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Blazhko Effect and Magnetic Field in RR Lyrae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. Chadid
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova, 3107, P.O. 19001, Santiago, Chile
D. Gillet
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Haute-Arovence, Saint-Michel-AObservatoire, F-04870, France
K. Kolenberg
Affiliation:
Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
C. Aerts
Affiliation:
Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Abstract

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The recent detection of a frequency splitting around the pulsation frequency and its harmonics points towards the magnetic model to explain the Blazhko effect. Here we show that it is urgent to confirm with modern observational techniques the existence of the magnetic field in RR Lyrae.

Type
Part 4. Blazhko Phenomenon
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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