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Using Spitzer archival data from the SAGE (Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution) program, we derive the Cepheid period-luminosity (P-L) relation at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0 microns for Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids. These P-L…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Ngeow , S. Kanbur

The period-luminosity (P-L) relation for Cepheid variables is important in modern astrophysics. In this work, we present the multi-band P-L relations derived from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) Cepheids,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-10 Chow-Choong Ngeow

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

In this paper we present multi-band period-luminosity (P-L) relations for fundamental mode Cepheids in the SMC. The optical VI-band mean magnitudes for these SMC Cepheids were taken from the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Chow-Choong Ngeow , Shashi M. Kanbur , Anupam Bhardwaj , Harinder P. Singh

In this Paper, we have derived Cepheid period-luminosity (P-L) relations for the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) fundamental mode Cepheids, based on the data released from OGLE-III. We have applied an extinction map to correct for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Ngeow , S. Kanbur , H. Neilson , A. Nanthakumar , J. Buonaccorsi

We present the first mid-infrared Period-Luminosity (PL) relations for Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids. Single-epoch observations of 70 Cepheids were extracted from Spitzer IRAC observations at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0 microns,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wendy L. Freedman , Barry F. Madore , Jane Rigby , S. E. Persson , Laura Sturch

We present revised and improved mid-infrared Period-Luminosity (PL) relations for Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids based on double-epoch data of 70 Cepheids observed by Spitzer at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0um. The observed scatter at all…

We present multi-band Period-Luminosity (PL) relations for first-overtone mode Cepheids in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We derive optical band PL relations and the Wesenheit function using $VI$ mean magnitudes from the Optical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 Anupam Bhardwaj , Chow-Choong Ngeow , Shashi M. Kanbur , Harinder P. Singh

This paper discusses two aspects of current research on the Cepheid period-luminosity (P-L) relation: the derivation of mid-infrared (MIR) P-L relations and the investigation of multi-phase P-L relations. The MIR P-L relations for Cepheids…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Chow-Choong Ngeow , Shashi M. Kanbur , Earl P. Bellinger , Marcella Marconi , Ilaria Musella , Michele Cignoni , Ya-Hong Lin

In this work we matched the AKARI archival data to the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment-III (OGLE-III) catalog to derive the mid-infrared period luminosity (PL) relations for Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) Cepheids. Mismatched AKARI…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Chow-Choong Ngeow , Danielle M. Citro , Shashi M. Kanbur

In this paper, we derive the period-luminosity (P-L) relation for Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids based on mid-infrared AKARI observations. AKARI's IRC sources were matched to the OGLE-III LMC Cepheid catalog. Together with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Chow-Choong Ngeow , Yoshifusa Ita , Shashi M. Kanbur , Hilding Neilson , Takashi Onaka , Daisuke Kato

The mid-infrared period-luminosity (P-L) relation for Cepheids will be important in the JWST era, as it holds the promise of deriving the Hubble constant within 2% accuracy. We present the synthetic P-L and period-color (P-C) relations,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-10 C. -C. Ngeow , M. Marconi , I. Musella , M. Cignoni , M. Marengo , S. Kanbur

In this paper, we discuss and examine various issues concerning the recent findings that suggested the observed period-luminosity (P-L) relation for the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids is nonlinear. These include (1) visualizing the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Ngeow , S. Kanbur

The Cepheid Leavitt Law (LL), also known as the Period-Luminosity relation, is a crucial tool for assembling the cosmic distance ladder. By combining data from the OGLE-IV catalogue with mid-infrared photometry from the Spitzer Space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-21 Abigail H. Chown , Victoria Scowcroft , Stijn Wuyts

Period-luminosity relations (PLRs) of type II Cepheids (T2Cs) in the Small Magellanic Cloud are derived based on OGLE-III, IRSF/SIRIUS and other data, and these are compared with results for the Large Magellanic Cloud and Galactic globular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Noriyuki Matsunaga , Michael W. Feast , Igor Soszynski

We present a detailed statistical analysis of possible non-linearities in the Period-Luminosity (P-L), Period-Wesenheit (P-W) and Period-Color (P-C) relations for Cepheid variables in the LMC at optical ($VI$) and near-infrared ($JHK_{s}$)…

The photometric data for 460 classical, fundamental-mode Cepheids in the SMC with log P > 0.4 measured by Udalski et al. have been analyzed for their P-C and P-L relations, and for the variation of amplitude across the instability strip in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Sandage , G. A. Tammann , B. Reindl

We present the first application of mid-infrared Period-Luminosity relations to the determination of a Cepheid distance beyond the Magellanic Clouds. Using archival IRAC imaging data on NGC 6822 from Spitzer we were able to measure…

Photometric data for 593 Cepheids in the LMC, measured by Udalski et al. in the OGLE survey, augmented by 92 longer period Cepheids from other sources, are analyzed for the P-C and P-L relations, and for the variations of amplitude, light…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Sandage , G. A. Tammann , B. Reindl

We present mid-infrared Period-Luminosity relations for Cepheids in the Local Group galaxy IC1613. Using archival IRAC imaging data from Spitzer we were able to measure single-epoch magnitudes for five, 7 to 50-day, Cepheids at 3.6 and 4.5…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Wendy L. Freedman , Jane Rigby , Barry F. Madore , S. E. Persson , Laura Sturch , Violet Mager
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