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Cepheid Radii from Infrared Photometry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
We have determined radii for Cepheids using nearinfrared K(2.2 µm) photometry and Balona’s approach to the Baade-Wesselink method of radius determination. The lower sensitivity of the K flux to temperature variations results in improved sensitivity to radius changes. We present the results of maximum-likelihood radius solutions for Cepheids with modern radial velocity curves. We point out limitations of the Balona technique as it is currently applied in the optical and suggest improvements.
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- Part I. Fundamental Parameters
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 82: Cepheids: Theory and Observations , 1985 , pp. 51 - 52
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985
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