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Theoretical Implications of Triple-Mode RR Lyrae Pulsations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

G. Kovács
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary
J. R. Buchler
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville

Abstract

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We argue that triple-mode RR Lyrae pulsation with low amplitudes might be quite common. It is shown that until very accurate abundance data become available, triple-mode RR Lyrae stars are the only hope to estimate reliable stellar parameters from the periods alone.

Type
Theoretical Breakthroughs
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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