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The impact of infrared astronomy on the distance scale

  • Cosmology In The Infrared
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Comets to Cosmology

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 297))

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Abstract

There is a dramatic impact of infra-red astronomy on the cepheid distance criterion: not only the effects of absorption and reddening are much lowered in H-band, but also those of chemical composition variations and temperature differences across the instability strip.

The impact on the Tully-Fisher distance criterion is not so obvious. It is shown that the Malmquist bias and the cluster incompleteness bias, which have been underestimated or even ignored, are the predominant effects.

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  1. Observatoire de Paris, section de Meudon, 92195, Meudon Cedex, France

    L. Gouguenheim

  2. Université Paris Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

    L. Gouguenheim

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Gouguenheim, L. (1988). The impact of infrared astronomy on the distance scale. In: Lawrence, A. (eds) Comets to Cosmology. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 297. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0118831

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