Long-period classical Cepheids - Theory versus observation

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Cepheid Variables, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Oscillations, Opacity, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Models

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New full amplitude models of classical Cepheids having periods longer than 13 days have been calculated, allowing the complete systematics of the observed light and velocity curves of classical Cepheids to be discussed in detail. Assuming that a normal evolutionary mass-luminosity relation is obeyed, the models reproduce such empirical phenomena as the full Hertzsprung progression of light and velocity curves and the gradual shift in phase of the Hertzsprung bump, together with the persistence in phase of the postmaximum shoulder on the light curve. Also reproduced are the retardation of maximum expansion velocity after maximum light, the correlation of light and velocity amplitudes, and the period-amplitude scatter diagram for both the light and the velocity amplitude. The average period predicted for a Cepheid light curve type is noted to be about 40 percent longer than that actually observed.

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