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arXiv 2011.10533astro-ph.SR
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使用超长周期造父变星作为宇宙学标准烛光的新见解

New insights into the use of Ultra Long Period Cepheids as cosmological standard candles

Ilaria Musella, Marcella Marconi, Roberto Molinaro, Giuliana Fiorentino, Vincenzo Ripepi, Giulia De Somma, Maria Ida Moretti

摘要:

超长周期造父变星(ULP)是周期大于80 d的脉动变星,被认为是经典造父变星(CC)在更高质量和光度下的延伸。如果被确认为标准烛光,它们的固有亮度比典型的CC亮1至3 mag,将允许达到哈勃流,进而在一个步骤中确定哈勃常数H_0,避免与校准主要和次要指标相关的不确定性。为了研究ULP作为宇宙学标准烛光的准确性,我们首先收集了文献中已知的所有ULP。由此产生的样本包括63个物体,金属丰度分布非常大,12 + log([O/H])范围从7.2到9.2 dex。对它们在VI周期-韦森图平面和色星等图(CMD)中的性质的分析支持了这样一个假设,即ULP是CC在更长周期、更高质量和光度下的延伸,即使需要额外的准确和均匀的数据以及专门的理论方案才能得出坚定的结论。最后,对3个M31 ULP(8-0326、8-1498和H42)进行了更详细的研究。对于8-1498和H42,由于它们在CMD中的位置与测量的周期之间的不一致,我们无法确认它们作为ULP的性质。对于8-0326,应用于可用时间序列数据的光变曲线模型拟合技术允许我们限制其内在恒星参数,距离和红化。

英文摘要:

Ultra Long Period Cepheids (ULPs) are pulsating variable stars with a period longer than 80d and have been hypothesized to be the extension of the Classical Cepheids (CCs) at higher masses and luminosities. If confirmed as standard candles, their intrinsic luminosities, 1 to 3 mag brighter than typical CCs, would allow to reach the Hubble flow and, in turn, to determine the Hubble constant, H_0, in one step, avoiding the uncertainties associated with the calibration of primary and secondary indicators. To investigate the accuracy of ULPs as cosmological standard candles, we first collect all the ULPs known in the literature. The resulting sample includes 63 objects with a very large metallicity spread with 12 + log([O/H]) ranging from 7.2 to 9.2 dex. The analysis of their properties in the VI period-Wesenheit plane and in the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) supports the hypothesis that the ULPs are the extension of CCs at longer periods, higher masses and luminosities, even if, additional accurate and homogeneous data and a devoted theoretical scenario are needed to get firm conclusions. Finally, the three M31 ULPs, 8-0326, 8-1498 and H42, are investigated in more detail. For 8-1498 and H42, we cannot confirm their nature as ULPs, due to the inconsistency between their position in the CMD and the measured periods. For 8-0326, the light curve model fitting technique applied to the available time-series data allows us to constrain its intrinsic stellar parameters, distance and reddening.

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