What Mechanism Drives the Pulsations in Cepheid Variables

question 31

Multiple Choice

What mechanism drives the pulsations in Cepheid variables?

• A) changes in the rate of core nuclear reactions
• B) the formation and destruction of sunspots
• C) the ionization and recombination of hydrogen
• D) the ionization and recombination of helium
• E) large rates of mass loss

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