Rotational mixing in Magellanic clouds B stars - Theory versus observation
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| Publication date | 2009 |
| Journal | Communications in Asteroseismology |
| Event | 38th LIAC/HELAS-ESTA/BAG, Liège, Belgium |
| Volume | Issue number | 158 |
| Pages (from-to) | 55-60 |
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| Abstract |
We have used VLT FLAMES data to constrain the physics of rotational mixing in stellar evolution models. We have simulated a population of single stars and found two groups of observed stars that cannot be explained: (1) a group of fast rotating stars which do not show evidence for rotational mixing and (2) a group of slow rotators with strong N enrichment. Binary effects and fossil magnetic fields may be considered to explain those two groups. We suggest that the element boron could be used to distinguish between rotational mixing and the binary scenario. Our single star population simulations quantify the expected amount of boron in fast and slow rotators and allow a comparison with measured nitrogen and boron abundances in B-stars.
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| Document type | Article |
| Note | eprintid: arXiv:0810.2348 Proceedings title: Proceedings of the 38th LIAC / HELAS-ESTA / BAG: Evolution and pulsation of massive stars on the main sequence and close to it Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Place of publication: Vienna ISBN: 978-3-7001-6624-5 Editors: A. Noels, C. Aerts, J. Montalban, A. Miglio, M. Briquet |
| Language | English |
| Published at | http://www.univie.ac.at/tops/CoAst/archive/cia158.pdf |
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