Trent J. Dupuy
Graduate Student (4th Year)
Institute for Astronomy
University of Hawai`i
My dissertation research is centered around the measurement of fundamental properties of ultracool dwarfs. Primarily, I am using Keck Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS AO) to monitor the orbits of visual binaries in which both components are either very low-mass stars or brown dwarfs. To enable dynamical mass determinations from the observed orbits, I am using CFHT/WIRCam on Mauna Kea to measure precise trigonometric parallaxes in the near-infrared to all the visual binaries in my sample. I am especially interested in ultracool companions to main-sequence stars where the additional fundamental parameters of age and metallicity may be constrained. I am also interested in ultracool eclipsing binaries and extrasolar planets.
Address: 2680 Woodlawn Dr, Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: (808) 956-XXXX (TBD)
Fax: (808) 956-4532
e-mail: tdupuy AT ifa.hawaii.edu