1 List of Methods used for Diameter Determinations
The methods of determination were classified as direct or indirect
methods. A more detailed subdivision is based on the physical
principles of determination. References regarding the first measures
and/or basic papers are given.
DIRECT METHODS
CODE METHOD REFERENCES
1 Interferometer Michelson A.A., Pease F.G.
1921ApJ....53..249M
Intensity interferometer Hanbury Brown R., Davis J. et al.
1967MNRAS.137..393B
2 Diffraction - Arnulf A. 1936, C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris 202,115
Lunar occultations Williams J.D. 1939ApJ....89..467W
3A Star scintillation - Tichov G. 1921, Mitt.Leshafts Inst.
Color changes Leningrad 2, 126
3B Star scintillation - Gezari D.Y., Lebeyrie A., Stachnik R.V.
speckle interferometry 1972ApJ...173L...1G 4 Eclipsing and spectro- Russell H.N. 1911ApJ....35..315R
scopic binaries Lehman-Filhes R. 1894, Astron.Nach. 130, 17
5 Pulsating stars Van Hoof A. 1945, Publ.Lab.Astron.Geodes.
Univ.Louvain XI, No. 100
5A Pulsating stars Wesselink A.J. 1946, Bull.Inst.Netherlands
X, 91
5B Pulsating stars Balona L.A. 1977MNRAS.178..231B
5C Pulsating stars Methods which cannot be included in the
groups 5, 5A, 5B
INDIRECT METHODS
6A Intrinsic brightness Pickering E.C. 1880, Proc.Amer.Acad.Arts &
and color Sci. 16, 1
6B " " Russell H.N. 1920PASP...32..307R
6C " " Hertzsprung E. 1922, Ann.Leiden XIV, 1
6D " " Pettit E., Nicholson S. 1928ApJ....68..279P
6E " " Chalonge D., Divan L. 1950, C.R.Acad.Sci.
Paris 231, 331
6F " " Fracassini M., Pasinetti L.E. 1967, Atti
XI Riunione Soc.Astron.It. Padova
Fracassini M., Gilardoni G., Pasinetti L.E.
1973, Astrophy.Spa.Science 22, 141
6G " " Gray D.F. 1967ApJ...149..317G
Blackwell D.E., Shallis M.J.
1977MNRAS.180..177B
6H " " Wesselink A.J. 1969MNRAS.144..297W
6I " " Barnes T.G., Evans D.S. 1976MNRAS.174..489B
6K " " Leone S. 1978, Atti Acc.Sci.Lettere, Arti
Palermo, Ser.IV, 35, 21
6L " " Walker H.J., Schonberner D.
1981A&A....97..291W
6M Fundamental stellar Various Authors
parameters