Search Results for author: Earl P. Bellinger

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When a Period Is Not a Full Stop: Light Curve Structure Reveals Fundamental Parameters of Cepheid and RR Lyrae Stars

no code implementations25 Nov 2019 Earl P. Bellinger, Shashi M. Kanbur, Anupam Bhardwaj, Marcella Marconi

We quantify which aspects of light curve structure are most important in determining fundamental parameters, and find for example that the second Fourier amplitude component of RR Lyrae light curves is even more important than period in determining the effective temperature of the star.

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