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@ARTICLE{Acharyya:618798,
author = {Acharyya, A. and Aufdenberg, J. P. and Bangale, P. and
Bartkoske, J. T. and Batista, P. and Benbow, W. and Chromey,
A. J. and Davis, J. D. and Feng, Q. and Foote, G. M. and
Furniss, A. and Hanlon, W. and Hinrichs, C. E. and Holder,
J. and Jin, W. and Kaaret, P. and Kertzman, M. and Kieda, D.
and Kleiner, T. K. and Korzoun, N. and LeBohec, T. and Lisa,
M. A. and Lundy, M. and Matthews, N. and McGrath, C. E and
Millard, M. J. and Moriarty, P. and Nikkhah, S. and
O’Brien, S. and Ong, R. A. and Pohl, M. and Pueschel, E.
and Quinn, J. and Rabinowitz, P. L. and Ragan, K. and
Roache, E. and Rose, J. G. and Sackrider, J. L. and Sadeh,
I. and Saha, L. and Sembroski, G. H. and Shang, R. and Tak,
D. and Ticoras, M. and Tucci, J. V. and Williams, D. A. and
Wong, S. L.},
title = {{A}n {A}ngular {D}iameter {M}easurement of β {UM}a via
{S}tellar {I}ntensity {I}nterferometry with the {VERITAS}
{O}bservatory},
journal = {The astrophysical journal / Part 1},
volume = {966},
number = {1},
issn = {0004-637X},
address = {London},
publisher = {Institute of Physics Publ.},
reportid = {PUBDB-2024-07159, arXiv:2401.01853},
pages = {28},
year = {2024},
abstract = {We use the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging telescope Array
System (VERITAS) imaging air Cherenkov telescope array to
obtain the first measured angular diameter of β UMa at
visual wavelengths using stellar intensity interferometry
(SII) and independently constrain the limb-darkened angular
diameter. The age of the Ursa Major moving group has been
assessed from the ages of its members, including nuclear
member Merak (β UMa), an A1-type subgiant, by comparing
effective temperature and luminosity constraints to model
stellar evolution tracks. Previous interferometric
limb-darkened angular-diameter measurements of β UMa in the
near-infrared (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy
(CHARA) Array, 1.149 ± 0.014 mas) and mid-infrared (Keck
Nuller, 1.08 ± 0.07 mas), together with the measured
parallax and bolometric flux, have constrained the effective
temperature. This paper presents current VERITAS-SII
observation and analysis procedures to derive squared
visibilities from correlation functions. We fit the
resulting squared visibilities to find a limb-darkened
angular diameter of 1.07 ± 0.04 (stat) ± 0.05 (sys) mas,
using synthetic visibilities from a stellar atmosphere model
that provides a good match to the spectrum of β UMa in the
optical wave band. The VERITAS-SII limb-darkened angular
diameter yields an effective temperature of 9700 ± 200 ±
200 K, consistent with ultraviolet spectrophotometry, and an
age of 390 ± 29 ± 32 Myr, using MESA Isochrones and
Stellar Tracks. This age is consistent with 408 ± 6 Myr
from the CHARA Array angular diameter.},
cin = {$Z_CTA$ / $Z_CTAS$},
ddc = {520},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)Z_CTA-20210408$ / $I:(DE-H253)Z_CTAS-20210408$},
pnm = {613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF4-613)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-613},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)VERITAS-20170101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
eprint = {2401.01853},
howpublished = {arXiv:2401.01853},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
SLACcitation = {$\%\%CITATION$ = $arXiv:2401.01853;\%\%$},
UT = {WOS:001220887700001},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ad2b68},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/618798},
}