V-band photometric follow-up of RR Lyrae from SEKBO Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Akhter S.
  2. Da Costa G.S.
  3. Keller S.C.
  4. Schmidt B.P.
  5. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We investigate the steepening of the power-law slope beyond the Galactocentric radius of R~45kpc in the RR Lyrae (RRL) space density distribution found by Keller et al. (2008, Cat. J/ApJ/678/851). They identified 2016 RRL candidates derived from the analysis of archival observations of the Southern Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Object (SEKBO) survey. Our aim is to verify the completeness of RRLs and ultimately the space density distribution function given by Keller et al. We followed up on a subset of 137 candidates with a range of magnitudes (V~14-20) using the Faulkes Telescope (FT) database and confirmed 57 candidates as real RRLs. A cross-match between SEKBO RRL survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release-7 (SDSS DR-7) revealed 272 RRL candidates in common. Applying the color selection criteria proposed by Ivezi\'c et al. (2005AJ....129.1096I) resulted in 193 likely RRLs. The completeness as a function of magnitude was calculated empirically from the combined set of SEKBO RRL candidates from current FT data, SDSS cross-matched data, and the Prior et al. catalog (2009, Cat. J/ApJ/691/306). This resulted in a spatial density distribution characterized by two power laws with a break radius R within a range between 45kpc and 50kpc, similar to the results of Keller et al. We find the power-law slopes for the inner halo as n_inner_=-2.78+/-0.02 and for the outer halo as n_outer_=-5.0+/-0.2.

Keywords
  1. visible-astronomy
  2. Wide-band photometry
  3. variable-stars
  4. milky-way-galaxy
  5. halo-stars
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2012ApJ...756...23A
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