The Blazhko Effect in RR Lyrae stars: Strong observational support for the oblique pulsator model in three stars
The MACHO Collaboration · Alcock, C. · Alves, D. R. · Becker, A. · Bennett, D. P. · Cook, K. H. · Freeman, K. C. · Griest, K. · Kurtz, D. W. · Lehner, M. J. · Marshall, S. L. · Minniti, D. · Peterson, B. A. · Pratt, M. R. · Quinn, P. J. · Rodgers, A. W. · Sutherland, W. · Tomaney, A. · Vandehei, T. · Welch, D. L.
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Using the novel data set of the MACHO project, we show that three ``Blazhko Effect'' RR Lyrae stars show nearly-pure amplitude modulation of a single pulsation mode. This is strong observational evidence that the ``Oblique Pulsator Model'' is the correct solution to this 90-year-old problem.
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