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Projected Rotational Velocities in Galactic OB Stars of Different OB Associations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

L. J. Corral ,
A. Herrero  and
M. R. Villamariz
L. J. Corral
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Vía Lactea s/n, La Laguna, E-38200, Spain
A. Herrero
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Vía Lactea s/n, La Laguna, E-38200, Spain Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de la Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez s/n, La Laguna, E-38071, Spain
M. R. Villamariz
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Vía Lactea s/n, La Laguna, E-38200, Spain

Abstract

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As a first step to study the influence that rotation has in the evolution of the most massive stars, we obtained the projected rotational velocity (v sin i) of a sample of OB stars from clusters and associations. We found that most of our stars present v sin i lower than 200 km/s.

Type
Session 1 Observations of Rotating Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 215: Stellar Rotation , 2004 , pp. 43 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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