The Origins of High Latitude Runaway B Stars

J.C. Martin (University of Minnesota)

We analyzed a sample of 28 high latitude runaway B stars more than 0.5 kpc from the galactic plane. This sample has several characteristics which distinguish it from disk field star samples including: a low incidence of binaries, lack of slow rotators, and no Be stars. A preponderance of the evidence indicates that our sample is dominated by stars that were ejected from dense star clusters and star forming regions by the Dynamic Ejection Scenario (DES, reference).

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Here is the entry for this poster in the BAAS. It will be up in Session 69 on Tuesday, January 10th.

This work is associated with my PhD dissertation.

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January 2006 AAS Poster for JC Martin

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