A Physically-Based Method for Scaling Cepheid Light Curves for Future Distance Determinations

Details A Physically-Based Method for Scaling Cepheid Light Curves for Future Distance Determinations A Physically-Based Method for Scaling Cepheid Light Curves for Future Distance Determinations

2010-06-11

arxiv.org/abs/1006.2317v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Accepted to the ApJ; 16 pages, 7 figures

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We present a technique for decomposing Cepheid light curves into their fundamental constituent parts; that is, their radius and temperature variations. We demonstrate that any given pair of optical luminosity and color curves can be used to predict the shape, amplitude and phase of a Cepheid's light variation at any other wavelength. With such predictions in hand, a single new observation at any given new wavelength can be used to normalize the properties of the predicted light curve, and in specific, derive a precise value of the time-averaged mean. We suggest that this method will be of great advantage in efficiently observing and precisely obtaining the mean properties of known Cepheids scheduled to be observed at new wavelengths, specifically in the mid-infrared where JWST will be operating.

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