A PHYSICALLY BASED METHOD FOR SCALING CEPHEID LIGHT CURVES FOR FUTURE DISTANCE DETERMINATIONS
We present a technique for decomposing Cepheid light curves into their fundamental constituent parts, that is, their radius and temperature variations. We demonstrate that any given pair of optical luminosity and color curves can be used to predict the shape, amplitude, and phase of a Cepheid's light variation at any other wavelength. With such predictions in hand, a single new observation at any given new wavelength can be used to normalize the properties of the predicted light curve, and in specific, derive a precise value of the time-averaged mean. We suggest that this method will be of great advantage in efficiently observing and precisely obtaining the mean properties of known Cepheids scheduled to be observed at new wavelengths, specifically in the mid-infrared where James Webb Space Telescope will be operating.
- OSTI ID:
- 21455033
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 719, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/335; ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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