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RR Lyrae variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

G. Bono
Affiliation:
Trieste Astronomical Observatory, Via G.B. Tiepolo 11, 34131 Trieste, Italy, [email protected]
M. Marconi
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 2, 56100, Pisa, Italy, [email protected]

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On the basis of a historical overview we outline the relevant results which allowed to approach on firm basis the physical mechanisms which govern the radial pulsation of RR Lyrae variables, revealing the astrophysical parameters which account for their limiting amplitude pulsational behavior.

Type
Stellar Oscillations and Pulsations
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997 

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