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http://dx.doi.org/10.5303/JKAS.2008.41.4.083

ROTATION AND SURFACE ABUNDANCE PECULIARITIES IN A-TYPE STARS  

Takeda, Yoichi (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
Han, In-Woo (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Kang, Dong-Il (Gyeongsangnamdo Institute of Science Education)
Lee, Byeong-Cheol (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Kim, Kang-Min (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society / v.41, no.4, 2008 , pp. 83-98 More about this Journal
Abstract
In an attempt of clarifying the connection between the photospheric abundance anomalies and the stellar rotation as well as of exploring the nature of "normal A" stars, the abundances of seven elements (C, O, Si, Ca, Ti, Fe, and Ba) and the projected rotational velocity for 46 A-type field stars were determined by applying the spectrum-fitting method to the high-dispersion spectral data obtained with BOES at BOAO. We found that the peculiarities(underabundances of C, O, and Ca; an overabundance of Ba) seen in slow rotators efficiently decrease with an increase of rotation, which almost disappear at $v_esin\;i{\gtrsim}100km\;s^{-1}$. This further suggests that stars with sufficiently large rotational velocity may retain the original composition at the surface without being altered. Considering the subsolar tendency(by several tenths dex below) exhibited by the elemental abundances of such rapidly-rotating (supposedly normal) A stars, we suspect that the gas metallicity may have decreased since our Sun was born, contrary to the common picture of galactic chemical evolution.
Keywords
stars: abundances; stars: atmospheres; stars: early-type; stars: chemically-peculiar; stars: rotation;
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