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造父变星周期-亮度关系(莱维特定律)在中红外波段:III。NGC 6822中的造父变星

The Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation (The Leavitt Law) at Mid-Infrared Wavelengths: III. Cepheids in NGC 6822

Barry F. Madore, Jane Rigby, Wendy L. Freedman, S. E. Persson, Laura Sturch, Violet Mager

摘要:

我们提出的第一个应用程序的中红外周期亮度关系的确定造父变星的距离超出麦哲伦云。利用斯皮策天文台NGC 6822的IRAC影像数据,我们可以测量16颗长周期(10至100天)造父变星的单历元星等,其中16颗为3.6微米,14颗为4.5微米,10颗为5.8微米,4颗为8.0微米。测得的斜率和观测到的散射都符合以前为大麦云造父变星测得的关系,拟合这些关系得到的视距离模量为mod{3.6} = 23.57 +/- 0.06,mod{4.5} = 23.55 +/- 0.07,mod{5.8} = 23.60 +/-0.09和mod{8.0} = 23.51 +/-0.08 mag.多波长拟合到新的IRAC模量和先前公布的BVRIJHK模量,允许对星际红化进行最终校正,并给出23.49 +/- 0.03等的真实距离模数,E(B-V)= 0.26等,对应于500 +/-8kpc的度量距离。

英文摘要:

We present the first application of mid-infrared Period-Luminosity relations to the determination of a Cepheid distance beyond the Magellanic Clouds. Using archival IRAC imaging data on NGC 6822 from Spitzer we were able to measure single-epoch magnitudes for sixteen long-period (10 to 100-day) Cepheids at 3.6um, fourteen at 4.5um, ten at 5.8um and four at 8.0um. The measured slopes and the observed scatter both conform to the relations previously measured for the Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheids, and fitting to those relations gives apparent distance moduli of mod{3.6} = 23.57 +/- 0.06, mod{4.5} = 23.55 +/- 0.07, mod{5.8} = 23.60 +/- 0.09 and mod{8.0} = 23.51 +/-0.08 mag. A multi-wavelength fit to the new IRAC moduli, and previously published BVRIJHK moduli, allows for a final correction for interstellar reddening and gives a true distance modulus of 23.49 +/- 0.03 mag with E(B-V) = 0.26 mag, corresponding to a metric distance of 500 +/-8 kpc.

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