Infrared spectroscopy of Cepheids - Peculiar velocity structure and its effect on radii and distances

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Cepheid Variables, Infrared Spectroscopy, Peculiar Stars, Radial Velocity, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Line Spectra, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Magnitude, Visible Spectrum

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High-resolution spectra in the 1.1 micron region covering one complete pulsational period of the classical Cepheids X Sgr and Eta Aql show that all photospheric lines exhibit variable line asymmetries or doubling. This behavior resembles previously reported effects in the optical spectra of Cepheids, which suggest a peculiar velocity structure common to these stars. If the line asymmetries are not taken into account, the velocity curve has a systematically lower amplitude, which leads to a systematic underestimate of the radii and distance derived by the Baade-Wesselink method of 20-40 percent.

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