Pulsation modes of long-period variables in the period-luminosity plane

I. Soszyński, P. R. Wood, A. Udalski

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    Abstract

    We present a phenomenological analysis of long-period variables (LPVs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud with the aim of detecting pulsation modes associated with different period-luminosity (PL) relations. Among brighter LPVs, we discover a group of triple-mode semi-regular variables with the fundamental, first-overtone, and second-overtone modes simultaneously excited, which fall on PL sequences C, C′, and B, respectively. The mode identification in the fainter red giants is more complicated. We demonstrate that the fundamental-mode pulsators partly overlap with the first-overtone modes. We show a possible range of fundamental mode and first overtone periods in the PL diagram.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number167
    JournalAstrophysical Journal
    Volume779
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Dec 2013

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