Concerning the classical cepheid VI C Wesenheit function's strong metallicity dependence

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 741, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Majaess, D ^a   Turner, D ^a   Gieren, W ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

distance scale; galaxies: distances and redshifts; stars: variables: Cepheids

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EID: 80655127952     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/741/2/L36     Document Type: Article

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