Spectroscopic study of candidate Be stars in the Magellanic Clouds
Kodiyan Thomas Paul1, A. Subramaniam2, B. Mathew1, R. E. Mennickent3 and B. Sabogal3
1Christ University, Bangalore
2Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore
3Department de Fisica, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
E-mail: paul.kt@christuniversity.in

Abstract. The Magellanic Clouds (MCs) are known to be abundant in Be stars. Since the MCs are metal poor than in our Galaxy, it will be interesting to understand the properties of Be stars in these galaxies. Mennickent et al. (2002) and Sabogal et al. (2005) have identified many Be star-like variables showing light curves similar to those of Galactic Be stars (called type-4 stars) and also others presenting different kinds of light curves (called type-1, type-2, type-3 stars). We report the results of spectral analysis of a subset of the above Be candidate stars in the SMC and the LMC. Spectra were obtained for 68 candidate stars in the SMC and 38 candidate stars in the LMC. Observations were made using the 1.5 m CTIO Telescope and 2.5 m LCO Telescope. Our sample includes stars of type 1, 2 and 3 of the LMC and the SMC. The spectral features are used to identify their spectral class and to see whether they show some properties of Be stars.