dc.creatorNavarrete, C.
dc.creatorCatelan, M.
dc.creatorContreras Ramos, R.
dc.creatorAlonso-García, J.
dc.creatorGran, F.
dc.creatorDékány, I.
dc.creatorMinniti, D.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-07T17:29:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-02T14:50:27Z
dc.date.available2022-07-07T17:29:16Z
dc.date.available2024-05-02T14:50:27Z
dc.date.created2022-07-07T17:29:16Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.identifierAstronomy and Astrophysics Volume 6041 August 2017 Article number A120
dc.identifier0004-6361
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/23209
dc.identifier10.1051/0004-6361/201630102
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9259206
dc.description.abstractAims. The globular cluster ω Centauri (NGC 5139) hosts hundreds of pulsating variable stars of different types, thus representing a treasure trove for studies of their corresponding period-luminosity (PL) relations. Our goal in this study is to obtain the PL relations for RR Lyrae and SX Phoenicis stars in the field of the cluster, based on high-quality, well-sampled light curves in the near-infrared (IR). Methods. Observations were carried out using the VISTA InfraRed CAMera (VIRCAM) mounted on the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). A total of 42 epochs in J and 100 epochs in KS were obtained, spanning 352 days. Point-spread function photometry was performed using DoPhot and DAOPHOT crowded-field photometry packages in the outer and inner regions of the cluster, respectively. Results. Based on the comprehensive catalog of near-IR light curves thus secured, PL relations were obtained for the different types of pulsators in the cluster, both in the J and KS bands. This includes the first PL relations in the near-IR for fundamental-mode SX Phoenicis stars. The near-IR magnitudes and periods of Type II Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars were used to derive an updated true distance modulus to the cluster, with a resulting value of (m-M)0 = 13.708 ± 0.035 ± 0.10 mag, where the error bars correspond to the adopted statistical and systematic errors, respectively. Adding the errors in quadrature, this is equivalent to a heliocentric distance of 5.52 ± 0.27 kpc. © 2017 ESO.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAstronomy and Astrophysics
dc.subjectGlobular clusters: individual: NGC 5139
dc.subjectInfrared: stars
dc.subjectStars: variables: Cepheids
dc.subjectStars: variables: delta Scuti
dc.subjectStars: variables: RR Lyrae
dc.subjectSurveys
dc.titleNear-IR period-luminosity relations for pulsating stars in ω Centauri (NGC 5139)
dc.typeArtículo


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