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Variable Stars in M13. III. The Cepheid Variables and their Relation to Evolutionary Changes in Metal-Poor BL Her Stars

Osborn W., Kopacki G., Smith H. A., Layden A., Pritzl B., Kuehn C., Anderson M.

Acta Astronomica

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2019

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Vol. 69, No. 2

101--133

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New CCD photometry has been combined with published and unpublished earlier observations to study the three Cepheid variables in M13: V1, V2 and V6. The light curve characteristics in B, V and IC have been determined and the periods updated. A period change analysis shows all three stars have increasing periods but for V1 and V2 the rate of period increase does not appear to be constant over the 118 years of observation. The observed rates of period increase are in good agreement with the predictions of the Pisa theoretical models with helium abundance Y=0.25. Theory suggests V1 and V6 have masses of ≈0.57 M⊙ and are in the redward-evolving final stage of the "blue loop" evolutionary phase that is produced when helium-shell ignition occurs. The larger period and period change rate for V2 indicate it has a mass of ≈0.52 M⊙. A study of eighteen metal-poor BL Her stars shows the observed period changes for such objects in general can be reasonably well explained using the predictions from horizontal branch evolutionary tracks. BL Her stars with periods less than ≈3 d and relatively large secular period change rates (dP/dt≈5-15 d/Myr) are in the evolutionary stage before He-shell ignition. The remaining cases are stars that have already experienced He-shell ignition. Moreover, an analysis of crossing time through the instability strip indicates that it is likely that few, if any, BL Her stars have a He abundance as large as Y=0.33.

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Variable Stars in M13. II. The Red Variables and the Globular Cluster Period-Luminosity Relation

Osborn W., Layden A., Kopacki G., Smith H., Anderson M., Kelly A., McBride K., Pritzl B.

Acta Astronomica

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2017

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Vol. 67, No. 2

131--158

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New CCD observations have been combined with archival data to investigate the nature of the red variables in the globular cluster M13. Mean magnitudes, colors and variation ranges on the UBVIC system have been determined for the 17 cataloged red variables. 15 of the stars are irregular or semi-regular variables that lie at the top of the red giant branch in the color-magnitude diagram. Two stars are not, including one with a well-defined period and a light curve shape indicating it is an ellipsoidal or eclipsing variable. All stars redder than (V-IC)0=1.38 mag vary, with the amplitudes being larger with increased stellar luminosity and with bluer filter passband. Searches of the data for periodicities yielded typical variability cycle times ranging from 30 d up to 92 d for the most luminous star. Several stars have evidence of multiple periods. The stars' period-luminosity diagram compared to those from microlensing survey data shows that most M13 red variables are overtone pulsators. Comparison with the diagrams for other globular clusters shows a correlation between red variable luminosity and cluster metallicity.

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New Observations and Period Change Study for the Anomalous Cepheid in M 92

Osborn W., Kopacki G., Haberstroh J.

Acta Astronomica

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2012

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Vol. 62, No. 4

377--388

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New observations of the variable star V7 in the globular cluster M 92 have been used to determine the parameters of its B, V and IC light curves. The star's classification as an anomalous Cepheid type is confirmed. The asymmetric shape of the light curve and position in the observed period-luminosity relation for anomalous Cepheids indicate the star is pulsating in the fundamental mode. Data from photographic plates, extending back to 1900, have been combined with published material and recent CCD observations to carry out a period change study. No evidence of a period change is found. Expected period change rates have been calculated using theoretical relations for the pulsational periods of anomalous Cepheids and evolutionary tracks for metal-poor horizontal branch stars with masses 1.0≤M/Msun≤1.6. Only models for stars close to central helium exhaustion show measurable rates, which indicates V7 is in the core helium burning phase of evolution.