The Baade-Becker-Wesselink technique and the fundamental astrophysical parameters of Cepheids
arXiv:1212.3173 · doi:10.1017/S1743921312021382
Abstract
The BBW method remains one of most demanded tool to derive full set of Cepheid astrophysical parameters. Surface brightness version of the BBW technique was preferentially used during last decades to calculate Cepheid radii and to improve PLC relations. Its implementation requires a priory knowledge of Cepheid reddening value. We propose a new version of the Baade--Becker--Wesselink technique, which allows one to independently determine the colour excess and the intrinsic colour of a radially pulsating star, in addition to its radius, luminosity, and distance. It is considered to be a generalization of the Balona light curve modelling approach. The method also allows the function F(CI_0) = BC + 10 log Teff for the class of pulsating stars considered to be calibrated. We apply this technique to a number of classical Cepheids with very accurate light and radial-velocity curves. The new technique can also be applied to other pulsating variables, e.g. RR Lyraes. We discuss also possible dependence of the projection factor on the pulsation phase.
arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1011.3305
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