Anomalous RR Lyrae stars(?). III. CM Leonis

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2002-07-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207059v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 336 (2002) 841

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05824.x

Time series of B,V,I CCD photometry and radial velocity measurements from high resolution spectroscopy (R=30,000) covering the full pulsation cycle are presented for the field RR Lyrae star CM Leonis. The photometric data span a 6 year interval from 1994 to 1999, and allow us to firmly establish the pulsation mode and periodicity of the variable. The derived period P=0.361699 days (+/- 0.000001) is very close to the value published in the Fourth Edition of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (P=0.361732 days). However, contrary to what was previously found, the amplitude and shape of the light curve qualify CM Leo as a very regular first overtone pulsator with a prominent hump on the rising branch of its multicolour light curves. According to an abundace analysis performed on three spectra taken near minimum light (0.42 < phase < 0.61), CM Leo is a metal-poor star with metal abundance [Fe/H]=-1.93 +/- 0.20. The photometric and radial velocity curves of CM Leo have been compared with the predictions of suitable pulsational models to infer tight constraints on the stellar mass, effective temperature, and distance modulus of the star. We derive a true distance modulus of CM Leo of (m-M)0=13.11 +/- 0.02 mag and a corresponding absolute magnitude of Mv=0.47 +/- 0.04. This absolute magnitude, once corrected for evolutionary and metallicity effects, leads to a true distance modulus of the Large Magellanic Cloud of (m-M)0=18.43 +/- 0.06 mag, in better agreement with the long astronomical distance scale.

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