A distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud that is precise to one per cent.

Abstract:

:In the era of precision cosmology, it is essential to determine the Hubble constant empirically with an accuracy of one per cent or better1. At present, the uncertainty on this constant is dominated by the uncertainty in the calibration of the Cepheid period-luminosity relationship2,3 (also known as the Leavitt law). The Large Magellanic Cloud has traditionally served as the best galaxy with which to calibrate Cepheid period-luminosity relations, and as a result has become the best anchor point for the cosmic distance scale4,5. Eclipsing binary systems composed of late-type stars offer the most precise and accurate way to measure the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud. Currently the limit of the precision attainable with this technique is about two per cent, and is set by the precision of the existing calibrations of the surface brightness-colour relation5,6. Here we report a calibration of the surface brightness-colour relation with a precision of 0.8 per cent. We use this calibration to determine a geometrical distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud that is precise to 1 per cent based on 20 eclipsing binary systems. The final distance is 49.59 ± 0.09 (statistical) ± 0.54 (systematic) kiloparsecs.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Pietrzyński G,Graczyk D,Gallenne A,Gieren W,Thompson IB,Pilecki B,Karczmarek P,Górski M,Suchomska K,Taormina M,Zgirski B,Wielgórski P,Kołaczkowski Z,Konorski P,Villanova S,Nardetto N,Kervella P,Bresolin F,Kudritzki RP

doi

10.1038/s41586-019-0999-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-03-01 00:00:00

pages

200-203

issue

7747

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

10.1038/s41586-019-0999-4

journal_volume

567

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