Bump Cepheids and the Stellar Mass-Luminosity Relation
Abstract
We present the results of non-linear pulsation modeling of bump Cepheids in the LMC and SMC. By obtaining an optimal fit to the observed MACHO V and R lightcurves we can determine the fundamental parameters of each Cepheid, namely mass, luminosity, effective temperature, distance modulus and reddening. We are able to describe the mass-luminosity relation for core-He burning intermediate mass stars. The mass-luminosity relation depends critically upon the level of internal mixing during the course of the star's main-sequence evolution. Under the paradigm of convective core overshoot, our results enable us to place tight quantitative limits of the level of overshoot. We derive an overshooting parameter of \Lambda_c of 0.65+-0.03 and 0.67+-0.04l/H_p for the LMC and SMC respectively.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0302252,
title = {Bump Cepheids and the Stellar Mass-Luminosity Relation},
author = {Stefan C. Keller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0302252},
year = {2007}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures, in "3D Stellar Structure" proceedings