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We use 3653 (2661 RRab, 992 RRc) RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) with 7D (3D position, 3D velocity, and metallicity) information selected from SDSS, LAMOST, and Gaia EDR3, and divide the sample into two Oosterhoff groups (Oo I and Oo II) according to…

One of the long-standing problems in modern astronomy is the curious division of Galactic globular clusters, the "Oosterhoff dichotomy," according to the properties of their RR Lyrae stars. Here, we find that most of the lowest-metallicity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Suk-Jin Yoon , Young-Wook Lee

We review HB stars in a broad astrophysical context, including both variable and non-variable stars. A reassessment of the Oosterhoff dichotomy is presented, which provides unprecedented detail regarding its origin and systematics. We show…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Catelan

We use color-magnitude diagram synthesis together with theoretical relations from non-linear pulsation models to approach the long-standing problem of the Oosterhoff dichotomy related to the distribution of the mean periods of fundamental…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 A. Sollima , S. Cassisi , G. Fiorentino , R. G. Gratton

We collected a large data set of field RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) by using catalogues already available in the literature and Gaia DR2. We estimated the iron abundances for a sub-sample of 2,382 fundamental RRLs ($\Delta$S method: CaIIK,…

Although more than eight decades have passed since P. Th. Oosterhoff drew attention to differences in the properties of RR Lyrae variables in globular clusters, the origin and significance of the Oosterhoff groups remain unclear.…

In our recent investigation of the Oosterhoff dichotomy in the multiple population paradigm (Jang et al. 2014), we have suggested that the RR Lyrae variables in the Oosterhoff groups I, II, and III globular clusters (GCs) are produced…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Sohee Jang , Young-Wook Lee

We have performed a critical evaluation of the membership status of all variable stars in globular clusters recorded in the Catalogue of Variable Stars in Globular Clusters (CVSGC) curated by Christine Clement. To this end, we employed the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-10 Z. Prudil , A. Arellano Ferro

We present a study of the Oosterhoff (Oo) dichotomy in the Galactic bulge using 8\,141 fundamental mode RR~Lyrae stars. We used public photometric data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) and the Vista Variables in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Z. Prudil , I. Dékány , M. Catelan , R. Smolec , E. K. Grebel , M. Skarka

We present a kinematical study of RR~Lyrae stars associated with two Oosterhoff groups in the Galactic bulge. We used data published in the first paper of the series, plus proper motions from the {\it Gaia} Data Release 2, and radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-12 Z. Prudil , I. Dékány , E. K. Grebel , M. Catelan , M. Skarka , R. Smolec

The Galactic Oosterhoff dichotomy between Galactic globular clusters of type I (OoI) and type II (OoII) is often characterized by a difference in the period-amplitude (PA) relations displayed by RR Lyrae ab stars in each type of cluster.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-30 Shashi Kanbur , Ata Sarajedini , Karen Kinemuchi , Roger Cohen , Chow Choong Ngeow

I point out that the Oosterhoff dichotomy for globular cluster and field RR Lyrae (RRL) stars may place the strongest constraints so far on the number of dwarf spheroidal-like protogalactic fragments that may have contributed to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Catelan

More than a century ago, Solon Bailey's pioneering investigations of the variable stars in globular clusters allowed the first period-amplitude diagrams to be constructed for their RR Lyrae stars. These diagrams differ from cluster to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-24 Horace A. Smith , Marcio Catelan , Charles Kuehn

We present a catalogue of 285 RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) in the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph), obtained by combining data from a number of different surveys including the second data release (DR2) of the European Space Agency (ESA)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-07 Tatiana Muraveva , Gisella Clementini , Alessia Garofalo , Felice Cusano

Context. This is the third study of a series dedicated to the observed parallelism of properties between Galaxy Clusters and Groups(GCGs) and early-type galaxies (ETGs). Aims. Here we investigate the physical origin of the Mass-Radius…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 Cesare Chiosi , Mauro D'Onofrio , Emiliano Merlin , Lorenzo Piovan , Paola Marziani

In order to study the Milky Way, RR Lyrae (RRL) variable stars identified by Gaia, ASAS-SN and ZTF sky survey projects have been analyzed as tracers in this work. Photometric and spectroscopic information of 3417 RRLs including proper…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-26 I. Ablimit , G. Zhao , U. Teklimakan , J. -R. Shi , K. Abdusalam

We have analysed 1455 fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars of the Galactic field, using the All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) data. The sample covers 75% of the sky and contains objects in the close neighbourhood of the Sun, within 4 kpc distance.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-19 D. M. Szczygiel , G. Pojmanski , B. Pilecki

We re-examine the Bailey diagrams of fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars from the perspective of horizontal branch (HB) evolution, identifying evolutionary effects as the probable direct cause of the Oosterhoff dichotomy. By establishing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-11 L. -J. Li , S. -B. Qian , L. -Y. Zhu , X. -D. Shi , W. -P. Liao

CCD observations obtained by the OGLE team for 128 RR Lyrae variables in Omega Cen have been analysed. The P-L and P-A plots indicate that, in addition to fundamental (RRab) and first overtone (RRc) pulsators, the Omega Cen RR Lyrae…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. M. Clement , J. Rowe

Currently only a small number of Milky Way (MW) stars are known to exist beyond 100 kpc from the Galactic center. Though the distribution of these stars in the outer halo is believed to be sparse, they can provide evidence of more recent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-02 Robyn E. Sanderson , Amy Secunda , Kathryn V. Johnston , John J. Bochanski
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