ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Cepheid variable stars pulsate in a way that is correlated with their intrinsic luminosity, making them useful as ‘standard candles’ for determining distances to galaxies; the potential systematic uncertainties in the resulting distances have been estimated to be only 8–10%. ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/43838