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most citedThe use of double-mode RR Lyrae stars as robust distance and metallicity indicators

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astro-ph.SR2026

A Uniform Census of Variable Stars in M101 Based on HST/ACS Photometry

Jiyu Wang, Xiaodian Chen, Pinjian Chen +3

We present a homogeneous HST/ACS F555W/F814W time-series census of variable stars in two M101 disk fields, using a uniform multi-band reduction and reproducible variable-selection…

astro-ph.SR2026

Discovery of an Extremely Luminous Type II Cepheid in the Andromeda Giant Stellar Stream: Evidence for a Hierarchical Triple with an Inner Binary Merger

Pinjian Chen, Bingqiu Chen, Xiaodian Chen +7

We report the discovery of LAMOST J0041+3948, the most luminous post-AGB Type II Cepheid (TIIC) known, located in the Andromeda Giant Stellar Stream. Its spectral energy distributi…

astro-ph.SR2025

Classification for 969 double-mode RR Lyrae stars from Zwicky Transient Facility

Jianxing Zhang, Xiaodian Chen, Shu Wang +2

RR Lyrae (RRL) variable stars are cornerstone distance indicators. In particular, double-mode RR Lyrae (RRd) stars enable period--luminosity relations (PLRs) that are less sensitiv…

astro-ph.GA2025

A Detailed Analysis of the Milky Way Warp Based on Classical Cepheids

Xiaoyue Zhou, Xiaodian Chen, Licai Deng +3

Classical Cepheids (CCs) are important probes for the large-scale warp structure of the Milky Way. Using Gaia DR3 CCs, we establish an optimal time-dependent warp model, where the…

astro-ph.SR2025

A search of periodic variable stars in the LMC by JWST photometry

Jiyu Wang, Xiaodian Chen, Jianxing Zhang +3

Based on high-resolution near-infrared photometric data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) targeting the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), this study attempts to evaluate the f…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Period--Luminosity Relations for Double-mode Sct Stars

Qi Jia, Xiaodian Chen, Shu Wang +3

Previous studies of the Period--Luminosity relations (PLRs) of Delta Scuti ( Sct) stars have focused on those with a single pulsation mode. However, for Sct stars with many…

astro-ph.SR2024

The rotation properties of Sct and Dor stars

Jiyu Wang, Xiaodian Chen, Licai Deng +2

Based on the LAMOST spectroscopy and TESS time-series photometry, we have obtained a main-sequence star sample of Scuti and Doradus stars. The sample includes 1534 Sct…

astro-ph.SR2023

Double-mode RR Lyrae star -- robust distance and metallicity indicators

Shu Wang, Xiaodian Chen, Jianxing Zhang +1

RR Lyrae (RR Lyr) stars are a well-known and useful distance indicator for old stellar populations such as globular clusters and dwarf galaxies. Fundamental-mode RR Lyr (RRab) star…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 16 cited

The use of double-mode RR Lyrae stars as robust distance and metallicity indicators

Xiaodian Chen, Jianxing Zhang, Shu Wang +1

RR Lyrae stars are one of the primary distance indicators for old stellar populations such as globular clusters, dwarf galaxies and galaxies. Typically, fundamental-mode RR Lyr sta…