THE SLOPE OF THE RR LYRAE M-NU-[FE H] RELATION/

Authors
FERNLEY J CARNEY BW SKILLEN I CACCIARI C JANES K
Citation
J. Fernley et al., THE SLOPE OF THE RR LYRAE M-NU-[FE H] RELATION/, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 293(3), 1998, pp. 61-64
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
293
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
61 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1998)293:3<61:TSOTRL>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We review the available observational data to show that the slope of t he RR Lyrae M-V-[Fe/H] relation is 0.18 +/- 0.03. The recent claim by Feast that, because of biases, the true slope is much steeper is not j ustified.