Low Metallicity Indicates that the Hypervelocity Star HE 0437-5439 was Ejected from the LMC

Details Low Metallicity Indicates that the Hypervelocity Star HE 0437-5439 was Ejected from the LMC Low Metallicity Indicates that the Hypervelocity Star HE 0437-5439 was Ejected from the LMC

2007-12-11

arxiv.org/abs/0712.1825v2

Astrophys.J. 675 (2008) L77-L80

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 3 figures, 1 table; accepted to ApJL. Added 2 coauthors & full abundance analysis. Results are strengthened

Scientific paper

10.1086/533531

We measure the metallicity of the unusual hypervelocity star HE 0437-5439 from high resolution spectroscopy to be half-solar. We determine a spectral type of B2 IV-III for the star and derive an effective temperature Teff= 21,500 +/- 1,000 K and a surface gravity log(g) = 3.7 +/- 0.2 (cgs). We also present BV time series photometry and find the star to be non-variable at the 0.02 mag level. We refine the magnitude of the hypervelocity star to V=16.36+/-0.04 mag, with a color B-V=-0.23+/-0.03 mag, confirming its early-type nature. Our metallicity result establishes the origin of HE 0437-5439 in the Large Magellanic Cloud and implies the existence of a massive black hole somewhere in this galaxy.

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