The space photometry revolution and our understanding of RR Lyrae stars

The study of RR Lyrae stars has recently been invigorated thanks to the long, uninterrupted, ultra-precise time series data provided by the Kepler and CoRoT space telescopes. We give a brief overview of the new observational findings concentrating on the connection between period doubling and the Bl...

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Main Authors: Szabó R., Benkő M. J., Paparó M., Chapellier E., Poretti E., Baglin A., Weiss W. W., Kolenberg K., Guggenberger E., Borgne J.-F. Le
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2015-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201510101003