K-band spectroscopy of deeply embedded, young OB stars
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| Publication date | 2008 |
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| Book title | Mass Loss from Stars and the Evolution of Stellar Clusters |
| Book subtitle | proceedings of a workshop held at Lunteren, the Netherlands, 29 May-1 June 2006 |
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| Series | Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series |
| Event | Mass loss from stars and the evolution of stellar clusters, Lunteren, the Netherlands |
| Pages (from-to) | 143-144 |
| Publisher | San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
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| Abstract |
We have obtained high resolution (R = 10 000) K-band spectra of candidate young massive stars deeply embedded in high-mass star-forming regions. These objects were selected from a near-infrared survey of 44 regions of high-mass star-formation (Kaper et al. 2006). In these clusters, 38 OB stars are identified whose K-band spectra are dominated by photospheric emission. In almost all those stars, the K-band spectra are indistinguishable from field stars. However, in some stars the profile of the BrĪ³ line is different (less deep, or absent) from those of the O field stars. One of the explanations of these profiles might be an enhanced mass-loss.
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| Document type | Conference contribution |
| Language | English |
| Published at | http://aspbooks.org/custom/publications/paper/388-0143.html |
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