Abstract

In this paper we present the rst comprehensive results extracted from the spectroscopic campaigns car- ried out by the EXPORT (EXoPlanetary Observational Research Team) consortium. During 1998{1999, EXPORT carried out an intensive observational eort in the framework of the origin and evolution of protoplanetary sys- tems in order to obtain clues on the evolutionary path from the early stages of the pre-main sequence to stars with planets already formed. The spectral types of 70 stars, and the projected rotational velocities, v sini ,o f 45 stars, mainly Vega-type and pre-main sequence, have been determined from intermediate- and high-resolution spectroscopy, respectively. The rst part of the work is of fundamental importance in order to accurately place the stars in the HR diagram and determine the evolutionary sequences; the second part provides information on the kinematics and dynamics of the stars and the evolution of their angular momentum. The advantage of using the same observational conguration and methodology for all the stars is the homogeneity of the set of pa- rameters obtained. Results from previous work are revised, leading in some cases to completely new determinations of spectral types and projected rotational velocities; for some stars no previous studies were available.

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