Cepheid distances from the Baade-Wesselink method
Abstract
Recent progress on Baade-Wesselink (BW)-type techniques to determine the distances to classical Cepheids is reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on the near-infrared surface-brightness (IRSB) version of the BW method. Its most recent calibration is described and shown to be capable of yielding individual Cepheid distances accurate to 6%, including systematic uncertainties. Cepheid distances from the IRSB method are compared to those determined from open cluster zero-age main-sequence fitting for Cepheids located in Galactic open clusters, yielding excellent agreement between the IRSB and cluster Cepheid distance scales. Results for the Cepheid period-luminosity (PL) relation in near-infrared and optical bands based on IRSB distances and the question of the universality of the Cepheid PL relation are discussed. Results from other implementations of the BW method are compared to the IRSB distance scale and possible reasons for discrepancies are identified.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1210.7150,
title = {Cepheid distances from the Baade-Wesselink method},
author = {Wolfgang Gieren and Jesper Storm and Nicolas Nardetto and Alexandre Gallenne and Grzegorz Pietrzyński and Pascal Fouqué and Thomas G. Barnes and Daniel Majaess},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.7150},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Advancing the Physics of Cosmic Distances, Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 289, 2012