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Castro, Norberto; Urbaneja, Miguel A.; Evans, Chris; Garcia, Miriam; Herrero, A.; Bresolin, Fabio
Bibliographical reference
Massive Stars: From α to Ω, held 10-14 June 2013 in Rhodes, Greece; Online at http://a2omega-conference.net, id.58
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2013
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Description
In the last years thoughtful quantitative analyses of extragalactic blue
massive stars have shown not only that these studies are doable even at
large distances (e.g. ˜2 Mpc away), but also essential for a
better understanding of host galaxies and stellar evolution, in
environments with different metallicities. Carrying out a systematic
analysis is mandatory. We present in this work the tools and the
FASTWIND stellar grids designed for overcoming this issue, measuring
stellar parameters and chemical abundances. We have applied these
techniques to the complete sample of blue massive stars observed in NGC
3109, a low metallicity irregular galaxy at 1.3 Mpc, by the ARAUCARIA
project and presented by Evans et al. (2007). We report the first
systematic quantitative analysis in this galaxy, together with the
stellar parameters and the evolution stages of these objects. The
chemical composition obtained will shed new light about the chemical
composition and distribution along NGC 3109.