Period-colour and amplitude-colour relations in classical Cepheid variables IV: The multi-phase relations

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2006-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601447v2

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.369:723-733,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 1 table and 13 figures, MNRAS accepted

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10318.x

The superb phase resolution and quality of the OGLE data on LMC and SMC Cepheids, together with existing data on Galactic Cepheids, are combined to study the period-colour (PC) and amplitude-colour (AC) relations as a function of pulsation phase. Our results confirm earlier work that the LMC PC relation (at mean light) is more consistent with two lines of differing slopes, separated at a period of 10 days. However, our multi-phase PC relations reveal much new structure which can potentially increase our understanding of Cepheid variables. These multi-phase PC relations provide insight into why the Galactic PC relation is linear but the LMC PC relation is non-linear. This is because the LMC PC relation is shallower for short (log P < 1) and steeper for long (log P > 1) period Cepheids than the corresponding Galactic PC relation. Both of the short and long period Cepheids in all three galaxies exhibit the steepest and shallowest slopes at phases around 0.75-0.85, respectively. A consequence is that the PC relation at phase ~0.8 is highly non-linear. Further, the Galactic and LMC Cepheids with log P > 1 display a flat slope in the PC plane at phases close to the maximum light. When the LMC period-luminosity (PL) relation is studied as a function of phase, we confirm that it changes with the PC relation. The LMC PL relation in V- and I-band near the phase of 0.8 provides compelling evidence that this relation is also consistent with two lines of differing slopes joined at a period close to 10 days.

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