LAMOST parameters of Am and non-chemical-peculiar stars Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Qin L.
  2. Luo A.-L.
  3. Hou W.
  4. Li Y.-B.
  5. Cui K.-M.
  6. Zuo F.
  7. Zhang S.
  8. Wang R.,Han J.-S.
  9. Wang L.-L.
  10. Lu Y.
  11. Chen X.-L.
  12. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Rotation is a critical physical process operating in the formation of Am stars. There is a strong correlation between low-velocity rotation and chemical peculiarity. However, the existence of many non-chemical-peculiar slow rotators challenges the understanding of Am stars. The purpose of our work is to search for low-velocity rotating non-chemical-peculiar A-type stars and Am stars and to make a comparative analysis. In this paper, we pick out a sample from the LAMOST-Kepler project, including 21 Am stars, 125 non-chemical-peculiar slow rotators, and 53 non-chemical-peculiar fast rotators. We calculate the rotational frequencies through a periodic change of light curves caused by inhomogeneous stellar surfaces and then obtain the rotational velocities. For slow rotators, the age of Am stars is statistically younger than that of non-chemical-peculiar stars in the same temperature bin. In the comparison of the period, the average amplitude, and stellar mass of Am and non-chemical-peculiar stars, we discover that there is no difference in the photometric variability between Am and non-chemical-peculiar stars, which implies similar inhomogeneities on the surfaces. The average amplitude of non-chemical-peculiar stars has a downward trend with the increase of effective temperature and stellar mass, which is consistent with the theoretical prediction caused by weak dynamo-generated magnetic fields in A-type stars. In addition, we confirm four non-chemical-peculiar stars that have flares by checking field-of-view images, pixel images, and pixel-level light curves.

Keywords
  1. am-stars
  2. stellar-ages
  3. stellar-masses
  4. stellar-radii
  5. effective-temperature
  6. visible-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021AJ....162...32Q
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51620032

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History

2021-11-29T08:34:58Z
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2021-11-29T08:34:58Z
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2022-03-21T12:10:05Z
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