Description
CCD observations have been used to derive precise light curves for six of the previously known RR Lyrae variables in the Oosterhoff type II globular cluster M9 and to search for additional variables. Nine variables have been discovered, eight of the RR Lyrae type. As a result, the total number of RR Lyrae variables has been revised from 9 to 17 (9 RRc and 8 RRab), the mean period of the RRc stars has been revised from 0.341d to 0.342d and that of the RRab stars from 0.621d to 0.638d. Simon's method that relates physical properties of RRc stars to the pulsation period and Fourier phase parameter {phi}_31_ has been used to determine the mass, luminosity, and temperature for one of the RRc stars. Published observations of RR Lyrae stars in M15 have been used to test Simon's method (1993ApJ...410..526S, 1993, IAUCo, 139, 315) and the results are promising. The formulae of Jurcsik and Kovacs (1996A&A...312..111J) for relating Fourier parameters of RRab stars to [Fe/H] have been used to derive a metal abundance for M9.
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