A Gaia Data Release 3 View on the Tip of the Red Giant Branch Luminosity

A Gaia Data Release 3 View on the Tip of the Red Giant Branch Luminosity

The tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) is a standard candle that can be used to help refine the determination of the Hubble constant. Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3) provides synthetic photometry constructed from low-resolution BP/RP spectra for Milky Way field stars that can be used to directly calibrate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Siyang Li, Stefano Casertano, Adam G. Riess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Milky Way Galaxy
Calibration
Red giant tip
Distance indicators
Hubble constant
Parallax
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/accd69

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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/accd69

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