Bibcode
Rubio-Diez, M. M.; Najarro, F.; Traficante, A.; Cazoletti, L.; Puls, J.; Figer, D.; Sundqvist, J.; Herrero, A.; Martin-Pintado, J.; Trombley, C.
Bibliographical reference
Massive Stars: From α to Ω, held 10-14 June 2013 in Rhodes, Greece; Online at http://a2omega-conference.net, id.181
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2013
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Description
Recent evidence indicates that currently accepted mass-loss rates may
need to be revised downwards when small-scale density inhomogeneities
(clumping) are taken into account. Only a consistent treatment of ALL
possible diagnostics from the UV through radio, scanning different
regions of the stellar wind, and analyzed by means of state of the art
model atmospheres, will allow to determine the true mass-loss rates. To
this end we have assembled a variety of multi-wavelength data for a
carefully selected sample of 28 O4-B8 stars. However, one crucial
observational set was missing: far-IR diagnostics of free-free emission,
which uniquely constrain the clumping properties of the wind at
intermediate regions. We have used Herschel/PACS photometric mode to
fill this crucial gap, studying the 70 and 100 micron fluxes. Here, we
present preliminary photometric Herschel/PACS flux measurements of our
sample as well as a first detailed analyses for some of the sources.