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Rotation and Nitrogen Enhancements in Blue Supergiants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Georges Meynet
Georges Meynet*
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland

Abstract

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Rotation brings significant surface He- and N-enhancements. The excesses are higher for higher masses and rotation. Rotating stellar models may account for the nitrogen enhancements observed at the surface of blue supergiants.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 286 - 288
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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