Characterization of the VVV survey RR lyrae population across the southern galactic plane
Deep near-IR images from the VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea (VVV) Survey were used to search for RR Lyrae stars in the Southern Galactic plane. A sizable sample of 404 RR Lyrae of type ab stars was identified across a thin slice of the 4$^{\rm th}$ Galactic quadrant ($295\deg < l...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Chapter/Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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Arxiv
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| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/1703.01711
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| Author Notes: | Dante Minniti, Istvan Dékány, Daniel Majaess, Tali Palma, Joyce Pullen, Marina Rejkuba, Javier Alonso-García, Marcio Catelan, Rodrigo Contreras Ramos, Oscar A. Gonzalez, Maren Hempel, Mike Irwin, Philip W. Lucas, Roberto K. Saito, Patricia Tissera, Elena Valenti, Manuela Zoccali |
| Summary: | Deep near-IR images from the VISTA Variables in the V\'ia L\'actea (VVV) Survey were used to search for RR Lyrae stars in the Southern Galactic plane. A sizable sample of 404 RR Lyrae of type ab stars was identified across a thin slice of the 4$^{\rm th}$ Galactic quadrant ($295\deg < l < 350\deg$, $-2.24\deg < b < -1.05\deg$). The sample's distance distribution exhibits a maximum density that occurs at the bulge tangent point, which implies that this primarily Oosterhoff type I population of RRab stars does not trace the bar delineated by their red clump counterparts. The bulge RR Lyrae population does not extend beyond |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 20.10.2017 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |