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The VMC Survey – XLII. Near-infrared period–luminosity relations for RR Lyrae stars and the structure of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Cusano, F; Moretti, M I; Clementini, G; Ripepi, V; Marconi, M; Cioni, M-R L; Rubele, S; Garofalo, A; de Grijs, R; Groenewegen, M A T; Oliveira, J M; Subramanian, S; Sun, N-C; Van Loon, J Th

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Authors

F Cusano

M I Moretti

G Clementini

V Ripepi

M Marconi

M-R L Cioni

S Rubele

A Garofalo

R de Grijs

M A T Groenewegen

S Subramanian

N-C Sun



Abstract

We present results from an analysis of ~29?000 RR Lyrae stars located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). For these objects, near-infrared time-series photometry from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds system (VMC) and optical data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) IV survey and the Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of confirmed RR Lyrae stars were exploited. Using VMC and OGLE IV magnitudes we derived period–luminosity (PL), period–luminosity–metallicity (PLZ), period–Wesenheit (PW), and period–Wesenheit–metallicity (PWZ) relations in all available bands. More that  7000 RR Lyrae were discarded from the analysis because they appear to be overluminous with respect to the PL relations. The \\$PL\_\\{K\_\\{\\mathrm\\{s\\}\\}\\}\\$ relation was used to derive individual distance to \\$\\{\\sim\\}22\\, 000\\$ RR Lyrae stars, and study the three-dimensional structure of the LMC. The distribution of the LMC RR Lyrae stars is ellipsoidal with the three axis S1 = 6.5 kpc, S2 = 4.6 kpc, and S3 = 3.7 kpc, inclination i = 22 ± 4° relative to the plane of the sky and position angle of the line of nodes ? = 167 ± 7° (measured from north to east). The north-eastern part of the ellipsoid is closer to us and no particular associated substructures are detected and neither any metallicity gradient.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 25, 2021
Online Publication Date Mar 31, 2021
Publication Date 2021-06
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN 0035-8711
Electronic ISSN 1365-2966
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 504
Issue 1
Pages 1 - 15
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab901
Keywords stars: variables: RR Lyrae; galaxies: distances and redshifts; Magellanic Clouds
Publisher URL https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/504/1/1/6206842?redirectedFrom=fulltext

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