Effects of metallicity, star formation conditions and evolution in B and Be stars. I: Large Magellanic Cloud, field of NGC 2004

Abstract

Spectroscopic observations of hot stars belonging to the young cluster LMC-NGC 2004 and its surrounding region were carried out with the VLT-GIRAFFE facilities in MEDUSA mode. We determine fundamental parameters (Teff, logg, vsini, and radial velocity), for all B and Be stars in the sample thanks to a code developed in our group. The effect of fast rotation (stellar flattening and gravitational darkening) are taken into account in this study. We also determine the age of observed clusters. We compare the mean vsini obtained for field and cluster B and Be stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) with the ones in the Milky Way (MW). We find, in particular, that Be stars rotate faster in the LMC than in the MW, in the field as well as in clusters. We discuss the relations between vsini, metallicity, star formation conditions and stellar evolution by comparing the LMC with the MW. We conclude that Be stars begin their Main Sequence life with an initial rotational velocity greater than the one of B stars. It is probable that only part of the B stars, with a sufficient initial rotational velocity, can become Be stars. This result may explain the differences in the proportion of Be stars in clusters with similar ages.

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