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卡内基哈勃计划:造父变星中红外观测揭示的SMC的距离和结构

The Carnegie Hubble Program: The Distance and Structure of the SMC as Revealed by Mid-infrared Observations of Cepheids

Victoria Scowcroft, Wendy L. Freedman, Barry F. Madore, Andy Monson, S. E. Persson, Jeff Rich, Mark Seibert, Jane R. Rigby

摘要:

利用斯皮策对经典造父变星的观测,我们测得SMC的真实平均距离模量为$18.96 \pm 0.01_{stat} \pm 0.03_{sys}$ mag(相当于$62 \pm 0.3$ kpc),比LMC远$0.48 \pm 0.01$ mag。这与先前造父变星观测的结果一致,也与其他指标的测量结果一致,如RR型天琴座恒星和红巨星分支的尖端。利用中红外莱维特定律的性质,我们测量了SMC中各个造父变星的精确距离,并证实该星系是倾斜和拉长的,其东侧比西侧近20 kpc。这与红团簇星和麦哲伦云流的动力学模拟结果一致。

英文摘要:

Using Spitzer observations of classical Cepheids we have measured the true average distance modulus of the SMC to be $18.96 \pm 0.01_{stat} \pm 0.03_{sys}$ mag (corresponding to $62 \pm 0.3$ kpc), which is $0.48 \pm 0.01$ mag more distant than the LMC. This is in agreement with previous results from Cepheid observations, as well as with measurements from other indicators such as RR Lyrae stars and the tip of the red giant branch. Utilizing the properties of the mid--infrared Leavitt Law we measured precise distances to individual Cepheids in the SMC, and have confirmed that the galaxy is tilted and elongated such that its eastern side is up to 20 kpc closer than its western side. This is in agreement with the results from red clump stars and dynamical simulations of the Magellanic Clouds and Stream.

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