FUSE Observations of the Stellar Winds of Two O7 Supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds

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2000-05-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005039v1

ApJ, 538, L43 [2000]

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 2 figures. AASTeX preprint format. This paper will appear in a special issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters devote

Scientific paper

10.1086/312787

We compare the stellar wind features in far-UV spectra of Sk -67 111, an O7 Ib(f) star in the LMC, with Sk 80, an O7 Iaf+ star in the SMC. The most striking differences are that Sk 80 has a substantially lower terminal velocity, much weaker O VI absorption, and stronger S IV emission. We have used line-blanketed, hydrodynamic, non-LTE atmospheric models to explore the origin of these differences. The far-UV spectra require systematically lower stellar temperatures than previous determinations for O7 supergiants derived from plane-parallel, hydrostatic models of photospheric line profiles. At these temperatures, the O VI in Sk -67 111 must be due primarily to shocks in the wind.

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