Bibcode
Smartt, S. J.; Crowther, P. A.; Dufton, P. L.; Lennon, D. J.; Kudritzki, R. P.; Herrero, A.; McCarthy, J. K.; Bresolin, F.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 325, Issue 1, pp. 257-272.
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2001
Citations
65
Refereed citations
53
Description
We present high quality spectroscopic data for two massive stars in the
OB 10 association of M31, OB 10-64 (B0 Ia) and OB 10-WR1 (WC6). Medium
resolution spectra of both stars were obtained using the ISIS
spectrograph on the William Herschel Telescope. This is supplemented
with Hubble Space Telescope STIS UV spectroscopy and Keck I HIRES data
for OB 10-64. A non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) model
atmosphere and abundance analysis for OB 10-64 is presented, indicating
that this star has similar photospheric CNO, Mg and Si abundances to
solar neighbourhood massive stars. A wind analysis of this early B-type
supergiant reveals a mass-loss rate of
M&sun;=1.6×10-6Msolaryr-1,
and v∞=1650kms-1. The corresponding wind
momentum is in good agreement with the wind momentum-luminosity
relationship found for Galactic early-B supergiants. Observations of OB
10-WR1 are analysed using a non-LTE, line-blanketed code, to reveal
approximate stellar parameters of logL/Lsolar~5.7, T*~75kK,
v∞~3000kms-1,
M&sun;/(Msolaryr-1)~10-4.3
adopting a clumped wind with a filling factor of 10 per cent.
Quantitative comparisons are made with the Galactic WC6 star HD 92809
(WR23) revealing that OB 10-WR1 is 0.4 dex more luminous, though it has
a much lower C/He ratio (~0.1 versus 0.3 for HD 92809). Our study
represents the first detailed, chemical model atmosphere analysis for
either a B-type supergiant or a Wolf-Rayet (WR) star in Andromeda, and
shows the potential of how such studies can provide new information on
the chemical evolution of galaxies and the evolution of massive stars in
the local Universe.