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麦哲伦星云中的Onfp类

The Onfp Class in the Magellanic Clouds

Nolan R. Walborn, Ian D. Howarth, Christopher J. Evans, Paul A. Crowther, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Nicole St-Louis, Cecilia Farina, Guillermo L. Bosch, Nidia I. Mo… 展开作者

Nolan R. Walborn, Ian D. Howarth, Christopher J. Evans, Paul A. Crowther, Anthony F. J. Moffat, Nicole St-Louis, Cecilia Farina, Guillermo L. Bosch, Nidia I. Morrell, Rodolfo H. Barba, Jacco Th. van Loon

摘要:

一段时间以前,在银河系中定义了Onfp类旋转加宽的热光谱,迄今为止,它的成员只有八个。主要的定义特征是宽的、中心反向的He II $λ$ 4686发射轮廓;其他发射和吸收线也被旋转加宽。最近对麦哲伦云(MC)的调查使那里的类成员,包括一些相关的光谱,达到28。我们提出了一个调查的光谱形态和旋转速度,作为第一步阐明这一类的性质。从理论上讲,进化的快速旋转的热恒星是不可能的,因为恒星风应该会阻止旋转。这些光谱的光度分类是不可能的,因为主要的标准(He II $λ$ 4686)是特殊的;然而,MC提供了可靠的绝对星等,这表明它们跨越了从矮星到超巨星的整个范围。Onfp线增宽分布是明显的,并且从正常的O型矮星和超巨星向更大的值移动,置信度>99.99%。所有具有多个观测值的情况都显示了线轮廓变化,甚至暂时从类中删除了一些对象。其中一些是光谱联星;在不同的物体中,这些奇特的轮廓可能有多种原因。这些恒星的起源和未来是有趣的;例如,它们可能是恒星合并和/或伽马射线暴的祖先。

英文摘要:

The Onfp class of rotationally broadened, hot spectra was defined some time ago in the Galaxy, where its membership to date numbers only eight. The principal defining characteristic is a broad, centrally reversed He II $λ$4686 emission profile; other emission and absorption lines are also rotationally broadened. Recent surveys in the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) have brought the class membership there, including some related spectra, to 28. We present a survey of the spectral morphology and rotational velocities, as a first step toward elucidating the nature of this class. Evolved, rapidly rotating hot stars are not expected theoretically, because the stellar winds should brake the rotation. Luminosity classification of these spectra is not possible, because the principal criterion (He II $λ$4686) is peculiar; however, the MCs provide reliable absolute magnitudes, which show that they span the entire range from dwarfs to supergiants. The Onfp line-broadening distribution is distinct and shifted toward larger values from those of normal O dwarfs and supergiants with >99.99% confidence. All cases with multiple observations show line-profile variations, which even remove some objects from the class temporarily. Some of them are spectroscopic binaries; it is possible that the peculiar profiles may have multiple causes among different objects. The origin and future of these stars are intriguing; for instance, they could be stellar mergers and/or gamma-ray-burst progenitors.

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