Bibcode
Garcia, M.; Herrero, A.; Najarro, Francisco; Lennon, Daniel J.; Alejandro Urbaneja, Miguel
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 788, Issue 1, article id. 64, 25 pp. (2014).
Fecha de publicación:
6
2014
Revista
Número de citas
59
Número de citas referidas
48
Descripción
We present the first quantitative ultraviolet spectroscopic analysis of
resolved OB stars in IC 1613. Because of its alleged very low
metallicity (lsim1/10 Z ☉, from H II regions), studies
in this Local Group dwarf galaxy could become a significant step forward
from the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) toward the extremely metal-poor
massive stars of the early universe. We present HST-COS data covering
the ~1150-1800 Å wavelength range with resolution R ~ 2500. We
find that the targets do exhibit wind features, and these are similar in
strength to SMC stars. Wind terminal velocities were derived from the
observed P Cygni profiles with the Sobolev plus Exact Integration
method. The v ∞-Z relationship has been revisited. The
terminal velocity of IC 1613 O stars is clearly lower than Milky Way
counterparts, but there is no clear difference between IC 1613 and SMC
or LMC analog stars. We find no clear segregation with host galaxy in
the terminal velocities of B-supergiants, nor in the v
∞/v esc ratio of the whole OB star sample in
any of the studied galaxies. Finally, we present the first evidence that
the Fe-abundance of IC 1613 OB stars is similar to the SMC, which is in
agreement with previous results on red supergiants. With the confirmed
~1/10 solar oxygen abundances of B-supergiants, our results indicate
that IC 1613's α/Fe ratio is sub-solar.
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