Bibcode
Luridiana, V.; Cerviño, M.; Binette, L.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.379, p.1017-1023 (2001)
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2001
Journal
Citations
6
Refereed citations
6
Description
We compare the rate of kinetic energy injected by stellar winds into the
extragalactic H II region NGC 2363 to the luminosity
needed to feed the observed temperature fluctuations. The kinetic
luminosity associated to the winds is estimated by means of two
different evolutionary synthesis codes, one of which takes into account
the statistical fluctuations expected in the Initial Mass Function. We
find that, even in the most favorable conditions considered by our
model, such luminosity is much smaller than the luminosity needed to
account for the observed temperature fluctuations. The assumptions
underlying our study are emphasized as possible sources of uncertainty
affecting our results.