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We have used long-term AAVSO visual observations and Fourier and wavelet analysis to identify periods and study long-term amplitude variations in 44 red supergiants. Of these, 12 stars had data which were too sparse and/or had low amplitude…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-24 John R. Percy , Viraja C. Khatu

We have used systematic, sustained visual observations from the AAVSO International Database, and the AAVSO time-series analysis package VSTAR to study the unexplained "long secondary periods" (LSPs) in 27 pulsating red giants. In our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-25 John R. Percy , Emily Deibert

Red giants are unstable to radial pulsation. About a third of them also show a long secondary period, 5 to 10 times the pulsation period. The long secondary periods were recently ascribed to eclipses of the red giant by a low-mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-20 John R. Percy

In order to extend our previous studies of the unexplained phenomenon of cyclic amplitude variations in pulsating red giants, we have used the AAVSO time-series analysis package VSTAR to analyze long-term AAVSO visual observations of 50…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-29 John R. Percy , Jennifer Laing

We study the brightness variations of galactic red supergiant stars using long-term visual light curves collected by the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) over the last century. The full sample contains 48 red…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. L. Kiss , Gy. M. Szabo , T. R. Bedding

It was recently discovered that the amplitudes of pulsating red giants and supergiants vary significantly on time scales of 20-30 pulsation periods. Here, we analyze the amplitude variability in 29 pulsating yellow supergiants (5 RVa, 4…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-30 John R. Percy , Rufina Y. -H. Kim

We have used AAVSO visual and photoelectric V data, and the AAVSO time-series package VSTAR and the Lomb-Scargle time-series algorithm to determine improved pulsation periods, "long secondary periods" (LSPs). and their amplitudes in 51…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-11 John R. Percy , Henry Leung

Several classes of pulsating stars are now known to undergo slow changes in amplitude; these include pulsating red giants and supergiants, and yellow supergiants. We have used visual observations from the AAVSO International Database, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-30 John R. Percy , Jeong Yeon , Yook

We have used many decades of visual observations from the AAVSO International Database, and the AAVSO time-series analysis package VSTAR, to study the long-term changes in period, amplitude, and mean magnitude in about 30 normal pulsating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-29 John R. Percy , Arthur Lei Qiu

The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) has recently used over 2000 days of data to identify more than 50,000 variable stars, automatically classify these, determine periods and amplitudes for those that are periodic -- part…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-10 John R. Percy , Lucas Fenaux

We have used visual and Johnson V observations from the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) International Database, and the AAVSO VSTAR time-series package, and (O-C) analysis to investigate possible changes in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-16 John Percy , Kunming Di

We have analysed the three-colour photometry of 34 pulsating red giants that was published by Percy, Wilson and Henry (2001). As is common with semiregulars, many of these stars have long secondary periods (LSPs) of several years, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 J. P. Huber , T. R. Bedding , S. J. O'Toole

This project began as a search for triple-mode pulsating red giants (PRGs) among known double-mode PRGs,, using AAVSO visual data. It then expanded to include a check on the reality and significance of some double-mode PRGs. We identified…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-17 John R. Percy , Tanya Brekelmans

We briefly review the phenomenon of long secondary periods (LSPs) in red giants, and the LSP variable stars classification introduced in the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) variable star catalog; they are red giant Long…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-13 John R. Percy , Mayank H. Shenoy

At least a third of red giants show a long secondary period (LSP), 5 to 10 times longer than the pulsation period. There is strong evidence that the LSP is caused by eclipses of the red giant by a dust-enshrouded low-mass companion. We have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-05 John Percy , Melanie Szpigiel

More than 15000 red giants observed by Kepler for a duration of almost one year became public at the beginning of this year. We analysed a subsample of 416 stars to determine the global properties of acoustic modes (mean large separation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-06 Christina Hedges , Savita Mathur , Michael J. Thompson , Keith B. MacGregor

Based on a search for multi-periodic variability among the semi-regular red variable stars in the database of the All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS), a sample of 72 typical examples is presented. Their period analysis was performed using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 I. Fuentes-Morales , N. Vogt

The aim of this work is to create a complete list of sources exhibiting a long secondary period (LSP) in the ASAS-SN catalog of variable stars, and analyze the properties of this sample compared to other long period variables without LSP.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-09 Michal Pawlak , Michele Trabucchi , Laurent Eyer , Nami Mowlavi

We present a study of a sample of LMC red giants exhibiting Long Secondary Periods (LSPs). We use radial velocities obtained from VLT spectral observations and MACHO and OGLE light curves to examine properties of the stars and to evaluate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. P. Nicholls , P. R. Wood , M. -R. L. Cioni , I. Soszyński

Context. Observations and analysis of solar-type oscillations in red-giant stars is an emerging aspect of asteroseismic analysis with a number of open questions yet to be explored. Although stochastic oscillations have previously been…

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