Classical Cepheids: Yet another version of the Baade-Becker-Wesselink method

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2010-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/1011.3305v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

6 pages, 2 figures, 1 table; Submitted to Astrophysical Bulletin, 2011

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We propose a new version of the Baade--Becker--Wesselink technique, which allows one to independently determine the colour excess and the intrinsic colour of a radially pulsating star, in addition to its radius, luminosity, and distance. It is considered to be a generalization of the Balona approach. The method also allows the function F(CI) = BC + 10 log (Teff) for the class of pulsating stars considered to be calibrated. We apply this technique to a number of classical Cepheids with very accurate light and radial-velocity curves and with bona fide membership in open clusters (SZ Tau, CF Cas, U Sgr, DL Cas, GY Sge), and find the results to agree well with the reddening estimates of the host open clusters. The new technique can also be applied to other pulsating variables, e.g. RR Lyrae and RV Tauri.

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