Abstract
On the basis of a new classification-resolution spectrum, we find that HR 8799, a known member of the newly discovered γ Doradus variable star class, is a λ Bootis star. Spectral synthesis, in conjunction with fluxes from visible spectrophotometry and the TD-1 satellite, yields Teff = 7430 K, log g = 4.35, microturbulent velocity ξt = 2.7 km s-1, and metallicity [M/H] = -0.47 for HR 8799, confirming its metal-weak nature. HR 8799 is also a Vega-like star in that it shows excess flux at 60 μm, probably due to a circumstellar dust shell or disk. Thus, this star links three astrophysically interesting classes of stars and may provide potentially important constraints on the physics of, and the interconnections between, the λ Bootis phenomenon and the γ Doradus pulsation phenomenon.
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