CCD Photometry of the RR LYRAE Stars in NGC 4147

We report the results of CCD V and R photometry of the RR Lyrae starsknown in NGC 4147. The periodicities of most variables are revised and newephemerides are calculated. The Blazhko effect has been detected in V2 and V6.Three previously reported variables; V5, V9, and V15 are found to be non-variab...

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Autores: M. J. Arévalo, C. Lázaro, M. Rey, D. M. Bramich, S. Giridhar, A. Arellano Ferro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57140207
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57140207
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
STARS: VARIABLES: RR LYRAE
GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: NGC 4147
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Sumario:We report the results of CCD V and R photometry of the RR Lyrae starsknown in NGC 4147. The periodicities of most variables are revised and newephemerides are calculated. The Blazhko effect has been detected in V2 and V6.Three previously reported variables; V5, V9, and V15 are found to be non-variable.A new variable V18 was discovered with a period of 0.49205 days and an amplitudeof 0.15 mag. Using the approach of Fourier decomposition of the light curves, thephysical parameters of the RRab and RRc variables were estimated. The clusteris of the Oosterho type I. With the newly values [Fe/H]=1:22 0:31 and 16:8 1:3 kpc, the cluster fits very well into the Oosterhoff type-metallicity and metallicity-temperaturesequence found in globular clusters. A comparison with ZAHB modelsindicates that the RRab stars have not yet evolved off the horizontal branch, a resultconsistent with the mean period of the RRab variables and with the metallicity ofthe cluster derived in this work.