Report of IAU Commission 30 on Radial Velocities (2009-2012)

Abstract

Brief summaries are given of the following subjects of interest to IAU Commission 30: Large-scale radial-velocity surveys; The role of radial-velocity measurements in studies of stellar angular momentum evolution and stellar age; Radial velocities in open clusters; Toward higher radial-velocity precision; High-precision radial velocities applied to studies of binary stars; Doppler boosting effect; Working groups (Stellar radial velocity bibliography; Radial velocity standards; Catalogue of orbital elements of spectroscopic binaries [SB9]).

9 pages, to appear in the IAU Transactions Vol. XXVIIIA, Reports on Astronomy 2009-2012, ed. Ian Corbett