The period-luminosity relation for type II Cepheids in globular clusters

Details The period-luminosity relation for type II Cepheids in globular clusters The period-luminosity relation for type II Cepheids in globular clusters

2006-06-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606609v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.370:1979-1990,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10620.x

We report the result of our near-infrared observations (JHKs) for type II Cepheids (including possible RV Tau stars) in galactic globular clusters. We detected variations of 46 variables in 26 clusters (10 new discoveries in seven clusters) and present their light curves. Their periods range from 1.2 d to over 80 d. They show a well-defined period-luminosity relation at each wavelength. Two type II Cepheids in NGC6441 also obey the relation if we assume the horizontal branch stars in NGC6441 are as bright as those in metal-poor globular clusters in spite of the high metallicity of the cluster. This result supports the high luminosity which has been suggested for the RR Lyr variables in this cluster. The period-luminosity relation can be reproduced using the pulsation equation (P sqrt(rho)=Q) assuming that all the stars have the same mass. Cluster RR Lyr variables were found to lie on an extrapolation of the period-luminosity relation. These results provide important constraints on the parameters of the variable stars. Using Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) data, we show that the type II Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) fit our period-luminosity relation within the expected scatter at the shorter periods. However, at long periods ($P>40$ d, i.e. in the RV Tau star range) the LMC field variables are brighter by about one magnitude than those of similar periods in galactic globular clusters. The long-period cluster stars also differ from both these LMC stars and galactic field RV Tau stars in a colour-colour diagram. The reasons for these differences are discussed.

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