Cluster AgeS Experiment. CCD photometry of SX Phoenicis variables in the globular cluster M 55

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2001-01-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0101126v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

A&A accepted, 11 figures

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20000349

We present CCD photometry of SX Phe variables in the field of the globular cluster M 55. We have discovered 27 variables, three of which are probable members of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. All of the SX Phe stars in M 55 lie in the blue straggler region of the cluster color-magnitude diagram. Using period ratio information we have identified the radial pulsation modes for one of the observed variables. Inspection of the period-luminosity distribution permits the probable identifications of the pulsation modes for most of the rest of the stars in the sample. We have determined the slope of the period-luminosity relation for SX Phe stars in M 55 pulsating in the fundamental mode. Using this relation and the HIPPARCOS data for SX Phe itself, we have estimated the apparent distance modulus to M 55 to be (m-M)_V=13.86 +- 0.25 mag.

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