Difference of photometric properties between regular and non-regular Miras in the Magellanic Clouds

Abstract

Mira variables are asymptotic giant branch pulsating stars with long pulsation periods and large amplitudes in optical bands. By applying the random forest algorithm to the I-band light curves for the Miras in the Magellanic Clouds, we have classified these Miras into regular Miras and non-regular Miras. Wherein non-regular Miras exhibit a long-term variation in addition to their primary pulsation periods. Our results confirm that the period-luminosity relation for maximum light has a smaller dispersion, but only occurs on the regular oxygen-rich (O-rich) Miras, which we recommend to be applied in future distance scale work. We have also collected multi-band photometry for these Miras to perform a spectral-energy-distribution (SED) fitting with stellar and dust components, showing that a significant fraction of dust is present around the non-regular Miras. According to our results, we believe that the periodic long-term variations seen in the non-regular Miras might be due to the presence of dust.

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