Chemically peculiar stars and their temperature calibration

Details Chemically peculiar stars and their temperature calibration Chemically peculiar stars and their temperature calibration

2008-09-30

arxiv.org/abs/0809.5131v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 8 figures, accepted by A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:200810325

The determination of effective temperature for chemically peculiar (CP) stars by means of photometry is a sophisticated task due to their abnormal colours. Standard calibrations for normal stars lead to erroneous results and, in most cases corrections are necessary. In order to specify appropriate corrections, direct temperature determinations for 176 objects of the different subgroups were collected from the literature. This much larger sample than in previous studies therefore allows a more accurate investigation, mostly based on average temperatures. For the three main photometric systems (UBV, Geneva, Stromgren uvbybeta), methods to determine effective temperature are presented together with a comparison with former results. Based on the compiled data we provide evidence that He (CP4) objects also need a considerable correction, not noticed in former investigations due to their small number. Additionally, a new relation for the bolometric correction and the capability of standard calibrations to deduce interstellar reddening for magnetic CP stars are shown.

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