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2012A&A...541A..87G - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 541A, 87-87 (2012/5-1)

Mean angular diameters, distances, and pulsation modes of the classical cepheids FF Aquilae and T Vulpeculae. CHARA/FLUOR near-infrared interferometric observations.

GALLENNE A., KERVELLA P., MERAND A., McALISTER H., TEN BRUMMELAAR T., COUDE DU FORESTO V., STURMANN J., STURMANN L., TURNER N., FARRINGTON C. and GOLDFINGER P.J.

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We report the first angular diameter measurements of two classical Cepheids, FF Aql and T Vul, that we obtain using observations with the FLUOR instrument installed at the CHARA interferometric array. We derive average limb-darkened angular diameters of θLD=0.878±0.013mas and θLD=0.629±0.013mas, respectively, for FF Aql and T Vul. Combining these angular diameters with the HST-FGS trigonometric parallaxes leads to linear radii R=33.6±2.2R and R=35.6±4.4R, respectively. The comparison with empirical and theoretical period-radius relations leads to the conclusion that these Cepheids are pulsating in their fundamental mode. The knowledge of this pulsation mode is of prime importance to calibrating the period-luminosity relation with a uniform sample of fundamental mode Cepheids.

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Journal keyword(s): techniques: interferometric - techniques: high angular resolution - stars: variables: Cepheids - stars: distances - stars: oscillations

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