Disk Population of Type II Cepheids in the Galaxy Based on Gaia DR3 Data
摘要
Galactic orbital parameters of 519 type II Cepheids classified asBL Her, W Vir and RV Tau variable stars were calculated usingBayesian distances, proper motions, and Gaia DR3 radialvelocities. It is shown that at least 27 BL Her type variables outof 100, 17 W Vir type variables out of 308 and 8 RV Tau typevariables out of 111 are characterized by a spatial distributionand galactic orbital parameters typical of the population of thethin/old disk of the Galaxy. At the same time, their luminositiesare significantly lower than those of classical Cepheids (DCEP),and correspond to the luminosities of type II Cepheids. It issuggested that the region of the instability strip occupied byshort-period Cepheids of the BL Her type may contain stars of theold disk with initial masses of about