The spectral variations of the O-type runaway supergiant HD 188209

Details The spectral variations of the O-type runaway supergiant HD 188209 The spectral variations of the O-type runaway supergiant HD 188209

2000-02-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002396v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 316 (2000) 407

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 13 figures, MNRAS, accepted

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03516.x

We report spectral time series of the late O-type runaway supergiant HD 188209. Radial velocity variations of photospheric absorption lines with a possible quasi-period ~ 6.4 days have been detected in high-resolution echelle spectra. Night-to-night variations in the position and strength of the central emission reversal of the Ha profile occuring over ill-defined time-scales have been observed. The fundamental parameters of the star have been derived using state-of-the-art plane--parallel and unified non-LTE model atmospheres, these last including the mass-loss rate. The derived helium abundance is moderately enhanced with respect to solar, and the stellar masses are lower than those predicted by the evolutionary models. The binary nature of this star is not suggested either from Hipparcos photometry or from radial velocity curves.

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