Bibcode
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
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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.