A Theoretical Period-Luminosity Relation of Dwarf Cepheids

Autor: John M. Powell, D. H. McNamara
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 138:437-438
ISSN: 0252-9211
DOI: 10.1017/s025292110002087x
Popis: Dwarf Cepheids (large-amplitude δ Sct variables and SXPhe variables in the GCVS) are late A-type stars near light maximum and early-F stars near light minimum. In the lower part of the instability strip where these stars are found the pulsation constant Q varies only slightly. As pointed out by Andreasen, Hejlesen, and Petersen (1983) this makes it easy to transform a theoretical HR or alternatively a (logTe, logg) diagram to a theoretical logTe, logP0) diagram by the use of the relation. This follows from the equations:where P0 is the fundamental period of pulsation. The periods, of course, can be determined with very high accuracy.
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