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Revision of the [Fe/H] – φ31P relationship for RRc variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Siobahn Morgan*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls Iowa, USA email: siobahn.morgan@uni.edu
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Abstract

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The relationship derived by Morgan et al. (2007) for type-c RR Lyrae variables (RRc) between values of [Fe/H] – φ31P has been revised and expanded. New relationships are based upon Fourier coefficients of 163 RRc variables in 19 Galactic globular clusters using the metallicity scales of Harris (2010), Zinn & West (1984) and Carretta et al. (2009). This larger database includes more low-metallicity clusters ([Fe/H] < −2.0), and the best fitting relations are found to depend upon values of log P rather than P. The new relations are applied to various populations of RRc including Milky Way field variables, LMC globular clusters variables, ω Cen RRc, and RRc in various OGLE III databases.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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