Spectroscopic determination of the fundamental parameters of 66 B-type stars in the field-of-view of the CoRoT satellite
Abstract
Aims: We determine the fundamental parameters of a sample of B stars with apparent visual magnitudes brighter than 8 in the field-of-view of the CoRoT space mission, from high-resolution spectroscopy.
Methods: We developed an automatic procedure for the spectroscopic analysis of B-type stars with winds, based on an extensive grid of FASTWIND model atmospheres. We use the equivalent widths and/or the line profile shapes of continuum normalized hydrogen, helium, and silicon line profiles to determine the fundamental properties of these stars in an automated way.
Results: After thorough tests, on both synthetic datasets and very high-quality, high-resolution spectra of B stars for which we already had accurate values of physical properties from alternative analyses, we applied our method to 66 B-type stars contained in the ground-based archive of the CoRoT space mission. We discuss the statistical properties of the sample and compare them with those predicted by evolutionary models of B stars.
Conclusions: Our spectroscopic results provide a valuable starting point for any future seismic modelling of the stars, should they be observed by CoRoT.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- June 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361/200911956
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0910.2851
- Bibcode:
- 2010A&A...515A..74L
- Keywords:
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- stars: atmospheres;
- stars: early-type;
- stars: fundamental parameters;
- methods: data analysis;
- techniques: spectroscopic;
- line: profiles;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 31 pages (including 14 pages online material), 32 figures