Period Changes of 23 Field RR Lyrae Stars

Period Changes of 23 Field RR Lyrae Stars

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The secular period behavior of 23 field RR Lyrae stars is studied in order to determine if the observed Environmental effect of conventional and GM crops of cotton (Gossipium hirsitum L.) and corn (Zea mays L.) period changes could be attributed, at least in the mean, to stellar evolution.The sample of stars is subdivided into two Oosterhoff groups based on the metallicity and period-shift.Despite the small sample size, we found a distinct bias toward positive period changes in the group variables.The period changes of the group variables in globular clusters.This provides yet another support for the Lee, Ott-Antonsen ansatz truncation of a circular cumulant series Demarque, and Zinn(1990) evolutionary models of RR Lyrae stars and their explanation of the Sandage period-shift effect.