Galactic bulge population II Cepheids in the VVV survey: Period-luminosity relations and a distance to the Galactic centre

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dc.contributor.authorBhardwaj A.
dc.contributor.authorRejkuba M.
dc.contributor.authorMinniti D.
dc.contributor.authorSurot F.
dc.contributor.authorValenti E.
dc.contributor.authorZoccali M.
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez O.A.
dc.contributor.authorRomaniello M.
dc.contributor.authorKanbur S.M.
dc.contributor.authorSingh H.P.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-26T16:47:05Z
dc.date.available2024-03-26T16:47:05Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.descriptionIndexación: Scopus
dc.description.abstractContext. Multiple stellar populations of different ages and metallicities reside in the Galactic bulge that trace its structure and provide clues to its formation and evolution. Aims. We present the near-infrared observations of population II Cepheids in the Galactic bulge from VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) survey. The JHKs photometry together with optical data from Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey provide an independent estimate of the distance to the Galactic centre. The old, metal-poor and low-mass population II Cepheids are also investigated as useful tracers for the structure of the Galactic bulge. Methods. We identify 340 population II Cepheids in the VVV survey Galactic bulge catalogue based on their match with the OGLE-III Catalogue. The single-epoch JH and multi-epoch Ks observations complement the accurate periods and optical (VI) mean-magnitudes from OGLE. The sample consisting of BL Herculis and W Virginis subtypes is used to derive period-luminosity relations after correcting mean-magnitudes for the extinction. Our Ks-band period-luminosity relation, Ks = -2.189(0.056) [log (P)-1] + 11.187(0.032), is consistent with published work for BL Herculis and W Virginis variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Results. We present a combined OGLE-III and VVV catalogue with periods, classification, mean magnitudes, and extinction for 264 Galactic bulge population II Cepheids that have good-quality Ks-band light curves. The absolute magnitudes for population II Cepheids and RR Lyraes calibrated using Gaia and Hubble Space Telescope parallaxes, together with calibrated magnitudes for Large Magellanic Cloud population II Cepheids, are used to obtain a distance to the Galactic centre, R0 = 8.34 ± 0.03(stat.) ± 0.41(syst.), which changes by with different extinction laws. While noting the limitation of small number statistics, we find that the present sample of population II Cepheids in the Galactic bulge shows a nearly spheroidal spatial distribution, similar to metal-poor RR Lyrae variables. We do not find evidence of the inclined bar as traced by the metal-rich red-clump stars. Conclusions. Population II Cepheid and RR Lyrae variables follow similar period-luminosity relations and trace the same metal-poor old population in the Galactic bulge. The number density for population II Cepheids is more limited as compared to abundant RR Lyraes but they are bright and exhibit a wide range in period that provides a robust period-luminosity relation for an accurate estimate of the distance to the Galactic centre. © ESO, 2017.
dc.description.urihttps://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2017/09/aa30841-17/aa30841-17.html
dc.identifier.citationAstronomy and Astrophysics Volume 6051 September 2017 Article number A100
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/201730841
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unab.cl/handle/ria/55324
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEDP Sciences
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0 DEED Atribución 4.0 Internacional
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es
dc.subjectDistance scale
dc.subjectGalaxies: Magellanic Clouds
dc.subjectGalaxy: bulge
dc.subjectGalaxy: structure
dc.subjectStars: variables: Cepheids
dc.titleGalactic bulge population II Cepheids in the VVV survey: Period-luminosity relations and a distance to the Galactic centre
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