'Slow' and Fast Rotators among Hypervelocity Stars

Details 'Slow' and Fast Rotators among Hypervelocity Stars 'Slow' and Fast Rotators among Hypervelocity Stars

2008-02-20

arxiv.org/abs/0802.2945v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 3 figures. ApJL, accepted version

Scientific paper

10.1086/592291

We measure the projected rotational velocities of the late B-type hypervelocity stars HVS7 and HVS8 from high resolution spectroscopy to be 60 +/- 17 km/s and 260 +/- 70 km/s. The 'slow' rotation of HVS7 is in principle consistent with having originated in a binary system, assuming a high inclination angle of the stellar rotation axis. However, the fast rotation of HVS8 is more typical of single B-type stars. HVS8 could have therefore been ejected by a mechanism other than that proposed by Hills. We also estimate the effective temperatures and surface gravities for HVS7 and HVS8 and obtain an additional measurement of their radial velocities. We find evidence in support of a blue horizontal branch nature for HVS7, and a main sequence nature for HVS8.

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