Mass-Loss Rates and Stellar Wind Momenta of A-Supergiants in M31: First Results from the Keck HIRES Spectrograph

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Jun 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997apj...482..757m&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal v.482, p.757

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

49

Galaxies: Individual Messier Number: M31, Galaxies: Stellar Content, Stars: Atmospheres, Stars: Mass Loss, Stars: Supergiants

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High-quality Keck HIRES echelle spectra of two A-supergiants in M31, designated 41-3654 (spectral type A2 Ia-O) and 41-3712 (A3 Ia-O), at 10.2 kpc galactocentric distance are analyzed by means of NLTE unified model atmospheres to determine the properties of their stellar winds, in particular the wind momenta. We obtain mass-loss rates of 1.9 x 10-6 and 1.1 x 10-6 M&sun; yr-1 for 41-3654 and 41-3712, respectively, with an accuracy of 15% from the fit of the H alpha profiles. The terminal velocities are 200 +/- 25 km s-1. In addition, the exponents of the wind velocity fields are determined ( beta = 2 and 3, respectively) and microturbulent velocities of the order of 20 km s-1 are found. The wind momenta of the two targets are in excellent agreement with the wind momentum--luminosity relation (WLR) for galactic A- and B-supergiants. We discuss the potential of the WLR for extragalactic distance determinations and conclude that it may allow independent distance moduli to be obtained with an accuracy of 10%.

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