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Garcia, Miriam; Bianchi, Luciana
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 606, Issue 1, pp. 497-513.
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2004
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40
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34
Description
We derived the stellar parameters of a sample of Galactic early-O type
stars by analyzing their UV and far-UV spectra from the Far Ultraviolet
Spectroscopic Explorer (905-1187 Å), the International Ultraviolet
Explorer, the Hubble Space Telescope STIS, and the Orbiting and
Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (1200-2000
Å). The data have been modeled with spherical, hydrodynamic,
line-blanketed, non-LTE synthetic spectra computed with the WM-BASIC
code. We obtain effective temperatures ranging from
Teff=41,000 to 39,000 K for the O3-O4 dwarf stars and
Teff=37,500 K for the only supergiant of the sample (O4
If+). Our values are lower than those from previous empirical
calibrations for early-O types by up to 20%. The derived luminosities of
the dwarf stars are also lower by 6%-12% however, the luminosity of the
supergiant is in agreement with previous calibrations within the error
bars. Our results extend the trend found for later O types in a previous
work by Bianchi & Garcia.
Based on observations with the NASA-CNES-CSA FUSE, which is operated by
The Johns Hopkins University under NASA contract NAS5-32985, on IUE
observations from the MAST and INES archives and on MAST archival data
from the HST and the ORFEUS mission.