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On the RR Lyrae stars in globulars: V. the complete Near-Infrared (JHKs) census of omega Centauri RR Lyrae variables

We present a new complete Near-Infrared (NIR, $JHK_s$) census of RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) in the globular $\omega$ Cen (NGC 5139). We collected 15,472 $JHK_s$ images with 4-8m class telescopes over 15 years (2000-2015) covering a sky area…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 V. F. Braga , P. B. Stetson , G. Bono , M. Dall'Ora , I. Ferraro , G. Fiorentino , G. Iannicola , M. Marconi , M. Marengo , A. J. Monson , J. Neeley , S. E. Persson , R. L. Beaton , R. Buonanno , A. Calamida , M. Castellani , E. Di Carlo , M. Fabrizio , W. L. Freedman , L. Inno , B. F. Madore , D. Magurno , E. Marchetti , S. Marinoni , P. Marrese , N. Matsunaga , D. Minniti , M. Monelli , M. Nonino , A. M. Piersimoni , A. Pietrinferni , P. Prada-Moroni , L. Pulone , R. Stellingwerf , E. Tognelli , A. R. Walker , E. Valenti , M. Zoccali

Gaia Data Release 3: Pulsations in main sequence OBAF-type stars

The third Gaia data release provides photometric time series covering 34 months for about 10 million stars. For many of those stars, a characterisation in Fourier space and their variability classification are also provided. This paper…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-21 Gaia Collaboration , J. De Ridder , V. Ripepi , C. Aerts , L. Palaversa , L. Eyer , B. Holl , M. Audard , L. Rimoldini , A. G. A. Brown , A. Vallenari , T. Prusti , J. H. J. de Bruijne , F. Arenou , C. Babusiaux , M. Biermann , O. L. Creevey , C. Ducourant , D. W. Evans , R. Guerra , A. Hutton , C. Jordi , S. A. Klioner , U. L. Lammers , L. Lindegren , X. Luri , F. Mignard , C. Panem , D. Pourbaix , S. Randich , P. Sartoretti , C. Soubiran , P. Tanga , N. A. Walton , C. A. L. Bailer-Jones , U. Bastian , R. Drimmel , F. Jansen , D. Katz , M. G. Lattanzi , F. van Leeuwen , J. Bakker , C. Cacciari , J. Castañeda , F. De Angeli , C. Fabricius , M. Fouesneau , Y. Frémat , L. Galluccio , A. Guerrier , U. Heiter , E. Masana , R. Messineo , N. Mowlavi , C. Nicolas , K. Nienartowicz , F. Pailler , P. Panuzzo , F. Riclet , W. Roux , G. M. Seabroke , R. Sordo , F. Thévenin , G. Gracia-Abril , J. Portell , D. Teyssier , M. Altmann , R. Andrae , I. Bellas-Velidis , K. Benson , J. Berthier , R. Blomme , P. W. Burgess , D. Busonero , G. Busso , H. Cánovas , B. Carry , A. Cellino , N. Cheek , G. Clementini , Y. Damerdji , M. Davidson , P. de Teodoro , M. Nuñez Campos , L. Delchambre , A. Dell'Oro , P. Esquej , J. Fernández-Hernández , E. Fraile , D. Garabato , P. García-Lario , E. Gosset , R. Haigron , J. -L. Halbwachs , N. C. Hambly , D. L. Harrison , J. Hernández , D. Hestroffer , T. Hilger , S. T. Hodgkin , K. Janßen , G. Jevardat de Fombelle , S. Jordan , A. Krone-Martins , A. C. Lanzafame , W. Löffler , O. Marchal , P. M. Marrese , A. Moitinho , K. Muinonen , P. Osborne , E. Pancino , T. Pauwels , A. Recio-Blanco , C. Reylé , M. Riello , T. Roegiers , J. Rybizki , L. M. Sarro , C. Siopis , M. Smith , A. Sozzetti , E. Utrilla , M. van Leeuwen , U. Abbas , P. Ábrahám , A. Abreu Aramburu , J. J. Aguado , M. Ajaj , F. Aldea-Montero , G. Altavilla , M. A. Álvarez , J. Alves , F. Anders , R. I. Anderson , E. Anglada Varela , T. Antoja , D. Baines , S. G. Baker , L. Balaguer-Núñez , E. Balbinot , Z. Balog , C. Barache , D. Barbato , M. Barros , M. A. Barstow , S. Bartolomé , J. -L. Bassilana , N. Bauchet , U. Becciani , M. Bellazzini , A. Berihuete , M. Bernet , S. Bertone , L. Bianchi , A. Binnenfeld , S. Blanco-Cuaresma , T. Boch , A. Bombrun , D. Bossini , S. Bouquillon , A. Bragaglia , L. Bramante , E. Breedt , A. Bressan , N. Brouillet , E. Brugaletta , B. Bucciarelli , A. Burlacu , A. G. Butkevich , R. Buzzi , E. Caffau , R. Cancelliere , T. Cantat-Gaudin , R. Carballo , T. Carlucci , M. I. Carnerero , J. M. Carrasco , L. Casamiquela , M. Castellani , A. Castro-Ginard , L. Chaoul , P. Charlot , L. Chemin , V. Chiaramida , A. Chiavassa , N. Chornay , G. Comoretto , G. Contursi , W. J. Cooper , T. Cornez , S. Cowell , F. Crifo , M. Cropper , M. Crosta , C. Crowley , C. Dafonte , A. Dapergolas , P. David , P. de Laverny , F. De Luise , R. De March , R. de Souza , A. de Torres , E. F. del Peloso , E. del Pozo , M. Delbo , A. Delgado , J. -B. Delisle , C. Demouchy , T. E. Dharmawardena , S. Diakite , C. Diener , E. Distefano , C. Dolding , H. Enke , C. Fabre , M. Fabrizio , S. Faigler , G. Fedorets , P. Fernique , F. Figueras , Y. Fournier , C. Fouron , F. Fragkoudi , M. Gai , A. Garcia-Gutierrez , M. Garcia-Reinaldos , M. García-Torres , A. Garofalo , A. Gavel , P. Gavras , E. Gerlach , R. Geyer , P. Giacobbe , G. Gilmore , S. Girona , G. Giuffrida , R. Gomel , A. Gomez , J. González-Núñez , I. González-Santamaría , J. J. González-Vidal , M. Granvik , P. Guillout , J. Guiraud , R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez , L. P. Guy , D. Hatzidimitriou , M. Hauser , M. Haywood , A. Helmer , A. Helmi , M. H. Sarmiento , S. L. Hidalgo , N. Hładczuk , D. Hobbs , G. Holland , H. E. Huckle , K. Jardine , G. Jasniewicz , A. Jean-Antoine Piccolo , Ó. Jiménez-Arranz , J. Juaristi Campillo , F. Julbe , L. Karbevska , P. Kervella , S. Khanna , G. Kordopatis , A. J. Korn , Á Kóspál , Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska , K. Kruszyńska , M. Kun , P. Laizeau , S. Lambert , A. F. Lanza , Y. Lasne , J. -F. Le Campion , Y. Lebreton , T. Lebzelter , S. Leccia , N. Leclerc , I. Lecoeur-Taibi , S. Liao , E. L. Licata , H. E. P. Lindstrøm , T. A. Lister , E. Livanou , A. Lobel , A. Lorca , C. Loup , P. Madrero Pardo , A. Magdaleno Romeo , S. Managau , R. G. Mann , M. Manteiga , J. M. Marchant , M. Marconi , J. Marcos , M. M. S. Marcos Santos , D. Marín Pina , S. Marinoni , F. Marocco , D. J. Marshall , L. Martin Polo , J. M. Martín-Fleitas , G. Marton , N. Mary , A. Masip , D. Massari , A. Mastrobuono-Battisti , T. Mazeh , P. J. McMillan , S. Messina , D. Michalik , N. R. Millar , A. Mints , D. Molina , R. Molinaro , L. Molnár , G. Monari , M. Monguió , P. Montegriffo , A. Montero , R. Mor , A. Mora , R. Morbidelli , T. Morel , D. Morris , T. Muraveva , C. P. Murphy , I. Musella , Z. Nagy , L. Noval , F. Ocaña , A. Ogden , C. Ordenovic , J. O. Osinde , C. Pagani , I. Pagano , P. A. Palicio , L. Pallas-Quintela , A. Panahi , S. Payne-Wardenaar , X. Peñalosa Esteller , A. Penttilä , B. Pichon , A. M. Piersimoni , F. -X. Pineau , E. Plachy , G. Plum , E. Poggio , A. Prša , L. Pulone , E. Racero , S. Ragaini , M. Rainer , C. M. Raiteri , P. Ramos , M. Ramos-Lerate , P. Re Fiorentin , S. Regibo , P. J. Richards , C. Rios Diaz , A. Riva , H. -W. Rix , G. Rixon , N. Robichon , A. C. Robin , C. Robin , M. Roelens , H. R. O. Rogues , L. Rohrbasser , M. Romero-Gómez , N. Rowell , F. Royer , D. Ruz Mieres , K. A. Rybicki , G. Sadowski , A. Sáez Núñez , A. Sagristà Sellés , J. Sahlmann , E. Salguero , N. Samaras , V. Sanchez Gimenez , N. Sanna , R. Santoveña , M. Sarasso , M. Schultheis , E. Sciacca , M. Segol , J. C. Segovia , D. Ségransan , D. Semeux , S. Shahaf , H. I. Siddiqui , A. Siebert , L. Siltala , A. Silvelo , E. Slezak , I. Slezak , R. L. Smart , O. N. Snaith , E. Solano , F. Solitro , D. Souami , J. Souchay , A. Spagna , L. Spina , F. Spoto , I. A. Steele , H. Steidelmüller , C. A. Stephenson , M. Süveges , J. Surdej , L. Szabados , E. Szegedi-Elek , F. Taris , M. B. Taylor , R. Teixeira , L. Tolomei , N. Tonello , F. Torra , J. Torra , G. Torralba Elipe , M. Trabucchi , A. T. Tsounis , C. Turon , A. Ulla , N. Unger , M. V. Vaillant , E. van Dillen , W. van Reeven , O. Vanel , A. Vecchiato , Y. Viala , D. Vicente , S. Voutsinas , M. Weiler , T. Wevers , Ł. Wyrzykowski , A. Yoldas , P. Yvard , H. Zhao , J. Zorec , S. Zucker , T. Zwitter

Near-Infrared Variability Study of the Central 2.3 arcmin x 2.3 arcmin of the Galactic Centre II. Identification of RR Lyrae Stars in the Milky Way Nuclear Star Cluster

Because of strong and spatially highly variable interstellar extinction and extreme source crowding, the faint (K>15) stellar population in the Milky Way's nuclear cluster is still poorly studied. RR Lyrae stars provide us with a tool to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-30 Hui Dong , Rainer Schodel , Benjamin F. Williams , Francisco Nogueras-Lara , Eulalia Gallego-Cano , Teresa Gallego-Calvente , Q. Daniel Wang , R. Michael Rich , Mark R. Morris , Tuan Do , Andrea Ghez

The MACHO Project Large Magellanic Cloud variable star inventory. XI. Frequency analysis of the fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars

We have frequency analyzed 6391 variables classified earlier as fundamental mode RR Lyrae (RR0) stars in the MACHO database on the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The overwhelming majority of these variables have been proved to be indeed RR0…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Alcock , D. R. Alves , A. Becker , D. Bennett , K. H. Cook , A. Drake , K. Freeman , M. Geha , K. Griest , G. Kovács , M. Lehner , S. Marshall , D. Minniti , C. Nelson , B. Peterson , P. Popowski , M. Pratt , P. Quinn , A. Rodgers , C. Stubbs , W. Sutherland , T. Vandehei , D. L. Welch

Blazhko effect in the Galactic bulge fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars II: Modulation shapes, amplitudes and periods

The number of stars observed by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) project in the Galactic bulge offers an invaluable chance to study RR Lyrae stars in a statistical manner. We used data of 3141 fundamental-mode RR Lyrae…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-10 M. Skarka , Z. Prudil , J. Jurcsik

A Multi-color Optical Survey of the Orion Nebula Cluster. II. the H-R diagram

We present a new analysis of the stellar population of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) based on multi-band optical photometry and spectroscopy. We study the color-color diagrams in BVI, plus a narrow-band filter centered at 6200A, finding…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Nicola Da Rio , Massimo Robberto , David R. Soderblom , Nino Panagia , Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Francesco Palla , Keivan G. Stassun

The OGLE Collection of Variable Stars. Over 15 000 Delta Scuti Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud

We present the OGLE collection of delta Scuti stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud and in its foreground. Our dataset encompasses a total of 15 256 objects, constituting the largest sample of extragalactic delta Sct stars published so far.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-14 I. Soszyński , P. Pietrukowicz , A. Udalski , J. Skowron , M. K. Szymański , R. Poleski , D. M. Skowron , S. Kozłowski , P. Mróz , P. Iwanek , M. Wrona , K. Ulaczyk , K. Rybicki , M. Gromadzki , M. Mróz

Variable stars in the globular cluster M28 (NGC 6626)

We present a new search for variable stars in the Galactic globular cluster M28 (NGC 6626). The search is based on a series of BVI images obtained with the SMARTS Consortium's 1.3m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 G. Prieto , M. Catelan , R. Contreras Ramos , B. J. Pritzl , H. A. Smith , J. Alonso-Garcia

New Metallicities of RR Lyrae Stars in omega Centauri: Evidence for a Non He-Enhanced Metal-Intermediate Population

We present new spectroscopic metal abundances for 74 RR Lyrae stars in omega Cen obtained with FLAMES. The well-known metallicity spread is visible among the RR Lyrae variables. The metal-intermediate (MInt) RR Lyrae stars ([Fe/H] ~ -1.2)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Sollima , J. Borissova , M. Catelan , H. A. Smith , D. Minniti , C. Cacciari , F. R. Ferraro

A Photometric Study of the Outer Halo Globular Cluster NGC 5824

Multi-wavelength CCD photometry over 21 years has been used to produce deep color-magnitude diagrams together with light curves for the variables in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 5824. Twenty-one new cluster RR Lyrae stars are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-28 A. R. Walker , G. Andreuzzi , C. E. Martínez-Vázquez , A. M. Kunder , P. B. Stetson , S. Cassisi , M. Monelli , G. Bono , M. Dall'Ora , A. K. Vivas

Period changes in the RR Lyrae stars of NGC 6171 (M107)

Based on photometric data obtained between 1935 and 2017, $O-C$ diagrams were built for 22 RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster NGC 6171, leading to the discovery of secular period changes in 4 variables for which we have calculated their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 A. Arellano Ferro , P. Rosenzweig , A. Luna , D. Deras , S. Muneer , S. Giridhar , R. Michel

New Variable Stars in CMa Globular Cluster Candidates

We present the preliminary results of an image-subtraction analysis of the Galactic globular cluster M79 (NGC 1904), as well as a new investigation of the variable star population in NGC 1851. Both M79 and NGC 1851 have been previously…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 P. Amigo , M. Catelan , P. B. Stetson , H. A. Smith , C. Cacciari , M. Zoccali

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment: Analysis of the bulge RR Lyrae population from the OGLE-III data

We have analyzed the data on 16,836 RR Lyrae (RR Lyr) variables observed toward the Galactic bulge during the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-III), which took place in 2001-2009. Using these standard…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 P. Pietrukowicz , A. Udalski , I. Soszynski , D. M. Nataf , L. Wyrzykowski , R. Poleski , S. Kozlowski , M. K. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , K. Ulaczyk

New SX Phoenicis Variables in the Globular Cluster NGC 4833

We report the discovery of 6 SX Phoenicis stars in the southern globular cluster NGC 4833. Images were obtained from January through June 2011 with the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy 0.6 meter telescope located at Cerro…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-17 Andrew N. Darragh , Brian W. Murphy

An "alien" called Oosterhoff dichotomy?

In this letter we investigate the origin of the Oosterhoff dichotomy, considering recent discoveries related to several ancient merging events of external galaxies with the Milky Way (MW). In particular, we aim to clarify if the subdivision…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-09 E. Luongo , V. Ripepi , M. Marconi , Z. Prudil , M. Rejkuba , G. Clementini , G. Longo

The RR Lyrae variables in M54 and the Sgr dwarf galaxy

We report on new B, V and I CCD photometry of the globular cluster M54 that was aimed at the study of its variable stars. With respect to the previous most recent work on M54 we have nearly doubled the number of detected variable stars: M54…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Carla Cacciari , Michele Bellazzini , Samantha Colucci

An Aligned Stream of Low-Metallicity Clusters in the Halo of the Milky Way

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

Intriguing triple-mode RR Lyrae star with period doubling

We report the discovery of an intriguing triple-mode RR Lyrae star found in the OGLE Galactic bulge collection, OGLE-BLG-RRLYR-24137. In the OGLE catalog the star was identified as RRd star - double-mode pulsator, pulsating simultaneously…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-02 R. Smolec , I. Soszyński , A. Udalski , M. K. Szymański , P. Pietrukowicz , J. Skowron , S. Kozłowski , R. Poleski , P. Moskalik , D. Skowron , G. Pietrzyński , Ł. Wyrzykowski , K. Ulaczyk , P. Mróz

The QUEST RR Lyrae Survey II: The Halo Overdensities in the First Catalog

The first catalog of the RR Lyrae stars (RRLS) in the Galactic halo by the QUEST Survey has been searched for significant overdensities that may be debris from disrupted dwarf galaxies or globular clusters. Away from the major…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Katherina Vivas , Robert Zinn

Near-infrared observations of RR Lyrae and Type II Cepheid variables in the metal-rich bulge globular cluster NGC 6441

NGC 6441 is a bulge globular cluster with an unusual horizontal branch morphology and a rich population of RR Lyrae (RRL) and Type II Cepheid (T2C) variables that is unexpected for its relatively high metallicity. We present near-infrared…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 A. Bhardwaj , S. M. Kanbur , M. Rejkuba , M. Marconi , M. Catelan , V. Ripepi , H. P. Singh