Old-Aged Primary Distance Indicators

Beaton, Rachael L.; Bono, Giuseppe; Braga, Vittorio Francesco; Dall'Ora, Massimo; Fiorentino, Giuliana; Jang, In Sung; Martínez-Vázquez, Clara E.; Matsunaga, Noriyuki; Monelli, Matteo; Neeley, Jillian R.; Salaris, Maurizio
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Space Science Reviews, Volume 214, Issue 8, article id. 113, 93 pp.

Fecha de publicación:
12
2018
Número de autores
11
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
71
Número de citas referidas
65
Descripción
Old-aged stellar distance indicators are present in all Galactic structures (halo, bulge, disk) and in galaxies of all Hubble types and, thus, are immensely powerful tools for understanding our Universe. Here we present a comprehensive review for three primary standard candles from Population II: (i) RR Lyrae type variables (RRL), (ii) type II Cepheid variables (T2C), and (iii) the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB). The discovery and use of these distance indicators is placed in historical context before describing their theoretical foundations and demonstrating their observational applications across multiple wavelengths. The methods used to establish the absolute scale for each standard candle is described with a discussion of the observational systematics. We conclude by looking forward to the suite of new observational facilities anticipated over the next decade; these have both a broader wavelength coverage and larger apertures than current facilities. We anticipate future advancements in our theoretical understanding and observational application of these stellar populations as they apply to the Galactic and extragalactic distance scale.
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