Large Magellanic Cloud Near-infrared Synoptic Survey. V. Period-Luminosity Relations of Miras

Wenlong Yuan, Lucas M. Macri, Shiyuan He, Jianhua Z. Huang, Shashi M. Kanbur, Chow Choong Ngeow

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Abstract

We study the near-infrared properties of 690 Mira candidates in the central region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, based on time-series observations at JHK s. We use densely sampled I-band observations from the OGLE project to generate template light curves in the near-infrared and derive robust mean magnitudes at those wavelengths. We obtain near-infrared Period-Luminosity relations for oxygen-rich Miras with a scatter as low as 0.12 mag at K s. We study the Period-Luminosity-Color relations and the color excesses of carbon-rich Miras, which show evidence for a substantially different reddening law.

Original languageEnglish
Article number149
JournalAstronomical Journal
Volume154
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2017

Keywords

  • distance scale
  • stars: variables: general

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