The Period-Luminosity Relation for the Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheids Derived from Spitzer Archival Data
arXiv:0801.1501 · doi:10.1086/586704
Abstract
Using Spitzer archival data from the SAGE (Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution) program, we derive the Cepheid period-luminosity (P-L) relation at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0 microns for Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Cepheids. These P-L relations can be used, for example, in future extragalactic distance scale studies carried out with the James Webb Space Telescope. We also derive Cepheid period-color (P-C) relations in these bands and find that the slopes of the P-C relations are relatively flat. We test the nonlinearity of these P-L relations with the F statistical test, and find that the 3.6 micron, 4.5 micron and 5.8 micron P-L relations are consistent with linearity. However the 8.0 micron P-L relation presents possible but inconclusive evidence of nonlinearity.
10 pages, 11 figures and 6 tables, ApJ accepted
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