Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters and in the Field of the Fornax dSph Galaxy

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dc.catalogadorpau
dc.contributor.authorGreco, C.
dc.contributor.authorClementini, G.
dc.contributor.authorHeld, E. V.
dc.contributor.authorPoretti, E.
dc.contributor.authorCatelan, Marcio
dc.contributor.authorDell'Arciprete, L.
dc.contributor.authorGullieuszik, M.
dc.contributor.authorMaio, M.
dc.contributor.authorRizzi, L.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, H. A.
dc.contributor.authorPritzl, B. J.
dc.contributor.authorRest, A.
dc.contributor.authorde Lee, N.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-05T15:14:45Z
dc.date.available2024-03-05T15:14:45Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractVariable stars have been identified for the first time in Fornax 4, the globular cluster located near the center of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy. By applying the image-subtraction technique to B and V time series photometry obtained with the MagIC camera of the 6.5 m Magellan Clay telescope and with the wide field imager of the 4 m Blanco CTIO telescope, we detected 27 RR Lyrae stars (22 fundamental-mode, 3 first-overtone, and 2 double-mode pulsators) in a 2.4'×2.4' area centered on Fornax 4. The average and minimum periods of the ab-type RR Lyrae stars, <Pab>=0.594 days and Pab,min=0.5191 days, respectively, as well as the revised position of the cluster in the horizontal branch type-metallicity plane, all consistently point to an Oosterhoff-intermediate status for the cluster, unlike what is seen for the vast majority of Galactic globular clusters, but in agreement with previous indications for the other globular clusters in Fornax. The average apparent magnitude of the RR Lyrae stars located within 30" from the cluster center is <V(RR)>=21.43+/-0.03 mag (σ=0.10 mag, average of 12 stars), leading to a true distance modulus of μ0=20.64+/-0.09 mag or μ0=20.53+/-0.09 mag, depending on whether a low ([Fe/H]=-2.0) or a moderately high ([Fe/H]=-1.5) metallicity is adopted.
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-540-76961-3_39
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76961-3_39
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/84025
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Astrofísica; Catelan , Marcio; 0000-0001-6003-8877; 1001556
dc.language.isoen
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dc.titleVariable Stars in the Globular Clusters and in the Field of the Fornax dSph Galaxy
dc.typecapítulo de libro
sipa.codpersvinculados1001556
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2024-01-22
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