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CLASSICAL CEPHEID LIGHT CURVES REVISITED.

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© 1985. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.
, , Citation N. R. Simon and T. J. Moffett 1985 PASP 97 1078 DOI 10.1086/131666

1538-3873/97/597/1078

ABSTRACT

Fourier decompositions are made of the B, V, R, and I classical Cepheid observations of Moffett and Barnes. The Fourier diagrams for V agree very well with the corresponding plots of Simon and Lee. The B, R, and I diagrams resemble the plots for V, but with small, systematic shifts in the phases φ21 and φ31. The 2.5-day star, DT Cyg, is confirmed as a likely overtone pulsator by its anomalous position in the Fourier plots. Finally, the authors study the Fourier phase quantity φ41, and introduce phase-phase diagrams to look at the Hertzsprung progression. Discontinuities in these diagrams support the idea that the long-period and short-period Cepheids may reach their limit cycles in different ways.

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10.1086/131666