The Identification of RR Lyrae and Delta Scuti Stars from Variable GALEX Ultraviolet Sources

Abstract

We identify the RR Lyrae and delta Scuti (DSCT) stars in three catalogs of GALEX variable sources. The NUV amplitude of RR Lyrae stars is about twice that in V-band, so we find a larger percentage of low amplitude variables than catalogs such as Abbas et al (2014). Interestingly, the (NUV-V)_0 color is sensitive to metallicity and can be used to distinguish between variables of the same period but differing [Fe/H]. This color is also more sensitive to T_eff than optical colors and can be used to identify the red edge of the instability gap. We find 8 DSCT stars, 17 RRc stars, 1 RRd star and 84 RRab stars in the GALEX variable catalogs of Welsh et al (2005) and Wheatley et al (2008). We also classify 6 DSCT stars, 5 RRc stars and 18 RRab stars among the 55 variable GALEX sources identified as "stars" or RR Lyraes in the catalog of Gezari et al (2013). We provide ephemerides and light curves for the 26 variables that were not previously known.

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