We propose a new method for the determination of the radii of pulsating variables based on the same physical assumptions as those of the Baade-Wesselink method (except for the possibility of a weaker constraint on the functional relation between the surface brightness and the colour index) which should allow the determination of the radius with a better precision. Preliminary results for eleven cepheids seem to give a periodradius relation which is in good agreement with that obtained for cepheids in open clusters (Evans, 1976) and for the center of the instability strip (Cogan, 1978).
An improvement of the Baade-Wesselink method to determine the mean radius of pulsating variables / Caccin, B.; Onnembo, A.; Russo, G.; Sollazzo, C.. - In: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. - ISSN 0004-6361. - 97:(1981), pp. 104-109.
An improvement of the Baade-Wesselink method to determine the mean radius of pulsating variables
G. Russo
Membro del Collaboration Group
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1981
Abstract
We propose a new method for the determination of the radii of pulsating variables based on the same physical assumptions as those of the Baade-Wesselink method (except for the possibility of a weaker constraint on the functional relation between the surface brightness and the colour index) which should allow the determination of the radius with a better precision. Preliminary results for eleven cepheids seem to give a periodradius relation which is in good agreement with that obtained for cepheids in open clusters (Evans, 1976) and for the center of the instability strip (Cogan, 1978).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
