High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy of PG 0832+676: A Sharp-lined, Evolved Low-Mass Star

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Stars: Abundances, Stars: Agb And Post-Agb, Stars: Atmospheres, Stars: Early-Type, Stars: Individual Alphanumeric: Pg 0832+676

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We present high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the faint, hot star PG 0832+676, identified in a previous paper as an extremely distant young B-type object. A differential abundance analysis with respect to the Galactic B-type star HR 1886 shows near normal helium, nitrogen, and oxygen abundances while there is a systematic depletion of ˜0.4 dex in the abundances of other elements. Furthermore, our new high-resolution observations show this object to be extremely sharp lined (v sin i ˜ 1 km s-1), and we therefore conclude that the star is an old, evolved low-mass star, either in the postasymptotic giant branch phase or more probably evolving off the blue horizontal branch. We suggest that such sharp-lined spectra from hot stars provide a unique and critical test for model atmospheric analyses, particularly with respect to the micro turbulent velocity parameter.

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