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Record W1732320259 · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511536489.009

Eruptive variable stars

2007· book-chapter· en· W1732320259 on OpenAlexaff
John R. Percy

Bibliographic record

VenueCambridge University Press eBooks · 2007
Typebook-chapter
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicHistory and Developments in Astronomy
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Toronto
Fundersnot available
KeywordsVariable starStarsAstrophysicsVariable (mathematics)AstronomyPhysicsMathematicsMathematical analysis

Abstract

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Eruptive variables are considered to include any variables which flare up relatively quickly, and fade more slowly. They include flare stars which brighten in seconds, and some types of novae and symbiotic stars which may take months or even years to brighten. This class sometimes even includes R Coronae Borealis stars, which are the inverse of eruptive variables! In the GCVS4, this class includes many types of pre-main sequence stars, and also S Doradus, Gamma Cassiopeiae, and erupting Wolf-Rayet stars. In eruptive variables, there is generally a sudden input of energy into a star, or part of a star, and we see the star's response – a violent outburst. Flare stars Flare stars, also known as UV Ceti stars, are dwarf K and M stars (mostly the latter) which randomly and unpredictably increase in brightness within seconds to minutes, by up to several magnitudes, then slowly return to normal (figures 7.1, 7.2). In the GCVS4 they are classified as UV, or UVN if they are associated with pre-main sequence stars, or RS if they occur in an RS Canum Venaticorum binary system. These flares are qualitatively similar to those on the sun. The flares are one aspect of activity on these stars; emission lines in both the visible and ultraviolet spectra, and X-ray emission from a hot (up to 10 000 000 K) corona are others. So flare stars are generally classified as dMe, the ‘e’ referring to the presence of emission lines in the spectrum. Some flare stars are also BY Draconis variables (section 4.5); this is yet another manifestation of their activity.

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Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: Other
Teacher disagreement score0.032
Threshold uncertainty score0.107

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.002
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.003
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0320.028

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.020
GPT teacher head0.200
Teacher spread0.180 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreOther

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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