Geometry of the Large Magellanic Cloud Disk: Results from MACHO and the Two Micron All Sky Survey

Keller, Stefan; Nikolaev, Sergei; Drake, Andrew J; Cook, Kem H; Dalal, N; Griest, K; Welch, D L; Kanbur, S

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Geometry of the Large Magellanic Cloud Disk: Results from MACHO and the Two Micron All Sky Survey

Date

2004

Authors

Keller, Stefan

Nikolaev, Sergei

Drake, Andrew J

Cook, Kem H

Dalal, N

Griest, K

Welch, D L

Kanbur, S

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We present a detailed study of the viewing angles and geometry of the inner LMC (ρ ≲ 4°) based on a sample of more than 2000 MACHO Cepheids with complete {VR}KC light curves and single-phase Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) JHKS observations. The sam