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| Author(s) | Kervella, P. ; Bersier, D.; Mourard, D.; Nardetto, N.; Coudé du Foresto, V. |
| Title | Cepheid distances from infrared long-baseline interferometry. II. Calibration of the period-radius and period-luminosity relations |
| Keywords | stars: variables: Cepheids, cosmology: distance scale, stars: oscillations, techniques: interferometric |
| Abstract | Using our interferometric angular diameter measurements of seven
classical Cepheids reported in Kervella et al. (\cite{kervella04},
A&A, 416, 941 - Paper I), complemented by previously existing
measurements, we derive new calibrations of the Cepheid period-radius
(P-R) and period-luminosity (P-L) relations. We obtain a P-R relation of
log R = [0.767 ± 0.009] log P + [1.091 ± 0.011], only 1
σ away from the relation obtained by Gieren et al.
(\cite{gieren98}, ApJ, 496, 17). We therefore confirm their P-R relation
at a level of Δ(log R) = ± 0.02. We also derive an original
calibration of the P-L relation, assuming the slopes derived by Gieren
et al. (\cite{gieren98}) from LMC Cepheids, αK = -3.267
± 0.042 and αV = -2.769 ± 0.073. With a
P-L relation of the form Mλ =
αλ (log P - 1) + βλ, we
obtain log P = 1 reference points of βK = -5.904
± 0.063 and βV = -4.209 ± 0.075. Our
calibration in the V band is statistically identical to the geometrical
result of Lanoix et al. (\cite{lanoix99}, MNRAS, 308, 969). hide abstract ![]() |
| Publication details | A&A, 2004, vol. 423, p. 327-333 |
| BibCode | 2004A&A...423..327K |
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| Further information | https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0432/ (Press Release) |
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Instruments and Observing Programmes used: VINCI (VLTI / Paranal) 71.D-0425 (access to raw data) |
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