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Joint Discussion 24: Pulsating Stars – Recent Developments in Theory and Observation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

D. Sasselov  and
M. Takeuti

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The past few years have seen the emergence of new observational approaches to the study of pulsating stars. Massive photometric surveys are discovering new variables by the tens of thousands. For example, the number of Cepheids and RR Lyrae has increased manifold over the past two years – many of these new distant pulsating stars have now better light curves than their well-known nearby counterparts. The new observational breakthrough has opened many theoretical issues. Some of these can be tackled with the set of new opacities (from Lawrence Livermore and from the Opacity Project), others seem to require new theoretical insights.

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II. Joint Discussions
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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 1027 - 1032
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Copyright © Kluwer 1998