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Understanding Cepheids: physical and empirical basis for our main tool for distance determination in the Universe.

2020/38/E/ST9/00486

Keywords:

Cepheids eclipsing binary systems distance determination stellar evolution binary evolution

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):

dr Bogumił Ferdynand Pilecki 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: SONATA BIS 10 - announced on 2020-07-29

Amount awarded: 2 179 200 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-06-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-05-31

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (11)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (3)
  1. Discovery of a Binary-origin Classical Cepheid in a Binary System with a 59 day Orbital Period
    Authors:
    Pilecki, Bogumił; Thompson, Ian B.; Espinoza-Arancibia, Felipe; Anderson, Richard I.; Gieren, Wolfgang; Narloch, Weronika; Minniti, Javier; Pietrzyński, Grzegorz; Taormina, Mónica; Bono, Giuseppe; Hajdu, Gergely
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Letters (rok: 2022, tom: 940, strony: L48), Wydawca: IOP Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/2041-8213/ac9fcc - link to the publication
  2. Period change rates of Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheids using MESA
    Authors:
    F. Espinoza-Arancibia, M. Catelan, G. Hajdu, N. Rodríguez-Segovia, G. Boggiano, K. Joachimi, C. Muñoz-López, C. Ordenes-Huanca, C. Orquera-Rojas, P. Torres, Á. Valenzuela-Navarro
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2022, tom: 517, strony: 1538), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stac2732 - link to the publication
  3. Empirical instability strip for classical Cepheids. I. The Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy
    Authors:
    F. Espinoza-Arancibia, B. Pilecki, G. Pietrzyński, R. Smolec, P. Kervella
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2024, tom: 682, strony: 185), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/202347804 - link to the publication
  4. HARPS-N high spectral resolution observations of Cepheids. II. The impact of the surface-brightness color relation on the Baade-Wesselink projection factor of η Aql
    Authors:
    N. Nardetto, W. Gieren, J. Storm, V. Hocde, G. Pietrzynski, P. Kervella, A. Merand, A. Gallenne, D. Graczyk, B. Pilecki, E. Poretti, M. Rainer, B. Zgirski, P. Wielgorski, G. Hajdu, M. Gorski, P. Karczmarek, W. Narloch, M. Taormina
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2023, tom: 671, strony: 14), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/202245298 - link to the publication
  5. The Araucaria project: High-precision orbital parallaxes and masses of binary stars. I. VLTI/GRAVITY observations of ten double-lined spectroscopic binaries
    Authors:
    A. Gallenne, A. Mérand, P. Kervella, D. Graczyk, G. Pietrzyński, W. Gieren, B. Pilecki
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2023, tom: 672, strony: 119), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/202245712 - link to the publication
  6. An Absolute Calibration of the Near-infrared Period-Luminosity Relations of Type II Cepheids in the Milky Way and in the Large Magellanic Cloud
    Authors:
    Piotr Wielgórski, Grzegorz Pietrzyński, Bogumił Pilecki, Wolfgang Gieren, Bartłomiej Zgirski, Marek Górski, Gergely Hajdu, Weronika Narloch, Paulina Karczmarek, Radosław Smolec, Pierre Kervella, Jesper Storm, Alexandre Gallenne, Louise Breuval, Megan Lewis, Mikołaj Kałuszyński, Dariusz Graczyk, Wojciech Pych, Ksenia Suchomska, Mónica Taormina, Gonzalo Rojas Garcia, Aleksandra Kotek, Rolf Chini, Francisco Pozo Nuñez, Sadegh Noroozi, Catalina Sobrino Figaredo, Martin Haas, Klaus Hodapp, Przemysław Mikołajczyk, Krzysztof Kotysz, Dawid Moździerski, Piotr Kołaczek-Szymański
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2022, tom: 927, strony: 89), Wydawca: IOP Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/ac470c - link to the publication
  7. An Absolute Calibration of the Near-infrared Period-Luminosity Relations of Type II Cepheids in the Milky Way and in the Large Magellanic Cloud
    Authors:
    Piotr Wielgórski, Grzegorz Pietrzyński, Bogumił Pilecki, Wolfgang Gieren, Bartłomiej Zgirski, Marek Górski, Gergely Hajdu, Weronika Narloch, Paulina Karczmarek, Radosław Smolec, Pierre Kervella, Jesper Storm, Alexandre Gallenne, Louise Breuval, Megan Lewis, Mikołaj Kałuszyński, Dariusz Graczyk, Wojciech Pych, Ksenia Suchomska, Mónica Taormina, Gonzalo Rojas Garcia, Aleksandra Kotek, Rolf Chini, Francisco Pozo Nuñez, Sadegh Noroozi, Catalina Sobrino Figaredo, Martin Haas, Klaus Hodapp, Przemysław Mikołajczyk, Krzysztof Kotysz, Dawid Moździerski, Piotr Kołaczek-Szymański
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2022, tom: 927, strony: 89), Wydawca: IOP Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/ac470c - link to the publication
  8. Metallicities and ages for star clusters and their surrounding fields in the Large Magellanic Cloud
    Authors:
    W. Narloch, G. Pietrzyński, W. Gieren, A. E. Piatti, P. Karczmarek, M. Górski, D. Graczyk, R. Smolec, G. Hajdu, K. Suchomska, B. Zgirski, P. Wielgórski, B. Pilecki, M. Taormina, M. Kałuszyński, W. Pych, G. Rojas García, M. O. Lewis
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2022, tom: 666, strony: 80), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/202243378 - link to the publication
  9. Discovery of a Binary-origin Classical Cepheid in a Binary System with a 59 day Orbital Period
    Authors:
    Pilecki, Bogumił; Thompson, Ian B.; Espinoza-Arancibia, Felipe; Anderson, Richard I.; Gieren, Wolfgang; Narloch, Weronika; Minniti, Javier; Pietrzyński, Grzegorz; Taormina, Mónica; Bono, Giuseppe; Hajdu, Gergely
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Letters (rok: 2022, tom: 940, strony: L48), Wydawca: IOP Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/2041-8213/ac9fcc - link to the publication
  10. Period change rates of Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheids using MESA
    Authors:
    F. Espinoza-Arancibia, M. Catelan, G. Hajdu, N. Rodríguez-Segovia, G. Boggiano, K. Joachimi, C. Muñoz-López, C. Ordenes-Huanca, C. Orquera-Rojas, P. Torres, Á. Valenzuela-Navarro
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2022, tom: 517, strony: 1538), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stac2732 - link to the publication
  11. Metallicities and ages for star clusters and their surrounding fields in the Large Magellanic Cloud
    Authors:
    W. Narloch, G. Pietrzyński, W. Gieren, A. E. Piatti, P. Karczmarek, M. Górski, D. Graczyk, R. Smolec, G. Hajdu, K. Suchomska, B. Zgirski, P. Wielgórski, B. Pilecki, M. Taormina, M. Kałuszyński, W. Pych, G. Rojas García, M. O. Lewis
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2022, tom: 666, strony: 80), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/202243378 - link to the publication
  1. Cepheids with giant companions: A new, abundant source of Cepheid astrophysics
    Authors:
    Bogumił Pilecki
    Conference:
    Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Volume 376 (rok: 2024, tom: At the crossroads of astrophysics and cosmology: Period-luminosity relations in the 2020s., strony: 150-158), Wydawca: Cambridge University Press
    Data:
    konferencja 17-21.04.2023
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1017/S1743921323004258 - link to the publication
  2. Revealing a numerous population of double-lined binary Cepheids
    Authors:
    Bogumił Pilecki
    Conference:
    Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society (rok: 2022, tom: XL Polish Astronomical Society Meeting, strony: 174-178), Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne
    Data:
    konferencja 13-17.IX.2021
    Status:
    Published
  3. Revealing a numerous population of double-lined binary Cepheids
    Authors:
    Bogumił Pilecki
    Conference:
    Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society (rok: 2022, tom: XL Polish Astronomical Society Meeting, strony: 174-178), Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne
    Data:
    konferencja 13-17.IX.2021
    Status:
    Published