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SRVs in the Solar Neighbourhood

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Period-luminosity sequences have been shown to exist among the Semi-Regular Variables (SRVs) of the Magellanic Clouds (Wood et al, 1999), the Bulge of the Milky Way galaxy (Glass & Schultheis, 2003) and elsewhere. It would clearly be useful to have absolute (trigonometric) calibrations of these relations. This paper investigates whether the sequences can be seen among the M-type giant SRVs of the solar neighbourhood. Mass loss phenomena among these stars and their dependence on period and spectral sub-type are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0609482,
  title  = {SRVs in the Solar Neighbourhood},
  author = {I. S. Glass},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0609482},
  year   = {2007}
}

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2 pages, 3 figures