卡内基哈勃计划：Milky Way中3.6和4.5微米处的莱维特定律
The Carnegie Hubble Program: The Leavitt Law at 3.6 and 4.5 micron in the Milky Way
摘要：
卡内基哈勃计划（CHP）旨在使用斯皮策太空望远镜后低温时代的数据校准河外距离尺度。CHP的最终目标是系统地改进距离尺度，使哈勃常数的测定精度达到2%以内。本文着重于利用Spitzer IRAC 1和2在3.6和4.5 μm波段的暖波段测量和定标银河系造父变星的周期-光度（Leavitt）关系。我们目前的光度测量涵盖的周期范围为4 - 70天的37个银河造父变星。为每颗星收集了24个相点的数据。导出了三个PL关系式M=a（Log（P）-1）+b。这里采用的方法将斜率a取为-3.31，如根据Scowcroft等人（2012）的Spitzer LMC数据确定的。利用HST导航星到十颗造父变星的几何距离，我们发现校准后的3.6微米PL零点为-5.80 \pm 0.03。连同我们的大麦哲伦星云零点值，我们确定了到大麦哲伦星云的红化校正距离模数为18.48 \pm 0.04等。根据4.5 μm处的CO吸收解释了中红外周期-颜色图和[3.6] - [4.5]颜色随相位的变化。这种情况影响了使用4.5 μm数据进行距离测定。
英文摘要：
The Carnegie Hubble Program (CHP) is designed to calibrate the extragalactic distance scale using data from the post-cryogenic era of the Spitzer Space Telescope. The ultimate goal of the CHP is a systematic improvement in the distance scale leading to a determination of the Hubble Constant to within an accuracy of 2%. This paper focuses on the measurement and calibration of the Galactic Cepheid Period-Luminosity (Leavitt) Relation using the warm Spitzer IRAC 1 and 2 bands at 3.6 and 4.5 μm. We present photometric measurements covering the period range 4 - 70 days for 37 Galactic Cepheids. Data at 24 phase points were collected for each star. Three PL relations of the form M=a(Log(P)-1)+b are derived. The method adopted here takes the slope a to be -3.31, as determined from the Spitzer LMC data of Scowcroft et al. (2012). Using the geometric HST guide-star distances to ten Galactic Cepheids we find a calibrated 3.6 micron PL zero-point of -5.80\pm0.03. Together with our value for the LMC zero-point we determine a reddening-corrected distance modulus of 18.48\pm0.04 mag to the LMC. The mid-IR Period-Color diagram and the [3.6] - [4.5] color variation with phase are interpreted in terms of CO absorption at 4.5 μm. This situation compromises the use of the 4.5 μm data for distance determinations.
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