Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001a%26a...375..851m&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.375, p.851-862 (2001)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Stars: Rotation, Stars: Interior, Open Clusters And Associations: Individual: M 67
Scientific paper
By using FEROS spectrograph commissioning observations, we build a calibration of the FEROS cross-correlation function (CCF) to determine accurate projected rotational velocities Vsin i for slow rotating F-K dwarf and giant stars. We apply this calibration to a sample of 28 main sequence, turnoff and giant stars belonging to the old open cluster M 67. We find that the stars behave in a very regular manner, depending on their position in the Color-Magnitude (C-M) diagram. Early main sequence G stars have a rotational velocity two times larger than the Sun, and they show a possible trend with (B-V) color, in that redder colors correspond to lower Vsin i. The stars at the turnoff are the fastest rotators, with Vsin i between 6.3 and 7.6 km s-1, while stars just above the turn-off are already significantly slower , with values between 4.6 and 4.9 km s-1. Along the Red Giant Branch (RGB), rotation decreases smoothly and for stars above (B-V)ga1 , only upper limits can be found, including for 4 clump stars. Analyzing the angular momentum history of 1.2 Msun stars with the help of theoretical evolutionary tracks, we see that these stars probably obey different angular momentum evolution laws on the main sequence and along the RGB: while on the main sequence some extra braking is required in addition to angular momentum conservation, along the RGB the data are well represented by the IOmega =C law. Finally, comparing the Vsin i of the M 67 turnoff stars with their main sequence progenitors in the younger open clusters NGC 3680 and Hyades we find that the younger clusters show substantially higher rotation rates. This indicates that 1.2 Msun stars do experience main sequence braking. This could be relevant also for the interpretation of the nature of the ``Lithium gap''. Based on observations collected at ESO, La Silla.
de Medeiros Jose Renan
Melo H. F. C.
Pasquini Luca
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