Physics
Scientific paper
May 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986mnras.220..279l&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 220, May 1, 1986, p. 279-287.
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Cepheid Variables, Globular Clusters, Infrared Photometry, Infrared Stars, Stellar Physics, Distance, Metallicity, Stellar Magnitude
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An investigation into the suitability of near-infrared photometry for the study of distances to globular clusters has been carried out. Single-phase observations at 2.2 microns of RR Lyrae stars in three clusters have been made. A clear period -/2.2 micron (K) luminosity/ relation is observed in all three clusters (M3, M5 and M107), and is of the form log P varies as -0.45 M(k). This relationship can be understood readily from pulsation theory, and arises from a strong dependence of period on temperature. Using distance moduli for the three clusters determined on the precepts of recent studies by Sandage, the absolute K magnitude, normalized to a 'standard' period, was calculated for the RR Lyrae stars in M3 the absolute K magnitudes at log P = -0.3 for the stars in M3, 5 and 107 were -0.25, -0.26, and -0.24 m, respectively. This result is tentatively attributed to the relatively low sensitivity of infrared magnitudes to temperature over the relevant temperature range.
Fernley J. A.
Jameson Richard F.
Longmore Andrew J.
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