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Early-type systems as a perfect tool for cosmic distance scale calibration.

2016/21/N/ST9/03310

Keywords:

binary stars early-type stars distance calibration

Descriptors:

  • ST9_7: Stars and stellar systems

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika Polskiej Akademii Nauk

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Mónica Taormina 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: PRELUDIUM 11 - announced on 2016-03-15

Amount awarded: 137 880 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-03-16

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2021-03-15

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (2)
  1. Cepheids with Giant Companions. I. Revealing a Numerous Population of Double-lined Binary Cepheids
    Authors:
    Pilecki, Bogumił; Pietrzyński, Grzegorz; Anderson, Richard I.; Gieren, Wolfgang; Taormina, Mónica; Narloch, Weronika; Evans, Nancy R.; Storm, Jesper
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2021, tom: 910, strony: 118), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/abe7e9 - link to the publication
  2. Progress on the calibration of surface brightness-colour relations for ealy-type and late-type stars
    Authors:
    A. Salsi, N. Nardetto, D. Mourard, D. Graczyk, M. Taormina, O. Creevey, V. Hocde, F. Morand, K. Perraut ,G. Pietrzynski, G.H. Schaefer
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2021, tom: 652, strony: A26), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/202140763 - link to the publication
  3. The Araucaria project: High-precision orbital parallax and masses of eclipsing binaries from infrared interferometry
    Authors:
    Gallenne, A.; Pietrzyński, G.; Graczyk, D.; Pilecki, B.; Storm, J.; Nardetto, N.; Taormina, M.; Gieren, W.; Tkachenko, A.; Kervella, P.; Mérand, A.; Weber, M.
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2019, tom: 632, strony: 31), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201935837 - link to the publication
  4. Toward Early-type Eclipsing Binaries as Extragalactic Milestones. II. NLTE Spectral Analysis and Stellar Parameters of the Detached O-type System OGLE-LMC-ECL-06782 in the LMC
    Authors:
    Taormina, Mónica; Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter; Puls, Joachim; Pilecki, Bogumił; Sextl, Eva; Pietrzyński, G.; Urbaneja, Miguel A.; Gieren, Wolfgang
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2020, tom: 890, strony: 137), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/ab6bd0 - link to the publication
  5. Empirical Calibration of the Reddening Maps in the Magellanic Clouds
    Authors:
    Górski, Marek; Zgirski, Bartłomiej; Pietrzyński, Grzegorz; Gieren, Wolfgang; Wielgórski, Piotr; Graczyk, Dariusz; Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter; Pilecki, Bogumił; Narloch, Weronika; Karczmarek, Paulina; Suchomska, Ksenia; Taormina, Mónica
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2020, tom: 889, strony: 179), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/ab65ed - link to the publication
  6. The surface brightness - colour relations based on eclipsing binary stars and calibrated with Gaia EDR3
    Authors:
    Graczyk, D.; Pietrzyński, G.; Gałan, C.; Gieren, W.; Tkachenko, A.; Anderson, R. I.; Gallenne, A.; Górski, M.; Hajdu, G.; Kałuszyński, M.; Karczmarek, P.; Kervella, P.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Nardetto, N.; Narloch, W.; Pavlovski, K.; Pilecki, B.; Pych, W.; Southworth, J.; Storm, J. Suchomska, K.; Taormina, M.; Villanova, S.; Wielgórski, P.; Zgirski, B.; Konorski, P.
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2021, tom: 649, strony: A109), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/202140571 - link to the publication
  7. A Distance Determination to the Small Magellanic Cloud with an Accuracy of Better than Two Percent Based on Late-type Eclipsing Binary Stars
    Authors:
    Dariusz Graczyk , Grzegorz Pietrzyński , Ian B. Thompson , Wolfgang Gieren , Bartłomiej Zgirski , Sandro Villanova , Marek Górski , Piotr Wielgórski , Paulina Karczmarek , Weronika Narloch , Bogumił Pilecki , Mónica Taormina , Radosław Smolec , Ksenia Suchomska , Alexandre Gallenne, Nicolas Nardetto , Jesper Storm , Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Mikołaj Kałuszyński and Wojciech Pych
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2020, tom: 904, strony: 13), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/abbb2b - link to the publication
  8. Toward Early-type Eclipsing Binaries as Extragalactic Milestones. I. Physical Parameters of OGLE-LMC-ECL-22270 and OGLE-LMC-ECL-06782
    Authors:
    Taormina, Mónica; Pietrzyński, G.; Pilecki, B.; Kudritzki, R. -P.; Thompson, I. B.; Graczyk, D.; Gieren, W.; Nardetto, N.; Górski, M.; Suchomska, K.; Zgirski, B.; Wielgórski, P.; Karczmarek, P.; Narloch, W.
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2019, tom: 886, strony: 111), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/ab4b57 - link to the publication
  1. Towards an Accurate Distance Determination with Early-type Eclipsing Binaries
    Authors:
    Taormina, Mónica
    Conference:
    Stellar Populations and the Extragalactic Distance Scale - A Conference in Honor of Jeremy Mould (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
    Data:
    konferencja 11 - 15 September 2017
    Status:
    Published
  2. Stellar parameters of the detached O and B type eclipsing binaries in the LMC
    Authors:
    Mónica Taormina
    Conference:
    Stars and their Variability, Observed from Space (rok: 2020, ), Wydawca: --
    Data:
    konferencja August 19 - 23, 2019
    Status:
    Published