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Light Curves and Metal Abundances of RR Lyrae Variables in the Bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G. Clementini ,
A. Bragaglia ,
L. Di Fabrizio ,
E. Carretta  and
R. G. Gratton
G. Clementini
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
A. Bragaglia
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
L. Di Fabrizio
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
E. Carretta
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy
R. G. Gratton
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, I-35122 Padova, Italy

Abstract

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The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is widely considered a corner-stone of the astronomical distance scale. However, a difference of 0.2−0.3 mag exists in its distance as predicted by the short and long distance scales. Distances to the LMC from Population II objects are founded on the RR Lyrae variables. We have undertaken an observational campaign devoted to the definition of the average apparent luminosity, and to the study of the mass–metallicity relation for RR Lyrae stars in the bar of the LMC. These are compared with analogous quantities for cluster RR Lyrae stars. The purpose is to see whether an intrinsic difference in luminosity, possibly due to a difference in mass, might exist between field and cluster RR Lyrae stars, which could be responsible for the well-known dichotomy between short and long distance scales. Preliminary results are presented on the V and B − V light curves, the average apparent visual magnitude, and the pulsational properties of 102 RR Lyrae stars in the bar of the LMC, observed at ESO in January 1999. The photometric data are accurately tied to the Johnson photometric system. Comparison is presented with the photometry of RR Lyrae stars in the bar of the LMC obtained by the MACHO collaboration (Alcock et al. 1996). Our sample includes 9 double-mode RR Lyrae stars selected from Alcock et al. (1997) for which an estimate of the metal abundance from the ΔS method is presented.

Type
Part 3. Cepheids, RR Lyrae Stars, Distance Scales
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 176: The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research , 2000 , pp. 172 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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