Variable Red Giants in the LMC: Pulsating Stars and Binaries?
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Variable Red Giants in the LMC: Pulsating Stars and Binaries?
Infrared J and K photometry has been obtained of all red giants in the half square degree region of the LMC bar searched for variables using the MACHO database by Wood et al. (1999). The K–logP diagram shows the five distinct period–luminosity sequences which are also evident in the MACHO photometry. The K–logP plot allows identification of the Mira sequence from among the five observed sequenc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1323-3580,1448-6083
DOI: 10.1071/as00018