The unusual pulsating variable XZ Ceti

Details The unusual pulsating variable XZ Ceti The unusual pulsating variable XZ Ceti

Mar 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985apj...290..683t&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 290, March 15, 1985, p. 683-688.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Cepheid Variables, Light Curve, Stellar Models, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Fourier Analysis, Spectral Energy Distribution, Stellar Gravitation, Stellar Temperature, Surface Properties

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The peculiar pulsating variable XZ Ceti has a period of 0.8231 day, suggesting that it is a Bailey type ab RR Lyrae star, but it has a light curve shape and amplitude which is like that of the Bailey type c variables. Fourier decomposition analysis verifies that the parameters of its light curve match those of the type c variables, except for its unacceptably long period. A new photometric light curve which verifies this long period has beem obtained along with energy distributions from spectrum scans, which are used to derive a temperature and approximate surface gravity of this star. These results are used to construct pulsation models so as to attempt to identify the nature of XZ Ceti. The models suggest the possibility that XZ Ceti is an anomalous Cepheid or, perhaps, an overtone BL Her star.

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