The effect of rotation on the abundances of the chemical elements of the A-type stars in the Praesepe cluster

Details The effect of rotation on the abundances of the chemical elements of the A-type stars in the Praesepe cluster The effect of rotation on the abundances of the chemical elements of the A-type stars in the Praesepe cluster

2008-03-25

arxiv.org/abs/0803.3540v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication on A&A

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10.1051/0004-6361:200809467

We study how chemical abundances of late B-, A- and early F-type stars evolve with time, and we search for correlations between the abundance of chemical elements and other stellar parameters, such as effective temperature and Vsini. We have observed a large number of B-, A- and F-type stars belonging to open clusters of different ages. In this paper we concentrate on the Praesepe cluster (log t = 8.85), for which we have obtained high resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectra of sixteen normal A- and F-type stars and one Am star, using the SOPHIE spectrograph of the Observatoire de Haute-Provence. For all the observed stars, we have derived fundamental parameters and chemical abundances. In addition, we discuss another eight Am stars belonging to the same cluster, for which the abundance analysis had been presented in a previous paper. We find a strong correlation between peculiarity of Am stars and Vsini. The abundance of the elements underabundant in Am stars increases with Vsini, while it decreases for the overabundant elements. Chemical abundances of various elements appear correlated with the iron abundance.

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