Red giant variables: OGLE--II and MACHO
Astrophysics
2010-12-09 v1
Abstract
We review the recent impact of microlensing projects on our understanding of pulsating red giant stars. Discussed are red giant stars' pulsation properties (period--luminosity relations, period changes, mode switchings), Red Giant Branch pulsations, metallicity effects and the use of red giant variables to explore galactic structure.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0509618,
title = {Red giant variables: OGLE--II and MACHO},
author = {L. L. Kiss and P. Lah},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0509618},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Workshop "Stellar pulsation and evolution", 2005. Monte Porzio Catone, Italy. Eds.: A. R. Walker and G. Bono