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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Cepheid Variables
Pulsation Masses
Evolution Masses
The Cepheid Mass Discrepancy
LPVs
Cluster Selection
Thesis outline
NGC 330
Introduction
Observations
Reductions
Candidate Selection and Period Determination
Results
The Cepheid Variables
Other Variables
Summary
NGC 1850
Introduction
Observations
Data Reduction
Data Analysis
Results
Cepheids
Long-Period Variables
RR Lyraes and an anomalous Cepheid
Eclipsing and other variables
Reddening, distance modulus and metallicity
Evolution and pulsation masses for Cepheids
The bump Cepheid HV905
The Cepheid Period-Luminosity-Colour Relation
Long-Period Variables
Summary
NGC 2058-65
Introduction
Data Reduction and Analysis
Results
The Colour-Magnitude Diagram
The Cepheid Variables
Long-Period Variables
Other Variables
Reddening
Cluster ages
Cepheid Properties
The Reddening-Free relation
The P-L relation
The P-L-C Relation and the LMC Distance Modulus
Cepheid Evolution and Pulsation Masses
LPVs
Summary
The Pulsation Modes of Mira Variables
Introduction
Observational data
The observed (K,logP) relation
Amplitude distributions
Theoretical Asymptotic Giant Branch sequences
Theoretical pulsation models for the LPVs
Summary
Conclusion
NGC 330
NGC 1850
NGC 2058-65
Mira Pulsation Modes
Further Work
Bibliography
Kim Sebo 2008-06-20