Microvariability of Red Giant Stars

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Jun 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006javso..35...91m&link_type=abstract

The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 91-96

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Light variations are a common feature of red giant stars. Recent studies have shown that the amplitude of the light variations steadily increases along the giant branch, from microvariable and irregular K giants to semiregular and Mira-type M giants. Recent accurate photoelectric studies actually suggest that all stars among late K and M giants are variable to some degree. In particular, Jorissen et al. (1997) provide evidence that there is a minimum variability amplitude for a given spectral type, which increases with decreasing stellar surface temperature (or later spectral type). We summarize their results in this paper. The first light curves of microvariable K giants, with semi-amplitudes ~10 millimag (in the Strömgren y band) on time scales of 5 to 10 days, are also presented. Such patterns could characterize all microvariable K giants, but need tight time sampling and high photometric accuracy to be revealed.

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