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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 416, Issue 3, Pages 1149-1158Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034283
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polarization; stars : abundances; stars : chemically peculiar; stars : magnetic fields; stars : individual : NGC 2244-334
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During a survey of field strengths in upper main sequence stars in open clusters, we observed the star NGC 2244-334 in the Rosette Nebula cluster and discovered an extraordinarily large mean longitudinal field of about -9 kG, the second largest longitudinal field known in a non-degenerate star. This star appears to be a typical Ap He-wk (Si) star of about 4 M-.. Spectrum synthesis using a line synthesis code incorporating the effects of the strong magnetic field indicates that. He is underabundant by about 1.5 dex, and C, O and Mg by about 0.1-0.4 dex, while Si, Mn and Fe are overabundant by about 1 dex, and Cr and Ti are nearly 2 dex overabundant. Cluster membership for this star is secure, so its age is about 2 x 10(6) yr, which is less than 3% of its main sequence lifetime. This star is one of the very youngest magnetic upper main sequence stars with a well-determined age, and confirms that both magnetic fields and strong chemical peculiarity can appear in stars which are both extremely young and very close to the ZAMS.
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