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To grow old and peculiar: Survey of anomalous variable stars in M80 with age determinations using K2 and Gaia

Molnar, Laszlo
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Plachy, Emese
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Bodi, Attila
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October 12, 2023
Astronomy & Astrophysics

The globular cluster Messier 80 was monitored by the Kepler space telescope for 80 days during the K2 mission. Continuous, high-precision photometry of such an old, compact cluster allows us for studies of its variable star population in unprecedented detail. We used differential-image photometry to extract light curves for 27 variable stars A search for new variables in the images has led to the discovery of two new variable stars: an RR Lyrae and a variable red giant star. An analysis of the RR Lyrae population reveals multiple RRc stars with additional modes and/or peculiar modulation cycles. We have newly classified the star V28 as a spotted extreme horizontal branch variable. Despite their faintness, we were also able to clearly detect the three SX Phe stars, but we did not find new pulsation modes beyond the known ones in them. Spectra taken with the VLT and Magellan Clay telescopes, as well as absolute color-magnitude diagrams of the cluster based on Gaia and Pan-STARRS observations, confirm the classification of the peculiar modulated variables as bona fide RRc stars. We propose that they highlight a subgroup of overtone stars that may have been overlooked before. We fit MESA isochrones to the CMDs to estimate the age and metallicity of the cluster. We confirm that M80 is old and metal-poor, but we show that isochrone fitting to old populations comes with numerous uncertainties.

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DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/202346507
Web of Science ID

WOS:001100987600014

Author(s)
Molnar, Laszlo
Plachy, Emese
Bodi, Attila
Pal, Andras
Joyce, Meridith
Kalup, Csilla
Johnson, Christian I.
Dencs, Zoltan
Meszaros, Szabolcs
Netzel, Henryka Ewa  
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Date Issued

2023-10-12

Publisher

Edp Sciences S A

Published in
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume

678

Article Number

A104

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Globular Clusters: Individual: M80

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Stars: Variables: Rr Lyrae

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Stars: Variables: General

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Asteroseismology

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Stars: Evolution

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REVIEWED

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GR-ANDERSON  
FunderGrant Number

Hungarian Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH)

KKP-137523

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

LP2012-31

New National Excellence Programs of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology

UNKP-21-2

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February 20, 2024
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