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Opacity, metallicity, and Cepheid period ratios in the galaxy and Magellanic CloudsLinear pulsation calculations are employed to reproduce the bump Cepheid resonance (P(sub 2)/P(sub 0) = 0.5 at P(sub 0) approximately equal to 10 days) and to model, individually, the P(sub 1)/P(sub 0) period ratios for the dozen known Galactic beat Cepheids. Convection is ignored. The results point to a range of metallicity among the Cepheids, perhaps as large as 0.01 approximately less than Z approximately less than 0.02, with no evidence for any star exceeding Z = 0.02. We find masses and luminosities which range from M approximately less than 4 solar mass, log(base 10) approximately less than 3.0 at P(sub 0) approximately equal to 3 days to M approximately less than 6 solar mass, log(base 10) L approximately greater than 3.5 at P(sub 0) approximately equal to 10 days. Similar parameters are indicated for the P(sub 0) approximately equal to 10 days Cepheids in the LMC and SMC, provided that the resonance for these stars occurs at a slightly longer period, P(sub 0) days, as has been suggested in the literature. Our calculations were performed mainly using OPAL opacities, but also with new opacities from the Opacity project (OP). Only small differences were found between the OPAL results and those from OP. Finally, some suggestions are made for possible future work, including evolution and pulsation calculations, and more precise observations of Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds.
Document ID
19950030065
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Simon, Norman R.
(University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE United States)
Kanbur, Shashi M.
(University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
July 10, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: The Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 429
Issue: 2 pt
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
95A61664
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-2395
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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