A pulsational distance to ω centauri based on near-infrared period-luminosity relations of RR lyrae stars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 652, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 362-369

  Del Principe, M ^a   Piersimoni, A M ^a   Storm, J ^b   Caputo, F ^c   Bono, G ^c   Stetson, P B ^d,e   Castellani, M ^c   Buonanno, R ^f   Calamida, A ^f   Corsi, C E ^c   Dall'Ora, M ^g   Ferraro, I ^c   Freyhammer, L M ^h   Iannicola, G ^c   Monelli, M ⁱ   Nonino, M ^j   Pulone, L ^c   Ripepi, V ^g  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^b ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e UK Astronomy Data Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^j INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Distance scale; Globular clusters: individual ( Centauri); Stars: evolution; Stars: horizontal branch; Stars: oscillations; Stars: variables: other

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845329843     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508136     Document Type: Article

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