We developed an Inverse Photometric Method (IPM) to determine global physical parameters of RR Lyrae stars exclusively from multicolor light curves (Sódor, Jurcsik & Szeidl, 2009, MNRAS, 394, 261). We showed that for good quality photometric observations of unmodulated RRab stars, the IPM gives similarly good results as direct Baade‐Wesselink analyses do, but without the need for spectroscopic measurements. In the course of the development, we payed special attention to the applicability of the IPM for modulated RR Lyrae stars. Since there are no simultaneous spectroscopic radial velocity and photometric observations of any Blazhko star with good phase coverage both in pulsation and modulation, which would allow spectroscopic Baade‐Wesselink analysis, the IPM is the only possibility today to study changes in the global physical parameters of Blazhko RR Lyrae stars during the modulation cycle. With the IPM, we have studied the extensive multicolor light curves of 4 Blazhko RRab stars to date. We observed these objects with the 24‐inch telescope of the Konkoly Observatory during the past 5 years in the frame of the Konkoly Blazhko Survey. New results on two Blazhko stars (SS Cnc and RR Gem) are presented in this paper. Small but unambiguous changes in the pulsation‐averaged mean temperature, mean radius and mean luminosity have been detected in both stars.
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16 September 2009
STELLAR PULSATION: CHALLENGES FOR THEORY AND OBSERVATION: Proceedings of the International Conference
31 May–5 June 2009
Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)
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September 16 2009
Changes in Mean Global Physical Parameters of Blazhko RR Lyrae Stars Derived from Multicolor Photometry
Á. Sódor
Á. Sódor
Konkoly Observatory, P.O. Box 67, H‐1525 Budapest, Hungary
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AIP Conf. Proc. 1170, 294–298 (2009)
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Á. Sódor; Changes in Mean Global Physical Parameters of Blazhko RR Lyrae Stars Derived from Multicolor Photometry. AIP Conf. Proc. 16 September 2009; 1170 (1): 294–298. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3246496
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