Issue |
A&A
Volume 616, August 2018
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Article Number | A135 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Catalogs and data | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833050 | |
Published online | 30 August 2018 |
Quantitative spectral classification of Galactic O stars
LUPM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
e-mail: fabrice.martins@univ-montp2.fr
Received:
19
March
2018
Accepted:
25
April
2018
Our goal is to provide a quantification of several spectral classification criteria for O stars. We collect high-spectral resolution spectra of 105 Galactic O-type stars from various archives. We measured equivalent widths of classification lines. We defined average values of classification criteria for given spectral types and luminosity classes. We find that the ratio He I 4471 to He II 4542 well matches the published ratios for spectral types. We have quantified equivalent width ratios of helium and silicon lines among O8–O9.7 stars to refine spectral class typing in this spectral range. We present quantitative criteria to separate between luminosity class V, IV–III–II (grouped), and I among O3–O8.5 stars, mainly based on the strength of He II 4686. We find that these criteria also define very well the f, (f), and ((f)) classes for O3–O7.5 stars. Among O9–O9.7 stars we quantify the ratios of He II 4686 to He I 4713 and Si IV 4089 to He I 4026 for all luminosity classes. The tabulated values of the classification criteria should help classify any new O-type stars. The final step of the classification process should rely on a direct comparison to standard stars of the assigned spectral type or luminosity class.
Key words: stars: massive / techniques: spectroscopic
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