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Pulsating variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2008

Gisella Clementini
Gisella Clementini*
Affiliation:
INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Ranzani n. 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy email: gisella.clementini@oabo.inaf.it
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Abstract

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Pulsating variable stars can be powerful tools to study the structure, formation and evolution of galaxies. I discuss the role that the Magellanic Clouds' pulsating variables play in our understanding of the whole Magellanic System, in light of results on pulsating variables produced by extensive observing campaigns like the MACHO and OGLE microlensing surveys. In this context, I also briefly outline the promise of new surveys and astrometric missions which will target the Clouds in the near future.

Keywords

stars: oscillationsCepheidsdelta Scutistars: variables: otherMagellanic Cloudscosmology: distance scale

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