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J/ApJ/542/257       MACHO LMC first-overtone RR Lyrae        (Alcock+, 2000)
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The MACHO project Large Magellanic Cloud variable-star inventory.
IX. Frequency analysis of the first-overtone RR Lyrae stars and the indication
for nonradial pulsations.
    Alcock C., Allsman R., Alves D.R., Axelrod T., Becker A., Bennett D.,
    Clement C., Cook K.H., Drake A., Freeman K., Geha M., Griest K., Kovacs G.,
    Kurtz D.W., Lehner M., Marshall S., Minniti D., Nelson C., Peterson B.,
    Popowski P., Pratt M., Quinn P., Rodgers A., Rowe J., Stubbs C.,
    Sutherland W., Tomaney A., Vandehei T., Welch D.L.
   <Astrophys. J. 542, 257 (2000)>
   =2000ApJ...542..257A
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, globular ; Magellanic Clouds ; Stars, variable
Keywords: globular clusters: general - Magellanic Clouds -
          stars: horizontal-branch - stars: oscillations -
          stars: variables: other

Abstract:
    More than 1300 variables classified provisionally as first-overtone RR
    Lyrae pulsators in the MACHO variable-star database of the Large
    Magellanic Cloud (LMC) have been subjected to standard frequency
    analysis. Based on the remnant power in the prewhitened spectra, we
    found 70% of the total population to be monoperiodic. The remaining
    30% (411 stars) are classified as one of nine types according to their
    frequency spectra. Several types of RR Lyrae pulsational behavior are
    clearly identified here for the first time. Together with the earlier
    discovered double-mode (fundamental and first-overtone) variables,
    this study increased the number of known double-mode stars in the LMC
    to 181. During the total 6.5yr time span of the data, 10% of the
    stars showed strong period changes.

File Summary:
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 FileName   Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe         80        .   This file
table1.dat     63      108   Previously Unknown RR01 Variables of the
                              MACHO RR1 Sample (1)
table2.dat     64       24   RR1-{nu}1 Variables of the MACHO RR1 Sample (1)
table3.dat     78       28   RR1-BL Variables of the MACHO RR1 Sample (1)
table4.dat     52      141   RR1-PC Variables of the MACHO RR1 Sample (1)
table5.dat     54       37   Miscellaneous Variables of the MACHO RR1 Sample (1)
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Note (1): Variable Types in the MACHO Database for the first-Overtone
          RR Lyrae Stars in the LMC (Table 7)
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 Type         Short Description                     Number     %    {sigma}%
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 RR1          Single-mode                              916    69.0    1.3
 RR1-{nu}1    Two close components                      24     1.8    0.4
 RR1-{nu}2    Two asymmetric close components            3     0.2    0.1
 RR1-{nu}M    Multifrequency close components            5     0.4    0.2
 RR1-BL       Two symmetric close components            28     2.1    0.4
 RR1-PC       Period change                            141    10.6    0.9
 RR01         First and zeroth overtone double-mode    181    13.6    0.9
 RR12         Second and first overtone double-mode      3     0.2    0.1
 RR1-D1       Integer day^-1^ frequencies               20     1.5    0.3
 RR1-NC       Nonclassified                              6     0.5    0.2
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See also:
   J/AJ/114/326 : MACHO Variables V. (Alcock+ 1997)
   J/A+A/363/L1 : The distance modulus of the LMC (Kovacs, 2000)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label   Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---     MACHO   MACHO designation (FFF.NNNNN.NNNN)
  16- 17  I2    h       RAh     Right ascension (J2000)
  19- 20  I2    min     RAm     Right ascension (J2000)
  22- 25  F4.1  s       RAs     Right ascension (J2000)
      27  A1    ---     DE-     Declination sign (J2000)
  28- 29  I2    deg     DEd     Declination (J2000)
  31- 32  I2    arcmin  DEm     Declination (J2000)
  34- 35  I2    arcsec  DEs     Declination (J2000)
  37- 44  F8.6  d       P1      Fundamental mode period
  46- 51  F6.4  ---     P1/P0   Period ratio (fundamental to first-overtone)
  53- 57  F5.3  mag     A1      Fundamental mode amplitude (in MACHO r magnitude
  59- 63  F5.3  ---     A0/A1   Amplitude ratio (fundamental to first-overtone)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---     MACHO     MACHO designation (FFF.NNNNN.NNNN)
      14  A1    ---   n_MACHO     Individual notes (1)
  16- 17  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
  19- 20  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
  22- 25  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000)
      27  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
  28- 29  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
  31- 32  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
  34- 35  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (J2000)
  37- 43  F7.5  d-1     nu0       Frequency of the main component
  45- 49  F5.3  mag     A0        Amplitude of the main component
                                   (in MACHO r magnitude)
  51- 58  F8.5  d-1     nu1-nu0   Frequency separation
  60- 64  F5.3  ---     A0/A1     Ratio of the secondary and main amplitudes
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Note (1): Individual notes:
       a: Also an RR01 variable, with P1/P0 = 0.7443 and A1/A0 = 0.22
       b: The b data support RR1 status
       c: In b there is a third component at P({nu}2)/P({nu}1)=0.757
       d: Hint for RR1-BL classification in the b data
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---     MACHO     MACHO designation (FFF.NNNNN.NNNN)
      14  A1    ---   n_MACHO     [a] a: b data are used
  16- 17  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
  19- 20  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
  22- 25  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000)
      27  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
  28- 29  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
  31- 32  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
  34- 35  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (J2000)
  37- 43  F7.5  d-1     f0        Frequency of the highest peak in the
                                   frequency spectrum
  45- 49  F5.3  mag     A0        Amplitude of the highest peak in the
                                   frequency spectrum (in MACHO r magnitude)
  51- 58  F8.5  ---     Deltaf-   Smaller frequency component (1)
  60- 66  F7.5  ---     Deltaf+   Higher frequency component (1)
                                   main component (1)
  68- 72  F5.3  ---     A-/A0     Ratio of the smaller amplitude to that of the
                                   main component
  74- 78  F5.3  ---     A+/A0     Ratio of the higher amplitude to that of the
                                   main component
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Note (1): Deltaf- = {nu}_-_ - {nu}0, 
          Deltaf+ = {nu}_+_ - {nu}0
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---     MACHO     MACHO designation (FFF.NNNNN.NNNN)
  16- 17  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
  19- 20  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
  22- 25  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000)
      27  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
  28- 29  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
  31- 32  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
  34- 35  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (J2000)
  37- 44  F8.6  d       P1        Period
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 13  A13   ---     MACHO     MACHO designation (FFF.NNNNN.NNNN)
  16- 17  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (J2000)
  19- 20  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension (J2000)
  22- 25  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension (J2000)
      27  A1    ---     DE-       Declination sign (J2000)
  28- 29  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (J2000)
  31- 32  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (J2000)
  34- 35  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (J2000)
  37- 44  F8.6  d       P1        Period
  46- 54  A9    ---     Type      RR type
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Table 6: RR12 and RR1-{nu}2 variables of the MACHO RR1 Sample
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    MACHO       {nu}0    {nu}1   {nu}2   {nu}0/{nu}1  A1/A0  A2/A0  Type
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 12.10202.285 2.511844 3.118910             0.8054    0.260         RR12
 12.10443.367 2.971251 3.701164             0.8028    0.294         RR12
 9.4278.179   3.059812 3.801934             0.8048    0.296         RR12
 2.5023.5787  3.081326 3.068358 3.073338    1.0042    1.000  0.926  RR1-{nu}2
 11.8987.787  3.288101 3.238294 3.129587    1.0154    0.638  0.345  RR1-{nu}2
 15.9947.338  3.469549 3.421443 3.434602    1.0141    0.559  0.419  RR1-{nu}2
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History:
    From electronic version

References:
   Alcock et al., Paper I            1996ApJ...461...84A
   Alcock et al., Paper II           1996AJ....111.1146A
   Alcock et al., Paper III          1997ApJ...482...89A
   Alcock et al., Paper IV           1996ApJ...470..583A
   Alcock et al., Paper V            1997AJ....114..326A
   Alcock et al., Paper VI           1999ApJ...511..185A
   Alcock et al., Paper VII          1998AJ....115.1921A
   Alcock et al., Paper VIII         1999AJ....117..920A
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(End)                        James Marcout,  Patricia Bauer [CDS]    05-Dec-2000

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