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Title: A PRELIMINARY CALIBRATION OF THE RR LYRAE PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION AT MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTHS: WISE DATA

Abstract

Using time-resolved, mid-infrared data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and geometric parallaxes from the Hubble Space Telescope for four Galactic RR Lyrae variables, we derive the following Population II period-luminosity (PL) relations for the WISE [W1], [W2], and [W3] bands at 3.4, 4.6, and 12 μm, respectively: The slopes and the scatter around the fits are consistent with a smooth extrapolation of those same quantities from previously published K-band observations at 2.2 μm, where the asymptotic (long-wavelength) behavior is consistent with a period-radius relation with a slope of 0.5. No obvious correlation with metallicity (spanning 0.4 dex in [Fe/H]) is found in the residuals of the four calibrating RR Lyrae stars about the mean PL regression line.

Authors:
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  1. Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101 (United States)
  2. Infrared Processing and Analysis Center 770 South Wilson, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22270819
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 776; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; CALIBRATION; CORRELATIONS; ELEMENT ABUNDANCE; EXTRAPOLATION; HYDROGEN; INFRARED SURVEYS; IRON; LUMINOSITY; MILKY WAY; TELESCOPES; TIME RESOLUTION; VARIABLE STARS

Citation Formats

Madore, Barry F., Freedman, Wendy L., Kollmeier, Juna A., Monson, Andy, Eric Persson, S., Rich, Jr., Jeff A., Scowcroft, Victoria, Seibert, Mark, and Hoffman, Douglas. A PRELIMINARY CALIBRATION OF THE RR LYRAE PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION AT MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTHS: WISE DATA. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/135.
Madore, Barry F., Freedman, Wendy L., Kollmeier, Juna A., Monson, Andy, Eric Persson, S., Rich, Jr., Jeff A., Scowcroft, Victoria, Seibert, Mark, & Hoffman, Douglas. A PRELIMINARY CALIBRATION OF THE RR LYRAE PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION AT MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTHS: WISE DATA. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/135
Madore, Barry F., Freedman, Wendy L., Kollmeier, Juna A., Monson, Andy, Eric Persson, S., Rich, Jr., Jeff A., Scowcroft, Victoria, Seibert, Mark, and Hoffman, Douglas. 2013. "A PRELIMINARY CALIBRATION OF THE RR LYRAE PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION AT MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTHS: WISE DATA". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/135.
@article{osti_22270819,
title = {A PRELIMINARY CALIBRATION OF THE RR LYRAE PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION AT MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTHS: WISE DATA},
author = {Madore, Barry F. and Freedman, Wendy L. and Kollmeier, Juna A. and Monson, Andy and Eric Persson, S. and Rich, Jr., Jeff A. and Scowcroft, Victoria and Seibert, Mark and Hoffman, Douglas},
abstractNote = {Using time-resolved, mid-infrared data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and geometric parallaxes from the Hubble Space Telescope for four Galactic RR Lyrae variables, we derive the following Population II period-luminosity (PL) relations for the WISE [W1], [W2], and [W3] bands at 3.4, 4.6, and 12 μm, respectively: The slopes and the scatter around the fits are consistent with a smooth extrapolation of those same quantities from previously published K-band observations at 2.2 μm, where the asymptotic (long-wavelength) behavior is consistent with a period-radius relation with a slope of 0.5. No obvious correlation with metallicity (spanning 0.4 dex in [Fe/H]) is found in the residuals of the four calibrating RR Lyrae stars about the mean PL regression line.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/776/2/135},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22270819}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 2,
volume = 776,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Sun Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}