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利用超长周期造父变星将宇宙距离阶梯扩展到100 Mpc及更大

Using Ultra Long Period Cepheids to Extend the Cosmic Distance Ladder to 100 Mpc and Beyond

Jonathan C. Bird, K. Z. Stanek, Jose L. Prieto

摘要:

我们研究了17颗长周期(80-180天)、非常明亮(M_I= -7.93和M_V= -7.03)的造父变星的性质,看看它们是否可以作为有用的距离指示器。我们发现这些超长周期造父变星的周期-光度关系较浅,因此实际上它们比经典造父变星更像“标准烛光”。在无红化的韦森格林指数中,ULP PL关系的斜率比SMC造父变星的标准PL关系的斜率小约10倍。我们的样品对W_I PL关系的散射为0.22等,接近经典造父变星和Ia型超新星的散射。我们预计,随着ULP造父变星的样本越来越大,越来越均匀,这种分散度会降低。我们还测量了一个ULP造父变星(SMC HV 829)的非零周期导数,并使用结果来探测大质量恒星的演化模型和质量损失。ULP造父变星相对于经典造父变星的主要优势是它们更明亮,因此显示出巨大的潜力,可以作为恒星距离指标,指示100 Mpc及以上的星系。

英文摘要:

We examine the properties of 17 long period (80-180 days) and very luminous (median absolute magnitude of M_I= -7.93 and M_V= -7.03) Cepheids to see if they can serve as an useful distance indicator. We find that these Ultra Long Period (ULP) Cepheids have a relatively shallow Period-Luminosity (PL) relation, so in fact they are more "standard candle"-like than classical Cepheids. In the reddening-free Wesenheit index, the slope of the ULP PL relation is ~10 times less steep than the standard PL relation for the SMC Cepheids. The scatter of our sample about the W_I PL relation is 0.22 mag, approaching that of classical Cepheids and Type Ia Supernovae. We expect this scatter to decrease as bigger and more uniform samples of ULP Cepheids are obtained. We also measure a non-zero period derivative for one ULP Cepheid (SMC HV829) and use the result to probe evolutionary models and mass loss of massive stars. ULP Cepheids main advantage over classical Cepheids is that they are more luminous, and as such show great potential as stellar distance indicators to galaxies up to 100 Mpc and beyond.

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