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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 160, 2017
Seismology of the Sun and the Distant Stars 2016 – Using Today’s Successes to Prepare the Future – TASC2 & KASC9 Workshop – SPACEINN & HELAS8 Conference
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| Article Number | 04011 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Seismology: Stars Beyond The Main Sequence | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716004011 | |
| Published online | 27 October 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716004011
RR Lyrae Stars in M4
1
University of Northern Colorado, United States
2
Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland
3
The University of Sydney, Australia
4
Stellar Astrophysics Center (SAC) - Aarhus University, Denmark
⋆ e-mail: charles.kuehn@unco.edu
Published online: 27 October 2017
Observations by Kepler/K2 have revolutionized the study of RR Lyrae stars by allowing the detection of new phenomna, such as low amplitude additional modes and period doubling, which had not previously been seen from the ground. During campaign 2, K2 observed the globular cluster M4, providiing the first opportunity to study a sizeable group of RR Lyrae stars that belong to a single population; the other RR Lyrae stars that have been observed from space are field stars in the galactic halo and thus belong to an assortment of populations. In this poster we present the results of our study of the RR Lyrae variables in M4 from K2 photometry. We have identified additional, low amplitude pulsation modes in both observed RRc stars. In 3 RRab stars we have found the Blazhko effect with periods of 16.6d, 22.4d, and 44.5d.
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