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2020ApJ...888...81L - Astrophys. J., 888, 81-81 (2020/January-2)

Two new rapidly rotating ON stars found with LAMOST.

LI G.-W. and HOWARTH I.D.

Abstract (from CDS):

The ON stars are a rare subtype of O stars of uncertain origin. We report two new, rapidly rotating ON stars found in data acquired with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope. LS I +61 28 is an ON8.5 Vn dwarf with a projected equatorial rotational velocity of vesini≃298kms–1, while HDE 236672 is an ON9 IVn subgiant with vesini≃253kms–1. The former is the first rapidly rotating ON dwarf to be found, and the latter is only the third ON subgiant. The luminosity classes of non-supergiant ON stars appear to be influenced by the axial inclination angle i: the rapidly rotating giants are close to equator-on, while ON dwarfs with lower vesini values are viewed more nearly pole-on. Combining parallaxes and proper motions from Gaia Data Release 2 with radial-velocity measurements, we investigate the kinematics of non-supergiant ON stars and infer that the dynamics, rapid rotation, and surface nitrogen characteristics may all be consequences of binary interaction.

Abstract Copyright: © 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Stellar rotation - O stars

Simbad objects: 14

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