The Hertzsprung progression of Classical Cepheids in the Gaia era

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Hauptverfasser: Marconi, Marcella, De Somma, Giulia, Molinaro, Roberto, Bhardwaj, Anupam, Ripepi, Vincenzo, Musella, Ilaria, Sicignano, Teresa, trentin, Erasmo, Leccia, silvio
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author Marconi, Marcella
De Somma, Giulia
Molinaro, Roberto
Bhardwaj, Anupam
Ripepi, Vincenzo
Musella, Ilaria
Sicignano, Teresa
trentin, Erasmo
Leccia, silvio
author_facet Marconi, Marcella
De Somma, Giulia
Molinaro, Roberto
Bhardwaj, Anupam
Ripepi, Vincenzo
Musella, Ilaria
Sicignano, Teresa
trentin, Erasmo
Leccia, silvio
contents A new fine grid of nonlinear convective pulsation models for the so-called "bump Cepheids" is presented to investigate the Hertzprung progression (HP) phenomenon shown by their light and radial pulsation velocity curves. The period corresponding to the center of the HP is investigated as a function of various model assumptions, such as the efficiency of super-adiabatic convection, the mass-luminosity relation, and the metal and helium abundances. The assumed mass-luminosity relation is found to significantly affect the phenomenon but variations in the chemical composition as well as in the stellar mass (at fixed mass-luminosity relation) also play a key role in determining the value of the HP center period. Finally, the predictive capability of the presented theoretical scenario is tested against observed light curves of bump Cepheids in the ESA Gaia database, also considering the variation of the pulsation amplitudes and of the Fourier parameters $R_{21}$ and $Φ_{21}$ with the pulsation period. A qualitative agreement between theory and observations is found for what concerns the evolution of the light curve morphology as the period moves across the HP center, as well for the pattern in period-amplitude, period-$R21$ and period-$Φ_{21}$ planes. A larger sample of observed Cepheids with accurate light curves and metallicities is required in order to derive more quantitative conclusions.
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spellingShingle The Hertzsprung progression of Classical Cepheids in the Gaia era
Marconi, Marcella
De Somma, Giulia
Molinaro, Roberto
Bhardwaj, Anupam
Ripepi, Vincenzo
Musella, Ilaria
Sicignano, Teresa
trentin, Erasmo
Leccia, silvio
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
A new fine grid of nonlinear convective pulsation models for the so-called "bump Cepheids" is presented to investigate the Hertzprung progression (HP) phenomenon shown by their light and radial pulsation velocity curves. The period corresponding to the center of the HP is investigated as a function of various model assumptions, such as the efficiency of super-adiabatic convection, the mass-luminosity relation, and the metal and helium abundances. The assumed mass-luminosity relation is found to significantly affect the phenomenon but variations in the chemical composition as well as in the stellar mass (at fixed mass-luminosity relation) also play a key role in determining the value of the HP center period. Finally, the predictive capability of the presented theoretical scenario is tested against observed light curves of bump Cepheids in the ESA Gaia database, also considering the variation of the pulsation amplitudes and of the Fourier parameters $R_{21}$ and $Φ_{21}$ with the pulsation period. A qualitative agreement between theory and observations is found for what concerns the evolution of the light curve morphology as the period moves across the HP center, as well for the pattern in period-amplitude, period-$R21$ and period-$Φ_{21}$ planes. A larger sample of observed Cepheids with accurate light curves and metallicities is required in order to derive more quantitative conclusions.
title The Hertzsprung progression of Classical Cepheids in the Gaia era
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05699