SIMBAD references

A Fourier analysis has been made of the Small Magellanic Cloud classical Cepheid data of Smith et al. It is shown that the grouping into fundamental and first overtone pulsators, implied by the period-luminosity diagram, survives when the Fourier coefficients are plotted versus period. A comparison with the Galactic Cepheid data corroborates the existing evidence that the short period Galactic s-Cepheids are indeed first overtone pulsators. The only long period overtone Cepheid in the sample that is reliably covered (P=3.49d) also conforms with the corresponding s-Cepheids. On the other hand, the hypothesis of Gieren et al. that the long period s-Cepheids are fundamental pulsators is refuted. The data show systematic differences between the SMC Cepheids and their Galactic counterparts, differences that are of theoretical interest. The need for a further observational effort devoted to SMC and to LMC Cepheids is stressed.