X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity. I. Project description

Vink, Jorick S.; Mehner, A.; Crowther, P. A.; Fullerton, A.; Garcia, M.; Martins, F.; Morrell, N.; Oskinova, L. M.; St-Louis, N.; ud-Doula, A.; Sander, A. A. C.; Sana, H.; Bouret, J. -C.; Kubátová, B.; Marchant, P.; Martins, L. P.; Wofford, A.; van Loon, J. Th.; Grace Telford, O.; Götberg, Y.; Bowman, D. M.; Erba, C.; Kalari, V. M.; Abdul-Masih, M.; Alkousa, T.; Backs, F.; Barbosa, C. L.; Berlanas, S. R.; Bernini-Peron, M.; Bestenlehner, J. M.; Blomme, R.; Bodensteiner, J.; Brands, S. A.; Evans, C. J.; David-Uraz, A.; Driessen, F. A.; Dsilva, K.; Geen, S.; Gómez-González, V. M. A.; Grassitelli, L.; Hamann, W. -R.; Hawcroft, C.; Herrero, A.; Higgins, E. R.; John Hillier, D.; Ignace, R.; Istrate, A. G.; Kaper, L.; Kee, N. D.; Kehrig, C.; Keszthelyi, Z.; Klencki, J.; de Koter, A.; Kuiper, R.; Laplace, E.; Larkin, C. J. K.; Lefever, R. R.; Leitherer, C.; Lennon, D. J.; Mahy, L.; Maíz Apellániz, J.; Maravelias, G.; Marcolino, W.; McLeod, A. F.; de Mink, S. E.; Najarro, F.; Oey, M. S.; Parsons, T. N.; Pauli, D.; Pedersen, M. G.; Prinja, R. K.; Ramachandran, V.; Ramírez-Tannus, M. C.; Sabhahit, G. N.; Schootemeijer, A.; Reyero Serantes, S.; Shenar, T.; Stringfellow, G. S.; Sudnik, N.; Tramper, F.; Wang, L.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics

Fecha de publicación:
7
2023
Número de autores
81
Número de autores del IAC
2
Número de citas
26
Número de citas referidas
15
Descripción
Observations of individual massive stars, super-luminous supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and gravitational wave events involving spectacular black hole mergers indicate that the low-metallicity Universe is fundamentally different from our own Galaxy. Many transient phenomena will remain enigmatic until we achieve a firm understanding of the physics and evolution of massive stars at low metallicity (Z). The Hubble Space Telescope has devoted 500 orbits to observing ∼250 massive stars at low Z in the ultraviolet (UV) with the COS and STIS spectrographs under the ULLYSES programme. The complementary X-Shooting ULLYSES (XShootU) project provides an enhanced legacy value with high-quality optical and near-infrared spectra obtained with the wide-wavelength coverage X-shooter spectrograph at ESO's Very Large Telescope. We present an overview of the XShootU project, showing that combining ULLYSES UV and XShootU optical spectra is critical for the uniform determination of stellar parameters such as effective temperature, surface gravity, luminosity, and abundances, as well as wind properties such as mass-loss rates as a function of Z. As uncertainties in stellar and wind parameters percolate into many adjacent areas of astrophysics, the data and modelling of the XShootU project is expected to be a game changer for our physical understanding of massive stars at low Z. To be able to confidently interpret James Webb Space Telescope spectra of the first stellar generations, the individual spectra of low-Z stars need to be understood, which is exactly where XShootU can deliver.

Table B.1 and full Table B.2 are available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr (ftp://130.79.128.5) or via https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/675/A154

Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory under ESO programme 106.211Z.001.

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