Bibcode
Monelli, M.; Walker, A. R.; Martínez-Vázquez, C. E.; Stetson, P. B.; Gallart, C.; Bernard, E. J.; Bono, G.; Vivas, A. K.; Andreuzzi, G.; Dall'Ora, M.; Fiorentino, G.; Dorta, A.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 479, Issue 4, p.4279-4291
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2018
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Description
We present a search and analysis of variable stars in the recently
discovered Crater II dwarf galaxy. Based on B, V, I data collected with
the Isaac Newton Telescope (FoV˜0.44 deg2), we detected
37 variable stars, of which 34 are bone-fide RR Lyrae stars of Crater II
(28 RRab, 4 RRc, 2 RRd). We applied the metal-independent (V, B - V)
Period-Wesenheit relation and derived a true distance modulus (μ =
20.30 ± 0.08 mag (σ = 0.16 mag). Individual metallicities
for RR Lyrae stars were derived by inversion of the predicted I-band
Period-Luminosity relation. We find a mean metallicity of [Fe/H] = -1.64
and a standard deviation of σ _{[Fe/H]}=0.21 dex, compatible with
either negligible or vanishing intrinsic metallicity dispersion. The
analysis of the colour-magnitude diagram reveals a stark paucity of blue
horizontal branch stars, at odds with other Galactic dwarfs, and
globular clusters with similar metal abundances.
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