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The period-luminosity relations of red supergiants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2024

Biwei Jiang Open the ORCID record for Biwei Jiang [Opens in a new window] ,
Yi Ren Open the ORCID record for Yi Ren [Opens in a new window]  and
Ming Yang
Biwei Jiang*
Affiliation:
Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 102206, China Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Yi Ren
Affiliation:
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Qilu Normal University, Jinan 250200, China
Ming Yang
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
*
email: bjiang@bnu.edu.cn
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Abstract

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Red supergiants (RSGs) are the brightest stars in the near-infrared. The existence of their period-luminosity relation (PLR) will be very helpful in determining cosmological distances. This review discusses the development in identification of RSGs, calculation of their light variation period, determination of the PLR, and the uncertainties associated. It is found that the PLR of RSGs exhibits the smallest scatter in the near-infrared, in particular within the P – MK relation. The PLRs in the LMC, SMC, M31, and M33 show no obvious dependence on the galactic metallicity, which follows approximately the relation as MK ≈ −3.1 log P – 1.9.

Keywords

red supergiantperiod-luminosity relationMagellanic CloudsM31M33

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 18 , Symposium S376: At the crossroads of astrophysics and cosmology: Period–luminosity relations in the 2020s , December 2022 , pp. 292 - 305
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