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4. Summary and conclusions

Spectroscopy for 58 Be stars in eight open clusters is presented with measurements of FWHM, tex2html_wrap_inline1903 and values of EW from Htex2html_wrap_inline1905 to Htex2html_wrap_inline1907. This is complemented by the contemporary photometric data of Paper I. In order to preserve the homogeneity of the sample, a first examination of the results has been made showing a good agreement with earlier results of other authors based on higher resolution data. The spectroscopic behavior of Be stars in clusters is, within our limited resolution, similar to that of field Be stars. We also present, the measured EW for the regular B stars also included in our sample.

Our data are in agreement with the relation given by Dachs et al. (1986), and slightly modified by Hanuschik et al. (1988), between full widths at half maximum and equivalent widths (Eq. 2). The data are consistent as well with the previous finding of some preference for tex2html_wrap_inline1909 (Eq. 5) therefore placing the rotation field somewhere between the cases of angular momentum conservation and keplerian, as well as with the already known fact that the higher the member of the series, the closer it arises to the central star.

Some stars will be rejected in future work: non members of clusters, members with uncertain values of reddening, Herbig Ae/Be type objects, Blue Stragglers, etc. Furthermore, we will divide the sample into early Be, late Be and Shell type objects since some differences seem to exist between their physical characteristics (Paper I, Slettebak et al. 1992).

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Figure 1: tex2html_wrap_inline1911, tex2html_wrap_inline1913 and tex2html_wrap_inline1915 for stars in NGC 457. Flux has been normalized to continuum level.

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Figure 2: tex2html_wrap_inline1917 and tex2html_wrap_inline1919 for stars in NGC 457. HeI is also visible.

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Figure 3: a,b) tex2html_wrap_inline1921, tex2html_wrap_inline1923 and tex2html_wrap_inline1925 for stars in NGC 663.

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Figure 4: a,b) tex2html_wrap_inline1927 for stars in NGC 663.

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Figure 5: tex2html_wrap_inline1929 and tex2html_wrap_inline1931 for stars in NGC 663. HeI is also visible.

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Figure 6: tex2html_wrap_inline1933, tex2html_wrap_inline1935 and tex2html_wrap_inline1937 for h & tex2html_wrap_inline1941 Per.

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Figure 6: continued.

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Figure 7: tex2html_wrap_inline1943, tex2html_wrap_inline1945 and tex2html_wrap_inline1947 for Pleiades. Besides the star number, the date of observation is shown.

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Figure 8: tex2html_wrap_inline1949 and tex2html_wrap_inline1951 for Pleiades. HeI is also visible.

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Figure 9: tex2html_wrap_inline1953, tex2html_wrap_inline1955 and tex2html_wrap_inline1957 for star 157 in NGC 2323.

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Figure 10: tex2html_wrap_inline1959, tex2html_wrap_inline1961 and tex2html_wrap_inline1963 for stars in NGC 2422.

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Figure 11: tex2html_wrap_inline1965, tex2html_wrap_inline1967 and tex2html_wrap_inline1969 for stars in NGC 7654.

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Figure 12: tex2html_wrap_inline1971 and tex2html_wrap_inline1973 for stars in NGC 7654. HeI is also visible.

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Figure 13: tex2html_wrap_inline1975, tex2html_wrap_inline1977 and tex2html_wrap_inline1979 for stars in Cep OB3.

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Figure 14: tex2html_wrap_inline1981 for stars in Cep OB3.

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Figure 15: Full width at half maximun for emission lines vs. equivalent width. Dotted line and dashed line represent the relationships for the whole sample and the early type Be stars respectively. Open circles are early type Be stars and solid circles are late type Be stars

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Figure 16: Full width at half maximun for tex2html_wrap_inline1983, tex2html_wrap_inline1985 and tex2html_wrap_inline1987 emission lines vs. tex2html_wrap_inline1989. Dotted lines represent the relationship for the whole sample while dashed lines represent the relationship for single peaked profiles. Open circles and solid circles represent stars which show single peaked and double peaked profiles respectively in our spectra

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Figure 17: Velocity peak separation vs. equivalent width for tex2html_wrap_inline1991

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge V. Reglero and J. Busquets for their help with the observations, and B. Payne for his careful reading of the manuscript. The useful suggestions made by the referee Dr. R. Hanuschik helped us to improve the presentation of the paper. We also thank the staff of the Calar Alto Observatory for the kind assistance during the observations. Software and data analysis facilities were provided by Starlink, which is founded by the UK PPARC. This research has made use of the Simbad database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France. S.A. acknowledges a research grant from the Conselleria d'Educació i Ciència, Generalitat Valenciana. J.M.T. acknowledges a research grant from the Instituto de Estudios Turolenses (CSIC).


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