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A census of variability in globular cluster M 68 (NGC 4590)
Kains, N.,Arellano Ferro, A.,Figuera Jaimes, R.,Bramich, D. M.,Skottfelt, J.,Jørgensen, U. G.,Tsapras, Y.,Street, R. A.,Browne, P.,Dominik, M.,Horne, K.,Hundertmark, M.,Ipatov, S.,Snodgrass, C.,Steele EDP Sciences 2015 Astronomy and astrophysics Vol.578 No.-
<P>Aims. We analyse 20 nights of CCD observations in the V and I bands of the globular cluster M?68 (NGC 4590) and use them to detect variable objects. We also obtained electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD) observations for this cluster in order to explore its core with unprecedented spatial resolution from the ground. Methods. We reduced our data using difference image analysis to achieve the best possible photometry in the crowded field of the cluster. In doing so, we show that when dealing with identical networked telescopes, a reference image from any telescope may be used to reduce data from any other telescope, which facilitates the analysis significantly. We then used our light curves to estimate the properties of the RR Lyrae (RRL) stars in M?68 through Fourier decomposition and empirical relations. The variable star properties then allowed us to derive the cluster’s metallicity and distance. Results. M?68 had 45 previously confirmed variables, including 42 RRL and 2 SX Phoenicis (SX Phe) stars. In this paper we determine new periods and search for new variables, especially in the core of the cluster where our method performs particularly well. We detect 4 additional SX Phe stars and confirm the variability of another star, bringing the total number of confirmed variable stars in this cluster to 50. We also used archival data stretching back to 1951 to derive period changes for some of the single-mode RRL stars, and analyse the significant number of double-mode RRL stars in M?68. Furthermore, we find evidence for double-mode pulsation in one of the SX Phe stars in this cluster. Using the different classes of variables, we derived values for the metallicity of the cluster of [Fe/H] = −2.07 ±0.06 on the ZW scale, or −2.20 ±0.10 on the UVES scale, and found true distance moduli μ0 = 15.00±0.11 mag (using RR0 stars), 15.00 ± 0.05 mag (using RR1 stars), 14.97 ±0.11 mag (using SX Phe stars), and 15.00±0.07 mag (using the MV[Fe/H] relation for RRL stars), corresponding to physical distances of 10.00 ±0.49, 9.99±0.21, 9.84 ±0.50, and 10.00 ±0.30 kpc, respectively. Thanks to the first use of difference image analysis on time-series observations of M?68, we are now confident that we have a complete census of the RRL stars in this cluster.</P>
The quiet Sun average Doppler shift of coronal lines up to 2 MK
Dadashi, N.,Teriaca, L.,Solanki, S. K. EDP Sciences 2011 Astronomy and astrophysics Vol.534 No.2
<P>Context. The average Doppler shift shown by spectral lines formed from the chromosphere to the corona reveals important information on the mass and energy balance of the solar atmosphere, providing an important observational constraint to any models of the solar corona. Previous spectroscopic observations of vacuum ultra-violet (VUV) lines have revealed a persistent average wavelength shift of lines formed at temperatures up to 1 MK. At higher temperatures, the behaviour is still essentially unknown. Aims. Here we analyse combined SUMER (Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation)/SoHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) and EIS (EUV Imaging Spectrometer)/Hinode observations of the quiet Sun around disk centre to determine, for the first time, the average Doppler shift of several spectral lines formed between 1 and 2 MK, where the largest part of the quiet coronal emission is formed. Methods. The measurements are based on a novel technique applied to EIS spectra to measure the difference in Doppler shift between lines formed at different temperatures. Simultaneous wavelength-calibrated SUMER spectra allow establishing the absolute value at the reference temperature of T≈1 MK. Results. The average line shifts at 1 MK <T <1.8 MK are modestly, but clearly bluer than those observed at 1 MK. By accepting an average blue shift of about (−1.8 ±0.6) km s<SUP>−1</SUP> at 1 MK (as provided by SUMER measurements), this translates into a maximum Doppler shift of (−4.4±2.2) km s<SUP>−1</SUP> around 1.8 MK. The measured value appears to decrease to about (−1.3 ± 2.6) kms<SUP>−1</SUP> at the Fe XV formation temperature of 2.1 MK. Conclusions. The measured average Doppler shift between 0.01 and 2.1 MK, for which we provide a parametrisation, appears to be qualitatively and roughly quantitatively consistent with what foreseen by 3D coronal models where heating is produced by dissipation of currents induced by photospheric motions and by reconnection with emerging magnetic flux.</P>