Field and cluster RR Lyrae stars as stellar tracers

2003/02/24 by S. Petroni, Silvia Petroni, Petroni, Silvia +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0302480

6 pages, 5 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the Workshop "Variability with Wide Field Imagers", 16-20 Sep. 2002, Lampedusa (Italy)

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Abstract

We present an overview on pulsation properties of RR Lyrae stars in the Galaxy and in Local Group dwarf galaxies. We discuss the key information that RR Lyrae might provide on their parent population, and in particular on their metallicity distribution.

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