Bibcode
Paggeot, K.; Castro, Norberto; Oey, M.; Simón-Díaz, S.; Dorigo Jones, John
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #233, id.#371.02
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2019
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Description
Stellar rotation, parameterized by a star's projected rotational
velocity v sin i, is a fundamental parameter linked to star formation,
evolution, and dynamical interaction.These are still poorly understood
for OB stars, which typically rotate faster than their lower-mass
counterparts. We determine v sin i for 210 field OB stars in the Small
Magellanic Cloud, 39 of which are classical Oe/Be stars due to the
low-metallicity environment of the SMC. We use spectroscopic data from
the RIOTS4 survey, employing Fourier analysis to derive v sin i from the
rotational broadening of spectral lines, primarily He I and He II. We
confirm that Be stars are typically much faster rotators than normal B
stars, and their v sin i distribution is a single symmetric peak with a
mean of 180 km / s and standard deviation of 50 km / s. We therefore
suggest that stars linked to the Be phenomenon may correspond to the
high-velocity peak of the well-known bimodal v sin i distribution of B
stars. We will also correlate rotation with other stellar parameters,
such as proper motion, galactic environment, degree of isolation, and
radial velocity to probe physical properties of OB stars.