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astro-ph.SR2026

The effect of metallicity on the Leavitt Law using phase-dependent properties of classical Cepheids

Gautam Bhuyan, Shashi Kanbur, Sukanta Deb +5

The absolute calibration of period-luminosity (PL) relations of Cepheids in the Milky Way (MW) and its nearby galaxies has been a cornerstone in determining extragalactic distances…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

A theoretical framework for BL Her stars IV. New period-luminosity relations in the Rubin-LSST filters

Susmita Das, László Molnár, Róbert Szabó +5

We present new theoretical light curves in the Rubin-LSST filters for a fine grid of BL Her models computed using MESA-RSP. We also derive new theoretical period-luminosity (PL) an…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 4 cited

A theoretical framework for BL Her stars III. A case study: Robust light curve optimisation in the LMC

Susmita Das, László Molnár, Gábor B. Kovács +8

We carry out an extensive light curve comparison of BL Her stars using observations from Gaia DR3 and stellar pulsation models computed using MESA-RSP with the goal to obtain the b…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 5 cited

Predicting light curves of RR Lyrae variables using artificial neural network based interpolation of a grid of pulsation models

Nitesh Kumar, Anupam Bhardwaj, Harinder P. Singh +4

We present a new technique to generate the light curves of RRab stars in different photometric bands ( and bands) using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). A pre-computed grid…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 10 cited

A multiphase study of theoretical and observed light curves of classical Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds

Kerdaris Kurbah, Sukanta Deb, Shashi M. Kanbur +5

We present an analysis of the theoretical and observed light curve parameters of the fundamental mode (FU) classical Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds in - and - photometric…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 18 cited

Precise Empirical Determination of Metallicity Dependence of Near-infrared Period-Luminosity Relations for RR Lyrae Variables

Anupam Bhardwaj, Marcella Marconi, Marina Rejkuba +9

RR Lyrae variables are excellent population II distance indicators thanks to their well-defined period-luminosity relations (PLRs) at infrared wavelengths. We present results of ne…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 11 cited

Near-infrared observations of RR Lyrae and Type II Cepheid variables in the metal-rich bulge globular cluster NGC 6441

A. Bhardwaj, S. M. Kanbur, M. Rejkuba +4

NGC 6441 is a bulge globular cluster with an unusual horizontal branch morphology and a rich population of RR Lyrae (RRL) and Type II Cepheid (T2C) variables that is unexpected for…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 6 cited

Period-Colour and Amplitude-Colour relations for OGLE- Scuti stars in the Galactic Bulge and LMC

Mami Deka, Shashi M. Kanbur, Sukanta Deb +4

We present an analysis on the behaviour of the Galactic bulge and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Scuti stars in terms of period-colour and amplitude-colour (PCAC) relations a…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 39 cited

RR Lyrae variables in Messier 53: Near-infrared Period--Luminosity relations and the calibration using Gaia Early Data Release 3

Anupam Bhardwaj, Marina Rejkuba, Richard de Grijs +6

We present new near-infrared, , Period--Luminosity relations (PLRs) for RR Lyrae variables in the Messier 53 (M53 or NGC 5024) globular cluster. Multi-epoch observat…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 21 cited

A theoretical framework of BL Her stars. I. Effect of metallicity and convection parameters on period-luminosity and period-radius relations

Susmita Das, Shashi M. Kanbur, Radoslaw Smolec +3

We present a new grid of convective BL Herculis models using the state-of-the-art 1D non-linear radial stellar pulsation tool MESA-RSP. We investigate the impact of metallicity and…

astro-ph.SR2020

A study of the stellar photosphere-hydrogen ionisation front interaction in pulsating variables using period-color relations

Susmita Das, Shashi M. Kanbur, Earl P. Bellinger +2

Period-color (PC) relations may be used to study the interaction of the stellar photosphere and the hydrogen ionization front (HIF). RR Lyraes (RRLs) and long period classical Ceph…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 16 cited

Near-infrared Census of RR Lyrae variables in the Messier 3 globular cluster and the Period--Luminosity Relations

Anupam Bhardwaj, Marina Rejkuba, Richard de Grijs +4

We present new near-infrared () time-series observations of RR Lyrae variables in the Messier 3 (NGC 5272) globular cluster using the WIRCam instrument at the 3.6-m Canada F…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 16 cited

The stellar photosphere-hydrogen ionization front interaction in Classical Pulsators: a theoretical explanation for observed period-colour relations

Susmita Das, Shashi M. Kanbur, Earl P. Bellinger +6

Period-colour and amplitude-colour (PCAC) relations can be used to probe both the hydrodynamics of outer envelope structure and evolutionary status of Cepheids and RR Lyraes. In th…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 27 cited

When a Period Is Not a Full Stop: Light Curve Structure Reveals Fundamental Parameters of Cepheid and RR Lyrae Stars

Earl P. Bellinger, Shashi M. Kanbur, Anupam Bhardwaj +1

The period of pulsation and the structure of the light curve for Cepheid and RR Lyrae variables depend on the fundamental parameters of the star: mass, radius, luminosity, and effe…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 26 cited

Multiwavelength Period-Luminosity and Period-Luminosity-Color relations at maximum-light for Mira variables in the Magellanic Clouds

Anupam Bhardwaj, Shashi Kanbur, Shiyuan He +8

We present Period-Luminosity and Period-Luminosity-Color relations at maximum-light for Mira variables in the Magellanic Clouds using time-series data from the Optical Gravitationa…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 20 cited

On the variation of light curve parameters of RR Lyrae variables at multiple wavelengths

Susmita Das, Anupam Bhardwaj, Shashi M. Kanbur +2

We present a detailed light curve analysis of RR Lyrae variables at multiple wavelengths using Fourier decomposition method. The time-series data for RR Lyrae variables in the Gala…

astro-ph.SR2018

Near-infrared observations of OGLE classical and type II Cepheid variables in the LMC

A. Bhardwaj, L. M. Macri, S. M. Kanbur +2

We present results from the Large Magellanic Cloud Near-infrared Synoptic Survey (LMCNISS) for classical and type II Cepheid variables that were identified by the Optical Gravitati…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 48 cited

Large Magellanic Cloud Near-Infrared Synoptic Survey. V. Period-Luminosity Relations of Miras

Wenlong Yuan, Lucas M. Macri, Shiyuan He +3

We study the near-infrared properties of 690 Mira candidates in the central region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, based on time-series observations at JHKs. We use densely-sampled…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 35 cited

Galactic Bulge Population II Cepheids in the VVV Survey: Period-Luminosity Relations and a Distance to the Galactic Center

A. Bhardwaj, M. Rejkuba, D. Minniti +7

We present the near-infrared observations of population II Cepheids in the Galactic bulge from VVV survey. We identify 340 population II Cepheids in the Galactic bulge from VVV sur…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 1 cited

Multiwavelength Light Curve Parameters of Cepheid Variables

Anupam Bhardwaj, Shashi M. Kanbur, Marcella Marconi +3

We present a comparative analysis of theoretical and observed light curves of Cepheid variables using Fourier decomposition. The theoretical light curves at multiple wavelengths ar…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 6 cited

The additional-mode garden of RR Lyrae stars

L. Molnár, E. Plachy, P. Klagyivik +6

Space-based photometric missions revealed a surprising abundance of millimagnitude-level additional modes in RR Lyrae stars. The modes that appear in the modulated fundamental-mode…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 52 cited

Large Magellanic Cloud Near-Infrared Synoptic Survey. IV. Leavitt Laws for Type II Cepheid Variables

Anupam Bhardwaj, Lucas M. Macri, Marina Rejkuba +3

We present time-series observations of Population \rom{2} Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud at near-infrared () wavelengths. Our sample consists of 81 variables with ac…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 9 cited

Period-Color and Amplitude-Color Relations at Maximum and Minimum Light for RR Lyrae Stars in the SDSS Stripe 82 Region

Chow-Choong Ngeow, Shashi M. Kanbur, Anupam Bhardwaj +2

Investigation of period-color (PC) and amplitude-color (AC) relations at the maximum and minimum light can be used to probe the interaction of the hydrogen ionization front (HIF) w…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 12 cited

Updated 24 Period-Luminosity Relation Derived from Galactic Cepheids

Chow-Choong Ngeow, Saurjya Sarkar, Anupam Bhardwaj +2

In this work, we updated the catalog of Galactic Cepheids with photometry by cross-matching the positions of known Galactic Cepheids to the recently released MIPSGA…