RT Aurigae versus Emission Theory

On 8 Jan 2007 18:45:34 -0800, "Jerry" wrote:

Eric Gisse wrote:
Jerry wrote:
Jerry wrote:

End of spring break.

DUH!

End of WINTER break, of course!

Sounds like you need another break.

Can you explain to me why Henri is arguing from data that is near a
century old? I have a feeling it has to do with the somewhat laxer
standards for data when compared to the 21st century.

My fault, actually. When I first got started on this argument with
Henri, a quick Google brought up Johnson's web site, and a bit more
Googling got me to Duncan's original 1909 data. I don't claim to be
a math expert... but it didn't take Tom long using his curve-fit
software to establish that there was no way to fit a Keplerian curve
to Duncan's data. I knew before I even started this thread that
Henri was going to run out of parameters to fiddle, that there was
a fundamental limit to how close he could force-fit his curves.

Geesey is very confused, poor boy...

(Androcles isn't COMPLETELY wrong when he goes into his rant about
"Tom & Jeery", because I -do- have help sometimes. That's why I've
never bothered trying to contradict him.)

I figured, let Henri do as well as he can before he hits "THE WALL"
where he just can't improve his fit, and only THEN should I introduce
him to more modern data showing all the overtone frequencies, etc.
that modern instrumentation is capable of demonstrating in Cepheid
radial velocity curves.

....BUT NO CURENT THEORY CAN PRODUCE THE OBSERVED CEPHEID BRIGHTNESS CURVES.
HAHAHAHOHOHOHOHAHAHAH!!!!!

I expect to have the complete theory by the time you fail first semester...


I'd love to see Henri explain the curves in terms of three, four,
five bodies...

It might be possible....but I think the BaTh will explain the varied
overtone/fundamental phasing quite easily. It is merely due to different source
velocities (c+v, for hte emitted light) for the same observer distance.

Anyway, except maybe for a very sporadic contribution, this needs
to be my last post before, ah, which break? Does Spring come after
Winter?

You had better let Crank take over again.


:-)

Jerry

In article ,
HW@....(Henri Wilson) wrote:

...BUT NO CURENT THEORY CAN PRODUCE THE OBSERVED CEPHEID BRIGHTNESS CURVES.
HAHAHAHOHOHOHOHAHAHAH!!!!!

I expect to have the complete theory by the time you fail first semester...

Lets see the math then... And the detailed physical explanation.

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