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Exploring the crowded central region of ten Galactic globular clusters using EMCCDs Variable star searches and new discoveries

Figuera Jaimes, R.; Bramich, D.M.; Skottfelt, J.; Kains, N.; Jørgensen, U.G.; Horne, K.; Dominik, M.; Alsubai, K.A.; Bozza, V.; Calchi Novati, S.; Ciceri, S.; D’Ago, G.; Galianni, P.; Gu, S.-H.; Harpsøe, K.B.W; Haugbølle, T.; Hinse, T.C.; Hundertmark, M.; Juncher, D.; Korhonen, H.; Mancini, L.; Popovas, A.; Rabus, M.; Rahvar, S.; Scarpetta, G.; Schmidt, R.W.; Snodgrass, C.; Southworth, J.; Starkey, D.; Street, R.A.; Surdej, J.; -B. Wang, X.; Wertz, O.; MiNDSTEp Consortium, The

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Authors

R. Figuera Jaimes

D.M. Bramich

J. Skottfelt

N. Kains

U.G. Jørgensen

K. Horne

M. Dominik

K.A. Alsubai

V. Bozza

S. Calchi Novati

S. Ciceri

G. D’Ago

P. Galianni

S.-H. Gu

K.B.W Harpsøe

T. Haugbølle

T.C. Hinse

M. Hundertmark

D. Juncher

H. Korhonen

L. Mancini

A. Popovas

M. Rabus

S. Rahvar

G. Scarpetta

R.W. Schmidt

C. Snodgrass

D. Starkey

R.A. Street

J. Surdej

X. -B. Wang

O. Wertz

The MiNDSTEp Consortium



Abstract

Aims. We aim to obtain time-series photometry of the very crowded central regions of Galactic globular clusters; to obtain better angular resolution thanhas been previously achieved with conventional CCDs on ground-based telescopes; and to complete, or improve, the census of the variable star population in those stellar systems.

Methods. Images were taken using the Danish 1.54-m Telescope at the ESO observatory at La Silla in Chile. The telescope was equipped with an electron-multiplying CCD, and the short-exposure-time images obtained (ten images per second) were stacked using the shift-and-add technique to produce the normal-exposure-time images (minutes). Photometry was performed via difference image analysis. Automatic detection of variable stars in the field was attempted.

Results. The light curves of 12?541 stars in the cores of ten globular clusters were statistically analysed to automatically extract the variable stars. We obtained light curves for 31 previously known variable stars (3 long-period irregular, 2 semi-regular, 20 RR Lyrae, 1 SX Phoenicis, 3 cataclysmic variables, 1 W Ursae Majoris-type and 1 unclassified) and we discovered 30 new variables (16 long-period irregular, 7 semi-regular, 4 RR Lyrae, 1 SX Phoenicis and 2 unclassified). Fluxes and photometric measurements for these stars are available in electronic form through the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.

Citation

Figuera Jaimes, R., Bramich, D., Skottfelt, J., Kains, N., Jørgensen, U., Horne, K., …MiNDSTEp Consortium, T. (2016). Exploring the crowded central region of ten Galactic globular clusters using EMCCDs Variable star searches and new discoveries. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 588, Article A128. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527641

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 22, 2015
Online Publication Date Mar 30, 2016
Publication Date 2016-04
Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics
Print ISSN 0004-6361
Electronic ISSN 1432-0746
Publisher EDP Sciences
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 588
Article Number A128
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527641
Keywords blue stragglers, galaxies, star clusters, globular clusters, RR Lyrae, novae, cataclysmic variables, instrumentation, high angular resolution
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527641

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