Optical and IR Color Calibration of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch

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Aug 1999

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NOAO Proposal ID #1999B-0270

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We will calibrate directly the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) distance indicator as a function of color, both in optical and IR wavelengths. The TRGB has been shown both observationally and theoretically to be an excellent distance indicator in I-band, mainly because of its insensitivity to both metallicity and age in this particular wavelength. Currently, the I-band TRGB is calibrated by Galactic globular clusters. However, the current calibration (in I- band) requires a roundabout way of calculating the TRGB magnitude in terms of bolometric magnitude and bolometric correction, which are dependent on the metallicity and (V-I) color of the TRGB stars. In addition, in the IR, the TRGB magnitude has some metallicity dependence, thus some color dependence. This proposal aims at the direct color calibration of the TRGB magnitude in both optical and IR. Observations of several halo fields of M31 will provide good number statistics of RGB stars of luminosities around the TRGB, which is not delivered by the Galactic globular cluster data, thereby enabling the direct calibration of the TRGB magnitude as a function of color. The absolute zero point of the calibration will be provided by the observations of the Galactic globular clusters.

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