Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-09-15
Astrophys.J.690:389-393,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 6 figures; to be published in the Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/690/1/389
We introduce a modified detection method for measuring the luminosity of the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) by introducing the composite magnitude T = I - beta [(V-I)_o - 1.50], where beta is the slope of the tip magnitude as a function of color (or metallicity). The method is specifically designed to account for known systematics due to metallicity. In doing so, this simple transformation does away with arbitrary color selections in measuring the tip, and thereby significantly boosts the population of resolved stars that go into defining the TRGB distance. Moreover this method coincidentally reduces the impact of reddening on the true modulus as well as its final uncertainty.
Freedman Wendy L.
Madore Barry F.
Mager Violet
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