# Pulsating stars in the VMC survey

## TL;DR

This paper discusses the VMC survey's multi-epoch data collection of pulsating variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds, highlighting its potential for studying stellar populations and galaxy structure.

## Contribution

It presents the VMC survey data and its application to analyzing pulsating stars as tracers of the Magellanic Clouds' structure.

## Key findings

- Collected multi-epoch data for pulsating stars
- Identified Cepheids, RR Lyrae, and AGB stars in the survey
- Provides a basis for future structural analysis of the Magellanic Clouds

## Abstract

The VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds system (VMC) began observations in 2009 and since then, it has collected multi-epoch data at Ks and in addition multi-band data in Y and J for a wide range of stellar populations across the Magellanic system. Among them are pulsating variable stars: Cepheids, RR Lyrae, and asymptotic giant branch stars that represent useful tracers of the host system geometry.