The chemical composition of HR 1512, a peculiar helium-weak star

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Feb 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006arep...50..123r&link_type=abstract

Astronomy Reports, Volume 50, Issue 2, p.123-133

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We have used high-resolution spectra to study the chemical composition of HR 1512, a star with effective temperature T eff = 15 200 K, atmospheric gravity log g = 3.52, microturbulence parameter V t = 1.5 km/s, and rotation rate v sin i = 17 km s-1. We confirm the presence of a helium deficiency (-0.6 dex), indicating that HR 1512 is a helium-weak star. Its considerable phosphorus excess (1.6 dex) testifies that the star belongs to the PGa subtype. We suggest that the He and P abundances increase with height; i.e., that there is stratification of He and P in the star’s atmosphere. Among the CNO elements, nitrogen demonstrates an underabundance of -0.4 dex, while the abundances of carbon and oxygen are solar. Deficits of about -0.5 or -0.6 dex were also found for Mg, Si, and S. A neon excess of 0.4 dex was derived from our non-LTE analysis of NeI lines. The largest excess among the iron-peak elements (Cr, Mn, Fe, and Ni) is 0.6 dex, for manganese; the abundances of chromium and nickel display excesses of 0.5 and 0.3 dex, respectively, while the iron abundance is almost normal. The chemical anomalies of HR 1512 generally agree with those for mercury-manganese stars. This supports the hypothesis that PGa stars represent an extension of HgMn stars to higher temperatures.

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