Andromedae. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 125:1200-1211.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/673474 Web of Science: 000326329100004
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2013BVRcIc OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSES OF THE DWARF DETACHED BINARY V1043 CASSIOPEIA AND A COMMENT ON PRECONTACT W UMa'S. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 145.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/145/1/14 Web of Science: 000312251100014
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2013The Eclipsing Binary RU Eridani. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 125:17-24.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/669164 Web of Science: 000314102800003
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2013UBVRcIc PHOTOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF THE EMISSION-LINE, SOLAR-TYPE BINARY GSC 2751-1007. OBSERVATORY. 133:89-98.Web of Science: 000317093100004
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2012Observations, Analysis, and Spectroscopic Classification of HO Piscium: A Bright Shallow-Contact Binary with G- and M-Type Components. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 124:693-699.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/666748 Web of Science: 000307641100004
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2012TYC 1404-1687-I, AN EXTREME-MASS-RATIO BINARY?. OBSERVATORY. 132:98-106.Web of Science: 000302444400004
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2012UBVRI Photometric Study of the Totally Eclipsing Very Short Period W Ursae Majoris Binary GSC 2765-0348. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 124:1025-1034.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/668126 Web of Science: 000310574500001
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2011AC Piscium, A Short-Period Cool Dwarf Algol Binary. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 123:1169-1176.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/662641 Web of Science: 000296475200004
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2011UBVRcIc ANALYSIS OF THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED TOTALLY ECLIPSING EXTREME MASS RATIO BINARY V1853 ORIONIS, AND A STATISTICAL LOOK AT 25 OTHER EXTREME MASS RATIO SOLAR-TYPE CONTACT BINARIES. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 142.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/142/4/117 Web of Science: 000295042500021
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2010FLUX CALIBRATIONS FROM NEARBY ECLIPSING BINARIES AND SINGLE STARS. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 723:1469-1492.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/723/2/1469 Web of Science: 000284093700041
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2010PHOTOMETRIC STUDY OF THE NEAR CRITICAL CONTACT SYSTEM, GSC 3355 0394. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 140:1150-1157.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/140/5/1150 Web of Science: 000283055400003
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2009ELLIPSOIDAL VARIABLE V1197 ORIONIS: ABSOLUTE LIGHT-VELOCITY ANALYSIS FOR KNOWN DISTANCE. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 702:403-413.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/702/1/403 Web of Science: 000269244500032
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2008PHOTOMETRIC STUDY OF A SOLAR-TYPE CONTACT BINARY - DOES GSC 2766 0775 HAVE A HEMISPHERE-SIZED SUPER-LUMINOUS REGION?. OBSERVATORY. 128:463-473.Web of Science: 000261396800002
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2008Photometric analysis and 60-year period study of the detached but near-contact system VV Virginis. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 136:1667-1676.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/136/4/1667 Web of Science: 000259202800023
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2007Third-body parameters from whole light and velocity curves. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 661:1129-1151.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/517870 Web of Science: 000246947100046
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2006Photometric observations and analysis of the near-contact binary XZ canis minoris. OBSERVATORY. 126:255-265.Web of Science: 000239637600001
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2005Estimation of light time effects for close binaries in triple systems. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 296:121-126.Web of Science: 000228820000014
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2005The OGLE-TR-56 star-planet system. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 296:231-234.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10509-005-4453-8 Web of Science: 000228820000032
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2005The eclipsing binary system AR Monocerotis. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 129:2798-2805.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/430215 Web of Science: 000229472400024
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2004Orbital solutions and absolute elements of the eclipsing binary AY Camelopardalis. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 128.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/422926 Web of Science: 000223633800026
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1999Periodicities and regulatory mechanisms in beta Lyrae. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 303.Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02255.x Web of Science: 000079388300012
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1997New perspectives on AX Monocerotis. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 484.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/304299 Web of Science: A1997XM78000039
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1996Light curve solutions for eclipsing binaries in NGC 188. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. 235.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00643598 Web of Science: A1996UG56200014
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1995PERIODIC LIGHT-CURVE CHANGES FOR BETA-LYRAE. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 110.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/117609 Web of Science: A1995RR92700034
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1994THE 2 VARIABLES IN THE TRIPLE SYSTEM HR-6469=V819-HER - ONE ECLIPSING, ONE SPOTTED. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 107.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/116962 Web of Science: A1994NC56500029
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1993NEW LIMB-DARKENING COEFFICIENTS FOR MODELING BINARY STAR LIGHT CURVES. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 106.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/116788 Web of Science: A1993ME68400030
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1993LIGHT-CURVE SOLUTIONS FOR S-CANCRI AND TT-HYDRAE WITH RAPID ROTATION. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 262.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/mnras/262.1.220 Web of Science: A1993KZ98700027
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1992V649-CASSIOPEIAE - A MULTIPLE STAR SYSTEM. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 104.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/132984 Web of Science: A1992HQ71700002
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1990ROTATION STATISTICS OF ALGOL-TYPE BINARIES AND RESULTS ON RY-GEMINORUM, RW-MONOCEROTIS, AND RW-TAURI. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 100.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/115653 Web of Science: A1990EK58500022
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1989SYNTHETIC LIGHT-CURVE ANALYSIS OF THE VERY SHORT-PERIOD BINARIES TY-BOOTIS, AD-CANCRI, AND V523-CASSIOPEIAE. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 98.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/115299 Web of Science: A1989CC44900030
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2010PHOTOMETRIC STUDY OF THE NEAR CRITICAL CONTACT SYSTEM, GSC 3355 0394 (vol 140, pg 1150, 2010). ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 2145-2145.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/2145 Web of Science: 000284143500047
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2010Eclipsing Binary Modeling Advances - Recent and On the Way. BINARIES - KEY TO COMPREHENSION OF THE UNIVERSE. 45-+.Web of Science: 000289880000010
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2010Extreme-mass-ratio solar-type binaries and their implications for cluster environs. STAR CLUSTERS: BASIC GALACTIC BUILDING BLOCKS THROUGHOUT TIME AND SPACE. 523-523.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S174392130999192X Web of Science: 000282782600113
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2010The asymmetric light curves of the GSC 2764 1417 (And), GSC 3355 0394 (Per) and GSC 2537 0520 (Psc). SOLAR AND STELLAR VARIABILITY: IMPACT ON EARTH AND PLANETS. 75-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S1743921309992407 Web of Science: 000280547700012
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2008The closest of the close: Observational and modeling progress. SHORT-PERIOD BINARY STARS: OBSERVATIONS, ANALYSES, AND RESULTS. 215-+.Web of Science: 000255198300012
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2003Stellar atmospheres in eclipsing binary models. GAIA SPECTROSCOPY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS.Web of Science: 000185351100038
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2002Fluorescence model for AG Draconis. EXOTIC STARS AS CHALLENGES TO EVOLUTION, PROCEEDINGS.Web of Science: 000180451700020
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2002Light curve changes in AH Cancri. EXOTIC STARS AS CHALLENGES TO EVOLUTION, PROCEEDINGS.Web of Science: 000180451700044
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2002Multiple probes of the AS Cam dynamical problem. EXOTIC STARS AS CHALLENGES TO EVOLUTION, PROCEEDINGS.Web of Science: 000180451700019
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2009DISTANCES TO FOUR SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD ECLIPSING BINARIES FROM ABSOLUTE FLUXES. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 118-132.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/699/1/118 Web of Science: 000267056300012
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2001CN Andromedae: A broken-contact binary?. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/324110 Web of Science: 000172932200044
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- FIU PhysTEC Primary Partner Institution Proposal. awarded by American Physical Society 2007 - 2009
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- Walter Van Hamme
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