Stellar evolution in real time: Period variations in galactic RR Lyr stars

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2007-11-27

arxiv.org/abs/0711.4310v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 4 figures; to appear in Mem. Soc. Astr. Italiana, (proceeding Cefalu' Workshop "XXI Century Challenges for Stellar Ev

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The times of maximum brightness collected in the GEOS RR Lyr database allowed us to trace the period variations of a sample of 123 galactic RRab variables. These data span a time baseline exceeding 100 years. Clear evidence of period increases or decreases at constant rates has been found, suggesting evolutionary effects. The observed rates are slightly larger than those predicted by theoretical models; moreover, there is an unexpected large percentage of RRab stars showing a period decrease. The new possibilities offered by the use of robotic telecopes (TAROTs, REM) and of data from satellite (CoRoT) are expected to speed up the project to measure stellar evolution in real time. It is noteworthy that the outlines of this project have been sketched during several GEOS meetings, where the different knowledge of amateur and professional astronomers found a very profitable synthesis.

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