Direct detection of pulsations of the Cepheid star ζ Gem and an independent calibration of the period-luminosity relation

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6803, 2000, Pages 485-487

  Lane, B F ^a   Kuchner, M J ^a   Boden, A F ^b   Creech Eakman, M ^c   Kulkarni, S R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034727083     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35035015     Document Type: Article

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