Bibcode
Garcia, M.; Najarro, F.; Herrero, A.; Urbaneja, M. A.; Lennon, D. J.; Castro, N.
Bibliographical reference
Massive Stars: From α to Ω, held 10-14 June 2013 in Rhodes, Greece; Online at http://a2omega-conference.net, id.66
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2013
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Description
Very low metallicity massive stars are a key piece to understanding the
infant, extremely metal-poor Universe and its early development. Our
models for these objects rely to a great extent on the theory of
radiation driven winds, important agents of stellar evolution and
feedback. However, the theory of radiation driven winds has only been
thoroughly tested down to SMC metallicities and recent results on
farther galaxies are alarming: the winds of more metal-poor massive
stars may be stronger than predicted by the theory. We present HST-COS
spectra of a sample of stars in IC1613, an irregular galaxy of the Local
Group with Z ≲0.1 Z_{⊙}. This is the first UV spectral
collection of resolved OB stars with poorer metal-content than the SMC,
enabled by COS enhanced sensitivity. We also present wind parameters
derived consistently from joint analysis of the 1150-1800 Å range
together with optical spectra. The results will test the current
paradigm at unexplored low metallicities and increase our knowledge of
massive stars under conditions closer to those of the deep Universe.