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EAS Publications Series
Volume 64, 2013
Setting a New Standard in the Analysis of Binary Stars
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| Page(s) | 409 - 410 | |
| Section | Posters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1364069 | |
| Published online | 25 February 2014 | |
Setting a New Standard in the Analysis of Binary Stars
K. Pavlovski, A. Tkachenko and G. Torres (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 64 (2013) 409–410
K. Pavlovski, A. Tkachenko and G. Torres (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 64 (2013) 409–410
The structure of the Large Magellanic Cloud from hot binary stars and Classical Cepheids
1 INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2 INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Rome, Italy
3 INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
We present the results of analysis of 1764 eclipsing binary stars (EBs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) contaminating the sample of candidate Classical Cepheids (CCs) from the EROS-2 survey. These binaries have the same periods and luminosities as Classical Cepheids, but their colors are bluer. These EBs contain hot massive Main Sequence components and could be used as tracers of regions of recent star formation activity.
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