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We present new accurate Period-Luminosity (PL) and Period-Wesenheit (PW) relations in the V,J,Ks bands based on a sample of more than 4500 Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) whose photometry was obtained in the context of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-02 V. Ripepi , R. Molinaro , M. Marconi , M. -R. L. Cioni

The period-luminosity (PL) relation of Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) plays a pivotal role in extra-galactic distance measurement and the determination of the Hubble constant $(H_{0})$. In this work, we probe the geometry of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-06 Gautam Bhuyan , Sukanta Deb , Shashi M. Kanbur , Earl P. Bellinger , Mami Deka , Anupam Bhardwaj

Near infrared (IR) studies of Cepheid variables in the LMC take advantage of the reduced light curve amplitude and metallicity dependence at these wavelengths. This work presents such photometry for two young clusters known to contain…

We present the results of the light curve model fitting technique applied to optical and near-infrared photometric data for a sample of 18 Classical Cepheids (11 fundamentals and 7 first overtones) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We…

The VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC, PI M.R. Cioni) survey is collecting deep Ks-band time-series photometry of the pulsating variable stars hosted by the system formed by the two Magellanic Clouds (MCs) and the "bridge" connecting them. In…

In this paper the synthetic period-luminosity (P-L) relations in Spitzer's IRAC bands, based on a series of theoretical pulsation models with varying metal and helium abundance, were investigated. Selected sets of these synthetic P-L…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Chow-Choong Ngeow , Marcella Marconi , Ilaria Musella , Michele Cignoni , Shashi M. Kanbur

(abridged) In this study, we constructed spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for a sample of 142 LMC and 77 SMC fundamental-mode classical Cepheids (CCs) using photometric data from the literature. When possible, the data were taken to be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-23 Martin Groenewegen , Jan Lub

TThe Period-Luminosity (PL) relation for Cepheid variable stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is crucial for distance measurements in astronomy. This study analyzes the impact of using the median rather than the mean on the PL…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-28 Jaime Muñoz , Alejandro García-Varela , Santiago Henao-Castellanos , Beatriz Sabogal , Luis Felipe Giraldo

We present results from the Large Magellanic Cloud Near-infrared Synoptic Survey (LMCNISS) for classical and type II Cepheid variables that were identified by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-III) catalogue.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 A. Bhardwaj , L. M. Macri , S. M. Kanbur , C. -C. Ngeow , H. P. Singh

321 Galactic fundamental-mode Cepheids with good B,V,I photometry by Berdnikov et al. 2000 and with homogenized color excesses E(B-V) based on Fernie et al. 1995 are used to determine their P-C relation in the range 0.4<log P<1.6. Distances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. A. Tammann , A. Sandage , B. Reindl

We present results of the search for Cepheids in the galaxy IC1613 carried out as a sub-project of the OGLE-II microlensing survey. 138 Cepheids were found in the 14.2x14.2 arcmin region in the center of the galaxy. We present light curves,…

We present time-series observations of Population \rom{2} Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud at near-infrared ($JHK_s$) wavelengths. Our sample consists of 81 variables with accurate periods and optical ($VI$) magnitudes from the OGLE…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-22 Anupam Bhardwaj , Lucas M. Macri , Marina Rejkuba , Shashi M. Kanbur , Chow-Choong Ngeow , Harinder P. Singh

We present homogeneous multiband (grizJHKs) time-series observations of 78 Cepheids including 49 fundamental mode variables and 29 first-overtone mode variables. These observations were collected simultaneously using the ROS2 and REMIR…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-09 A. Bhardwaj , V. Ripepi , V. Testa , R. Molinaro , M. Marconi , G. De Somma , E. Trentin , I. Musella , J. Storm , T. Sicignano , G. Catanzaro

We determine Period-Luminosity relations for Milky Way Cepheids in the optical and near-IR bands. These relations can be used directly as reference for extra-galactic distance determination to Cepheid populations with solar metallicity, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 J. Storm , W. Gieren , P. Fouque , T. G. Barnes , G. Pietrzynski , N. Nardetto , M. Weber , T. Granzer , K. Strassmeier

In this paper, we derive the period-luminosity (PL) relation for Galactic Cepheids with recent independent distance measurements from open cluster, Barnes-Evans surface brightness, interferometry and HST astrometry techniques. Our PL…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Chow-Choong Ngeow , Shashi Kanbur

JHKs magnitudes corrected to mean intensity are estimated for LMC type II Cepheids in the OGLE-III survey. Period-luminosity (PL) relations are derived in JHKs as well as in a reddening-free VI parameter. Within the uncertainties the BL Her…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Noriyuki Matsunaga , Michael W. Feast , John W. Menzies

(ABRIDGED) We have applied the near-IR Barnes-Evans realization of the Baade-Wesselink method as calibrated by Fouque & Gieren (1997) to five metal-poor Cepheids with periods between 13 and 17 days in the Small Magellanic Cloud as well as…

We present a detailed analysis of the light curves and pulsation properties of First Overtone (FO) Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) obtained using observations and predictions from stellar pulsation models. Multiwavelength…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-19 Kerdaris Kurbah , Shashi M. Kanbur , Sukanta Deb , Anupam Bhardwaj , Mami Deka , Susmita Das , Gautam Bhuyan

The rationale behind recent calibrations of the Cepheid PL relation using the Wesenheit formulation is reviewed and reanalyzed, and it is shown that recent conclusions regarding a possible change in slope of the PL relation for short-period…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 David G. Turner

We have estimated JHKs magnitudes corrected to mean intensity for LMC type II Cepheids found in the OGLE-III survey. Period-luminosity relations (PLRs) are derived in JHKs as well as in a reddening-free VI parameter. The BL Her stars (P<4d)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Noriyuki Matsunaga , Michael W. Feast , John W. Menzies