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小麦哲伦星云中WNh星的性质:均匀演化的证据

Properties of WNh stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud: evidence for homogeneous evolution

F. Martins, D. J. Hillier, J. C. Bouret, E. Depagne, C. Foellmi, S. Marchenko, A. F. Moffat

摘要:

我们推导了三颗WNh星在SMC中的物理性质,以限制恒星演化在低金属丰度下超出主序,并研究大质量恒星的聚团性质与金属丰度的关系。我们计算大气模型,推导出恒星和风的三个WNH目标的属性。通过FUV/UV/光学/近红外分析,可以获得温度、光度、质量损失率、终极速度和恒星丰度。所有恒星的大气层中仍然有大量的氢,并且在其表面丰度中显示出CNO处理的明显迹象。其中一个目标可以用正常的恒星演化来解释。它是一颗初始质量约为40-50 Msun的恒星,处于或接近核心氦燃烧阶段。另外两个物体必须遵循一种特殊的演化,由快速旋转控制。特别是,一个物体可能是均匀演化的,因为它的位置在主序列的蓝色方向,并且它的H质量分数很高。一颗星的聚集因子为0.15+/-0.05。这与银河系沃尔夫-拉叶星的值相当,表明在不确定性范围内,聚集因子似乎并不依赖于金属丰度。

英文摘要:

We derive the physical properties of three WNh stars in the SMC to constrain stellar evolution beyond the main sequence at low metallicity and to investigate the metallicity dependence of the clumping properties of massive stars. We compute atmosphere models to derive the stellar and wind properties of the three WNh targets. A FUV/UV/optical/near-infrared analysis gives access to temperatures, luminosities, mass loss rates, terminal velocities and stellar abundances. All stars still have a large hydrogen mass fraction in their atmosphere, and show clear signs of CNO processing in their surface abundances. One of the targets can be accounted for by normal stellar evolution. It is a star with initial mass around 40-50 Msun in, or close to, the core He burning phase. The other two objects must follow a peculiar evolution, governed by fast rotation. In particular, one object is likely evolving homogeneously due to its position blue-ward of the main sequence and its high H mass fraction. The clumping factor of one star is found to be 0.15+/-0.05. This is comparable to values found for Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars, indicating that within the uncertainties, the clumping factor does not seem to depend on metallicity.

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