Determination of the physical characteristics of the variable stars in the direction of the open cluster NGC 6811 through $uvby\beta$ photoelectric photometry

TL;DR

This paper uses $uvbyeta$ photoelectric photometry to analyze the physical characteristics of variable stars in the open cluster NGC 6811, aiding understanding of stellar evolution within a shared environment.

Contribution

It provides new $uvbyeta$ photometric data for variable stars in NGC 6811, enhancing the characterization of these stars beyond previous CCD observations.

Findings

Identification of physical parameters of variable stars

Refined classification of variable star types

Insights into stellar evolution in open clusters

Abstract

The study of open clusters and their short period variable stars is fundamental in stellar evolution. Because the cluster members are formed in almost the same physical conditions, they share similar stellar properties such age and chemical composition. The assumption of common age, metallicity and distance impose strong constraints when modeling an ensemble of short period pulsators belonging to open clusters (e.g. Fox Machado et al., 2006). Very recently, Luo et al. (2009) carried out a search for variable stars in the direction of NGC 6811 with CCD photometry in B and V bands. They detected a total of sixteen variable stars. Among these variables, twelve were catalogued as $\delta$ {\it Scuti} stars, while no variability type was assigned to the remaining stars. In this paper we present $uvby\beta$ photoelectric photometry for the variable stars in the direction of NGC 6811.