Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997apj...478..211c&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal v.478, p.211
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Galaxy: Open Clusters And Associations: Individual Name: Orion, Stars: Abundances, Stars: Early-Type, Ultraviolet: Stars
Scientific paper
The boron abundance of four B-type stars from the Orion association has been determined from Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS)/Hubble Space Telescope (HST) spectra covering the B II 1362 Angstroms resonance line. After correction for large non-LTE effects, the mean boron abundance is similar to the meteoritic abundance, but a factor of 4 (0.6 dex) greater than published abundances of boron in interstellar gas. This difference in boron abundance between young stars and gas is unexplained. The Orion stars were selected by their oxygen abundances: two are enriched in oxygen by about 60% relative to the others. Analysis of the GHRS spectra shows that the O-rich stars are deficient in boron by about 250% (0.4 dex) relative to the O-poor stars. Then, if the differences in oxygen abundance reflect differing levels of contamination of the natal clouds with (O-rich) ejecta of local Type II supernovae, the ejecta were not enriched in boron synthesized by the nu -process.
Cunha Katia
Gies Douglas R.
Lambert David L.
Lemke Michael
Roberts Lewis C.
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