Spectroscopic analysis of newborn massive stars in SMC N81

dc.creatorMartins, F.
dc.creatorSchaerer, D.
dc.creatorHeydari-Malayeri, M.
dc.date2003-01-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:07:18Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:07:18Z
dc.descriptionWe present the first results of a spectroscopic study of young massive stars in the SMC High Excitation Blob N81. These stars have Mv values which are ~ 2 mag smaller than those of nor mal dwarf stars. Their UV STIS spectra reveal features typical of O stars, but surprisingly weak wind components. The preliminary modelling of these spectr a with the code CMFGEN (Hillier & Miller 1998) indicates a mass loss rate of the order 10e-9 Mdot/yr. If confirmed, such a weak wind may indicate either a breakdown of the wind-momentum luminosity relation at low luminosity, or a steeper slope of this relation at low metallicity.
dc.descriptionA massive star odyssey : from main sequence to supernovae, Proc. IAU Symp. 212, K.A. van der Hucht, A. Herrero, C. Esteban eds, ASP conf. series, in press
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301451
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301451
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5651
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSpectroscopic analysis of newborn massive stars in SMC N81
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