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The MACHO Project LMC Variable Star Inventory. VI. The Second Overtone Mode of Cepheid Pulsation From First/Second Overtone Beat Cepheids

C. Alcock, R. A. Allsman, D. Alves, T. S. Axelrod, A. C. Becker, D. P. Bennett, K. H. Cook, K. C. Freeman, K. Griest, M. J. Lehner, S. L. Marshall, D. Minniti, B. A. Peterson, M. R. Pratt, P. J. Quinn, A. W. Rodgers, A. Rorabeck, W. Sutherland, A. Tomaney, T. Vandehei, D. L. Welch, and (The MACHO Collaboration)

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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 511, Number 1Citation C. Alcock et al 1999 ApJ 511 185DOI 10.1086/306638

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C. Alcock

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

R. A. Allsman

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Supercomputing Facility, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

D. Alves

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616

T. S. Axelrod

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Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia

A. C. Becker

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Departments of Astronomy and Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

D. P. Bennett

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Physics Department, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556

K. H. Cook

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

K. C. Freeman

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Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia

K. Griest

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Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

M. J. Lehner

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Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

Department of Physics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7RH, UK

S. L. Marshall

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

D. Minniti

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

B. A. Peterson

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Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia

M. R. Pratt

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Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Departments of Astronomy and Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

LIGO Project, MIT, Room 20B-145, Cambridge, MA 02139

P. J. Quinn

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European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzchild Strasse 2, D-85748, Garching, Germany

A. W. Rodgers

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Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia

Deceased

A. Rorabeck

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1 Canada

W. Sutherland

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Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK

A. Tomaney

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Departments of Astronomy and Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

T. Vandehei

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Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

D. L. Welch

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1 Canada

(The MACHO Collaboration)

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C. Alcock

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

R. A. Allsman

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Supercomputing Facility, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

D. Alves

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616

T. S. Axelrod

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Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia

A. C. Becker

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Departments of Astronomy and Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

D. P. Bennett

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Physics Department, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556

K. H. Cook

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

K. C. Freeman

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Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia

K. Griest

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Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

M. J. Lehner

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Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

Department of Physics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7RH, UK

S. L. Marshall

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

D. Minniti

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

B. A. Peterson

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Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia

M. R. Pratt

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Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Departments of Astronomy and Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

LIGO Project, MIT, Room 20B-145, Cambridge, MA 02139

P. J. Quinn

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European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzchild Strasse 2, D-85748, Garching, Germany

A. W. Rodgers

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Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Australian National University, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia

Deceased

A. Rorabeck

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1 Canada

W. Sutherland

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Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK

A. Tomaney

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Departments of Astronomy and Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

T. Vandehei

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Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

D. L. Welch

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1 Canada

(The MACHO Collaboration)

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Received 1997 May 28
Accepted 1998 August 27

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Abstract

MACHO Project photometry of 45 LMC first and second overtone (FO and SO, respectively) beat Cepheids that pulsate in the FO and SO has been analyzed to determine the light-curve characteristics for the SO mode of Cepheid pulsation. We predict that singly periodic SO Cepheids will have nearly sinusoidal light curves; that we will only be able to discern SO Cepheids from fundamental (F) and FO Cepheids for P≲1.4 days; and that the SO distribution will overlap the short-period edge of the LMC FO Cepheid period-luminosity relation (when both are plotted as a function of photometric period). We also report the discovery of one SO Cepheid candidate, MACHO*05:03:39.6-70:04:32, with a photometric period of 0.775961±0.000019 days and an instrumental amplitude of 0.047±0.009 mag in V.

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