Absorption line profiles and rotational velocities for 59 stars

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Absorption Spectra, Angular Velocity, Line Spectra, Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Rotation, Stellar Spectra, A Stars, B Stars, Error Analysis, Helium Ions, Magnesium, O Stars

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Absorption lines of He II, He I, Mg II, and other ions have been measured in coude spectral tracings for 59 slowly and rapidly rotating southern O, B, and A stars on the main sequence. All 668 separate line profiles have been analyzed with a procedure of differential corrections by least squares to yield the following parameters and their error estimates: half-width, central depth, equivalent width, and shape parameter. The shape parameter includes Voigt profiles as well as 'super-Gaussian' and 'super-damping' profiles. Separately measured line profiles in each star have been superimposed to yield better composite profiles with smaller errors. A preliminary value of (v sin i) is derived for each line by deconvolving it with both the intrinsic and instrumental profiles, and a mean value (including error bar) is derived for each star. The resulting mean values are only about two-thirds as large as previous results presented by Buscombe (1969).

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