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Evolution of the rotational properties and nitrogen surface abundances of B-Type stellar populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

A. Granada
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva, Maillettes 51, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland email: anahi.granada@unige.ch
G. Meynet
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva, Maillettes 51, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland email: anahi.granada@unige.ch
S. Ekström
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva, Maillettes 51, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland email: anahi.granada@unige.ch
C. Georgy
Affiliation:
Astrophysics group, EPSAM, Keele University, Lennard-Jones Labs, Keele, ST5 5BG, UK
L. Haemmerlé
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva, Maillettes 51, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland email: anahi.granada@unige.ch
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Abstract

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Stellar evolution models predict that rotation induces the mixing of chemical species, with the subsequent surface abundance anomalies relative to single non-rotating models, even during the main sequence (MS) evolution. The lack of measurable nitrogen surface enrichment in MS rotating stars, such as Be stars, has been interpreted as being in conflict with evolutionary models (e.g. Lennon et al. 2005; Hunter et al. 2008). In order to have an insight on the kind of ambient we do or we do not expect to find enriched rotating stars, we use our new population synthesis code, to produce synthetic intermediate-mass stellar populations fully accounting for stellar rotation effects, and study their evolution in time.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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