Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-02-21
Astrophys.J. 626 (2005) 425-430
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages, including 2 tables and 3 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/429861
This study uses cool dwarfs as sources with which to probe fluorine abundances via HF. This molecule is detected for the first time in young K-M dwarf members of an OB association. Fluorine, oxygen, and carbon abundances were derived from the HF(1--0) R9 line along with samples of OH and CO vibration-rotation lines present in high-resolution infrared spectra observed with the Phoenix spectrograph on the Gemini South Telescope. The fluorine and oxygen results obtained for these targets, still in the pre-main-sequence stage of evolution, agree well with the general trend defined for the Milky Way disk; the latter being deduced from observations of more evolved giant stars. In addition, the carbon and oxygen abundances obtained for the studied stars overlap results from previous studies of the more massive OB stars and FG dwarf members of the Orion Nebula Cluster. We conclude from this agreement that the fluorine abundances derived for the Orion K-M dwarfs (when there is no conspicuous evidence of disks) can be considered a good representation of the current fluorine abundance value for the Milky Way disk.
Cunha Katia
Smith Verne V.
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