Tip of the red giant branch
- Tip of the red giant branch
Tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) is a primary distance indicator used in astronomy. It uses the luminosity of the brightest red giant branch stars in a galaxy to gauge the distance to that galaxy. It has been used in conjunction with observations from the Hubble Space Telescope to determine the relative motions of the Local Cluster of galaxies within the Local Supercluster.
The TRGB indicator uses stars in the old stellar populations (Population II).[cite journal]
author=Ferrarese, Laura; Ford, Holland C.; Huchra, John; Kennicutt, Robert C., Jr.; Mould, Jeremy R.; Sakai, Shoko; Freedman, Wendy L.; Stetson, Peter B.; Madore, Barry F.; Gibson, Brad K.; Graham, John A.; Hughes, Shaun M.; Illingworth, Garth D.; Kelson, Daniel D.; Macri, Lucas; Sebo, Kim; Silbermann, N. A.
title=A Database of Cepheid Distance Moduli and Tip of the Red Giant Branch, Globular Cluster Luminosity Function, Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function, and Surface Brightness Fluctuation Data Useful for Distance Determinations
journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
year=2000
volume=128
issue=2
pages=431–459
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ApJS..128..431F
doi=10.1086/313391
format=abstract ] References
* cite web|accessmonthday=February 14 |accessyear=2005
url=http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~shoko/trgb.html
title=Tip of the Red Giant Branch as a Distance Indicator
work=Shoko Sakai, Research Astronomer, Division of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Los Angeles
* cite web|accessmonthday=February 14 |accessyear=2005
url=http://spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=10116
title=NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report # 3431
work=SpaceRef
See also
* Asymptotic giant branch
* Hayashi track
* Henyey track
* Hess diagram
* Red clump
* Stellar birthline
* Stellar classification
* Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
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