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Revisiting candidates for non-pulsating stars located in the Cepheid instability strip in the Large Magellanic Cloud
W. Narloch, C. Galan, G. Pietrzynski +5
We analyzed photometric and spectroscopic data for 11 candidates for non-pulsating stars located in the Cepheid instability strip (IS) of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in order…
Finding the elusive RR Lyrae companions via speckle imaging
R. Salinas, V. Kalari, G. Hajdu +25
Despite their key role in astrophysics, the binary properties of RR Lyrae stars (RRL) remain almost completely unknown since only a single RRL is confirmed as belonging to a binary…
Period-Luminosity Relations, projection factor and radii of Anomalous Cepheids
Piotr Wielgórski, Grzegorz Pietrzyński, Wolfgang Gieren +24
Anomalous Cepheids are radially pulsating stars observed in dwarf galaxies, the Galactic bulge and halo, and globular clusters. Similarly to other radially pulsating stars, they ca…
Distance to the Globular Cluster M 3 from the Infrared Surface Brightness Technique applied to RR Lyrae stars
Bartłomiej Zgirski, Wolfgang Gieren, Grzegorz Pietrzyński +10
The Infrared Surface Brightness (IRSB) technique is a specific application of the Baade-Wesselink method. Given a proper calibration, well covered optical and near-infrared photome…
Period-Luminosity Relations for Galactic Type II Cepheids in the Sloan bands
W. Narloch, G. Hajdu, G. Pietrzynski +7
Type II Cepheids (T2Ceps), alongside RR Lyrae stars, serve as important distance indicators for old population II stars due to their period-luminosity (PL) relations. However, stud…
Toward early-type eclipsing binaries as extragalactic milestones: IV. Physical properties of three detached O/B-type systems in the LMC
Mónica Taormina, G. Pietrzyński, R. -P. Kudritzki +10
We present a complete set of physical parameters for three early-type eclipsing binary systems in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC): OGLE LMC-ECL-17660, OGLE LMC-ECL-18794, and HV 2…
Precise physical parameters of three late-type eclipsing binary giant stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud
G. Rojas García, D. Graczyk, G. Pietrzyński +17
Detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs) allow for the possibility of precise characterization of its stellar components. They offer a unique opportunity to derive their physical paramet…
Projection factor and radii of Type II Cepheids
Piotr Wielgórski, Grzegorz Pietrzyński, Wolfgang Gieren +14
Type II Cepheids are old pulsating stars that can be used to trace the distribution of an old stellar population and to measure distances to globular clusters and galaxies within s…
Period-luminosity and period-luminosity-metallicity relations for Galactic RR Lyrae stars in the Sloan bands
W. Narloch, G. Hajdu, G. Pietrzynski +6
RR Lyrae stars are excellent tracers of the old population II due to their period-luminosity (PL) and period-luminosity-metallicity (PLZ) relations. While these relations have been…
Cepheids with giant companions. II. Spectroscopic confirmation of nine new double-lined binary systems composed of two Cepheids
Bogumił Pilecki, Ian B. Thompson, Felipe Espinoza-Arancibia +13
Binary Cepheids with giant companions are crucial for studying the physical properties of Cepheid variables, providing the best means to measure their masses. Systems composed of t…
New Near-Infrared Period-Luminosity-Metallicity Relations for Galactic RR Lyrae Stars Based on Gaia EDR3 Parallaxes
Bartłomiej Zgirski, Grzegorz Pietrzyński, Marek Górski +13
We present new period-luminosity and period-luminosity-metallicity relations for Galactic RR Lyrae stars based on a sample of 28 pulsators located at distances up to kpc from…
HARPS-N high spectral resolution observations of Cepheids II. The impact of the surface-brightness color relation on the Baade-Wesselink projection factor of eta Aql
N. Nardetto, W. Gieren, J. Storm +16
The Baade-Wesselink (BW) method of distance determination of Cepheids is used to calibrate the distance scale. Various versions of this method are mainly based on interferometry an…
Discovery of a binary-origin classical Cepheid in a binary system with a 59-day orbital period
Bogumił Pilecki, Ian B. Thompson, Felipe Espinoza-Arancibia +8
We report the discovery of a surprising binary configuration of the double-mode Cepheid OGLE-LMC-CEP-1347 pulsating in the first (P_1=0.690d) and second overtone (P_2=0.556d) modes…
Evolved eclipsing binary systems in the Galactic bulge: Precise physical and orbital parameters of OGLE-BLG-ECL-305487 and OGLE-BLG-ECL-116218
K. Suchomska, D. Graczyk, C. Gałan +17
Our goal is to determine, with high accuracy, the physical and orbital parameters of two double-lined eclipsing binary systems, where the components are two giant stars. We also ai…
Surface brightness-colour relations of dwarf stars from detached eclipsing binaries -- I. Calibrating sample
D. Graczyk, G. Pietrzyński, C. Galan +19
Surface brightness -- colour relations (SBCRs) are very useful tools for predicting the angular diameters of stars. They offer the possibility to calculate very precise spectrophot…
Synthetic population of binary Cepheids. I. The effect of metallicity and initial parameter distribution on characteristics of Cepheids' companions
Paulina Karczmarek, Radosław Smolec, Gergely Hajdu +5
The majority of classical Cepheids are binary stars, yet the contribution of companions' light to the total brightness of the system has been assumed negligible and lacked a thorou…
An absolute calibration of the near-infrared Period-Luminosity Relations of Type II Cepheids in the Milky Way and in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Piotr Wielgórski, Grzegorz Pietrzyński, Bogumił Pilecki +29
We present time-series photometry of 21 nearby Type II Cepheids in the near-infrared J, H and Ks passbands. We use this photometry, together with the Third Gaia Early Data Release…
The surface brightness - colour relations based on eclipsing binary stars and calibrated with Gaia EDR3
D. Graczyk, G. Pietrzyński, C. Gałan +23
The surface brightness -- colour relation (SBCR) is a basic tool in establishing precise and accurate distances within the Local Group. Detached eclipsing binary stars with accurat…
Cepheids with giant companions. I. Revealing a numerous population of double-lined binary Cepheids
Bogumił Pilecki, Grzegorz Pietrzyński, Richard I. Anderson +5
Masses of classical Cepheids of 3 to 11 M are predicted by theory but those measured, clump between 3.6 and 5 M. As a result, their mass-luminosity relation is poorly…
The Cluster AgeS Experiment (CASE). Variable stars in the field of the globular cluster M10
M. Rozyczka, W. Narloch, A. Schwarzenberg - Czerny +3
The field of the globular cluster M10 (NGC 6254) was monitored between 1998 and 2015 in a search for variable stars. V -light curves were derived for 40 variables or likely variabl…
Towards early-type eclipsing binaries as extragalactic milestones: I. Physical parameters of OGLE-LMC-ECL-22270 and OGLE-LMC-ECL-06782
Mónica Taormina, G. Pietrzyński, B. Pilecki +11
In this first paper of the series we describe our project to calibrate the distance determination method based on early-type binary systems. The final objective is to measure accur…
Candidates for non-pulsating stars located in the Cepheid instability strip in the Large Magellanic Cloud based on Strömgren photometry
W. Narloch, G. Pietrzyński, Z. Kołaczkowski +14
We present candidates for non-pulsating stars lying in the classical Cepheid instability strip based on OGLE photometric maps combined with Strömgren photometry obtained with the 4…
Accurate stellar parameters and distance to two evolved eclipsing binary systems, OGLE-BLG-ECL-123903 and OGLE-BLG-ECL-296596, towards the Galactic bulge
K. Suchomska, D. Graczyk, G. Pietrzyński +15
Aim: Our aim is to obtain high-accuracy measurements of the physical and orbital parameters of two evolved eclipsing binary systems, and to use these measurements to study their ev…
Testing systematics of Gaia DR2 parallaxes with empirical surface brightness -- color relations applied to eclipsing binaries
Dariusz Graczyk, Grzegorz Pietrzynski, Wolfgang Gieren +18
Using a sample of 81 galactic, detached eclipsing binary stars we investigated the global zero-point shift of their parallaxes with the Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2) parallaxes. The st…