Fast Rotation vs. Metallicity
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Fast rotation seems to be the major factor to trigger the Be phenomenon. Surface fast rotation can be favored by initial formation conditions such as metal abundance. Models of fast rotating atmospheres and evolutionary tracks are used to determine the stellar fundamental parameters of 120 Be stars situated in spatially well-separated regions to imply there is between them some gradient of metallicity. We study the effects of the incidence of this gradient on the nature of the studied stars as fast rotators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0509179,
title = {Fast Rotation vs. Metallicity},
author = {Ronaldo Levenhagen and Nelson Vani Leister and Juan Zorec and Yves Fremat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0509179},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Societe Francaise d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, France (2005)