Bibcode
Villamariz, M. R.; Herrero, A.; Becker, S. R.; Butler, K.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.388, p.940-956 (2002)
Fecha de publicación:
6
2002
Revista
Número de citas
33
Número de citas referidas
29
Descripción
We present NLTE abundances of CNO for a sample of four O9 stars in the
Galaxy, together with new determinations of their stellar parameters,
T_eff, log g, epsilon (He) and microturbulence. These new analyses take
into account the effect of line-blocking in the spectral synthesis with
our classical NLTE, plane-parallel and hydrostatic model atmospheres.
The sample includes three O9 He normal stars: two dwarfs, HD 214680 and
HD 34078, and one supergiant, HD 209975, and one fast rotating giant
with a preliminary high He overabundance, HD 191423 with epsilon
(He)=0.20. We find first that the consideration of microturbulence in
the spectral synthesis for the fast rotator leads to a considerably
lower He abundance, epsilon (He)=0.12. The CNO abundances of the three
He normal stars are in good agreement with the values in the literature
for Galactic B dwarfs with no evidence of mixing, and show that they all
have the same chemical composition. We also discuss however the possible
CNO contamination of the supergiant HD 209975. For the fast rotator we
find that the abundances show the trend of the CNO contamination: a N
overabundance together with C and O depletion. The N/C and N/O ratios of
our stars as a function of their projected rotational velocities are
consistent with the predictions of the recent evolutionary models of
Meynet & Maeder (cite{Mey&Mae00}). The INT is operated on the
island of La Palma by the RGO in the Spanish Obervatorio de El Roque de
los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.