The Be star content of young open clusters
Abstract
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We present a photometric survey aimed to characterize the Be star population of young open clusters. It is found that in these clusters early-type Be stars are more frequent than in the galactic field, and late-type Be stars are scarce or inexistent. We interpret this result as evidence for an evolutionary enhancement of the Be phenomenon towards the end of the main sequence lifetime.
6 pages, to be published in ASP Conference Series "Interplay between periodic, cyclic and stochastic variability in selected areas of the H-R diagram", C. Sterken, Ed
6 pages, to be published in ASP Conference Series "Interplay between periodic, cyclic and stochastic variability in selected areas of the H-R diagram", C. Sterken, Ed