The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Variable Stars in Globular Clusters - II. Fields 5139D-F in Omega Centauri

Details The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Variable Stars in Globular Clusters - II. Fields 5139D-F in Omega Centauri The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Variable Stars in Globular Clusters - II. Fields 5139D-F in Omega Centauri

1996-04-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9604027v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Latex file, 24 pages including 8 figures, aaspp.sty and epsf.sty included, submitted to A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/aas:1997338

Three fields located close to the center of the globular cluster Omega Cen were surveyed in a search for variable stars. We present V-band light curves for 32 periodic variables. This sample includes 10 SX Phe stars, 19 eclipsing binaries, and three likely spotted variables (FK Com or RS CVn type stars). Only 4 of these variables were previously known (including two objects reported in Paper I). All SX Phe stars and 8 eclipsing binaries from our sample belong to blue stragglers. Five binaries occupy positions on the upper main-sequence of the cluster and another four are located at the base of the subgiant branch. Of particular interest is detection of a detached binary system with a period P=4.64 day. Further study of this star can provide direct information about properties of turnoff stars in Omega Cen. A detached or semi-detached system located slightly above the horizontal branch of Omega Cen was also discovered. All SX Phe stars and most of eclipsing binaries discovered in our survey are likely cluster members. We present V vs. V-I color-magnitude diagrams for the monitored fields. A populous group of likely hot subdwarfs as well as numerous candidates for blue stragglers can be noted in these diagrams. Our data indicate that Omega Cen possesses the largest number of blue stragglers among all galactic globulars.

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