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Pulsation modes of long-period variables in the period-luminosity plane

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal
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  1. Warsaw University Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa (Poland)
We present a phenomenological analysis of long-period variables (LPVs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud with the aim of detecting pulsation modes associated with different period-luminosity (PL) relations. Among brighter LPVs, we discover a group of triple-mode semi-regular variables with the fundamental, first-overtone, and second-overtone modes simultaneously excited, which fall on PL sequences C, C', and B, respectively. The mode identification in the fainter red giants is more complicated. We demonstrate that the fundamental-mode pulsators partly overlap with the first-overtone modes. We show a possible range of fundamental mode and first overtone periods in the PL diagram.
OSTI ID:
22348444
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 779; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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