Time-scales of Line-broadening Variability in OB Supergiants

Simón-Díaz, S.; Uytterhoeven, K.; Herrero, A.; Castro, N.
Bibliographical reference

STELLAR PULSATION: CHALLENGES FOR THEORY AND OBSERVATION: Proceedings of the International Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1170, pp. 397-399 (2009).

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2009
Number of authors
4
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3
Citations
3
Refereed citations
2
Description
Several works have recently shown that there is an important extra line-broadening (usually called macroturbulence) affecting the spectra of O and B Supergiants that adds to stellar rotation. So far, the only (very recent) physical explanation for the appearance of macroturbulence relates to oscillations. This is a plausible explanation, but no direct evidence confirming its validity has been presented yet. We recently started an observational project to obtain constraints on the time-scales of variability associated to this extra line-broadening and its possible origin. Our observational strategy consists of the study of a well selected group of O and B stars, for which we obtain time series of high-quality spectra. We present some preliminary results from our first campaign with FIESatNOT2.5 m.