A search for distant, pulsating red giants in the southern halo
Nicolas Mauron, Kamo S. Gigoyan, Tim R. Kendall, Kelly M. Hambleton

TL;DR
This study searches for distant pulsating red giants in the Galactic halo using the CSS catalogue, identifying ten candidate stars potentially over 50kpc away, contributing to understanding of halo AGB populations.
Contribution
First identification of candidate distant pulsating AGB stars in the Galactic halo using CSS and Gaia data, expanding knowledge of halo stellar populations.
Findings
Ten candidate distant LPVs identified with distances between 50 and 120kpc.
Most of the studied stars are oxygen-rich M-type, few are carbon-rich.
No halo AGB star in the small sample is fainter than Ks0=12.5.
Abstract
To investigate the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) population in the Galactic halo, we search for pulsating AGB stars at a heliocentric distance over 50kpc. Our research is based on the Catalina Southern Survey (CSS) catalogue of variables, comprising 1286 long-period variables (LPVs) with declination less than -20deg. We first focus on the 77 stars in the cap abs(b)>30deg for which spectral M-type or C-type classification can be derived from Hamburg-ESO objective prism spectra. Most of these are oxygen-rich (M-type) and very few are carbon rich. The periods are in the range 100-500 days, and CSS amplitudes are up to 3 mag. In this small sample, no halo AGB star is fainter than Ks0=12.5. This may be due to the scarcity of AGBs in the outer halo, or insufficient instrumental depth. Leaving aside spectral information, we then searched for even fainter pulsators (Ks>12.5) in the entire CSS…
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