Detailed chemical composition of Galactic Cepheids

Abstract

Aims.The recent introduction of high-resolution/large spectral-range spectrographs has provided the opportunity to investigate the chemical composition of classical Cepheids in detail. This paper focusses on new abundance determinations for iron and 6 light metals (O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca) in 30 Galactic Cepheids. We also give a new estimate of the Galactic radial abundance gradient.