The detailed forms of the LMC Cepheid PL and PLC relations

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dc.contributor.authorKoen, Chris
dc.contributor.authorKanbur, S
dc.contributor.authorNgeow, C
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-13T08:26:22Z
dc.date.available2013-11-13T08:26:22Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractPossible deviations from linearity of the Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheid period–luminosity (PL) and period–luminosity–colour (PLC) relations are investigated. Two data sets are studied, respectively from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) and MACHO projects. A non-parametric test, based on linear regression residuals, suggests that neither PL relation is linear. If colour dependence is allowed for, then the MACHO PL relation is found to deviate more significantly from the linear, while the OGLE PL relation is consistent with linearity. These findings are confirmed by fitting ‘Generalized Additive Models’ (non-parametric regression functions) to the two data sets. Colour dependence is shown to be non-linear in both data sets, distinctly so in the case of the MACHO Cepheids. It is also shown that there is interaction between the period and the colour functions in the MACHO data.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationKoen, C. Kanbur, S. Ngeow, C (2007). The detailed forms of the LMC Cepheid PL and PLC relations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 380: 1440–1448en_US
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/806
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rights© 2007 copyright Oxford University Press. This file may be freely used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Acknowledgement of the authors and the source is required.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12101.x
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectMethods: statisticalen_US
dc.subjectCepheidsen_US
dc.subjectDistance Scaleen_US
dc.titleThe detailed forms of the LMC Cepheid PL and PLC relationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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