The status of Galactic field lambda Bootis stars in the post-Hipparcos era

Details The status of Galactic field lambda Bootis stars in the post-Hipparcos era The status of Galactic field lambda Bootis stars in the post-Hipparcos era

2002-07-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207488v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 336 (2002) 1030

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 9 figures, accepted by MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05865.x

The lambda Bootis stars are Population I, late B to early F-type stars, with moderate to extreme (up to a factor 100) surface underabundances of most Fe-peak elements and solar abundances of lighter elements (C, N, O, and S). To put constraints on the various existing theories that try to explain these peculiar stars, we investigate the observational properties of lambda Bootis stars compared to a reference sample of normal stars. Using various photometric systems and Hipparcos data, we analyze the validity of standard photometric calibrations, elemental abundances, and Galactic space motions. There crystallizes a clear picture of a homogeneous group of Population I objects found at all stages of their main-sequence evolution, with a peak at about 1 Gyr. No correlation of astrophysical parameters such as the projected rotational velocities or elemental abundances with age is found, suggesting that the a-priori unknown mechanism, which creates lambda Bootis stars, works continuously for late B to early F-type stars in all stages of main-sequence evolution. Surprisingly, the sodium abundances seem to indicate an interaction between the stars and their local environment.

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