Browsing by Subject "Cepheids"
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Mira and Cepheid Variables as Extragalactic Distance Indicators in the Optical and the Near-Infrared (2022-04-20)Local measurements of the Hubble constant rely on extragalactic distance measurements, which are made using observations of Type Ia supernovae and certain variable stars. This dissertation focuses on two classes of variable ...
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(2017-05-25)In this dissertation, I present work towards accurate and precise distance determinations using both Cepheids and Miras. The work includes a Cepheid search in the galaxy M101, a study of near-infrared light curves and phase ...