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RR lyrae variables and stellar evolution in M 15

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

K. Barlai*
Affiliation:
Konkoly Observatory, Budapest

Abstract

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The O-C curves — widely used for investigating the period behaviour of variable stars — are generally constructed under the assumption that the period changes are linear in time. If it is indeed so, the main trend of the diagram should outline a positive or negative parabola and β values are determined to characterize the curvature of the parabolae, i.e. the rate of change of the period. This rate, however, even in the case of ω Cen does not indicate exact parabola (Belserene, 1973).

Type
III. BINARITY, PULSATION, ROTATION AND MIXING
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984 

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