ISOSCELES: Grid of stellar atmosphere and hydrodynamic models of massive stars

Abstract

Spectroscopy can decode the radiation from stars in an appropriate way and derive many properties of different stellar objects. In this work we seek to derive simultaneously stellar and wind parameters of massive stars. To model the data we use the radiative transport code Fastwind with the hydrodynamic solutions derived using our stationary code Hydwind as input, instead of the β-law. Then, ISOSCELES, our grid of stellar atmosphere and hydrodynamic models of massive stars, is used to derive the physical properties of the observed spectra through spectral line fittings. This quantitative spectroscopic analysis provide an estimation about the line–force parameters, whose theoretical calculations are complex. In addition, we expect to confirm that the hydrodynamic δ-slow solutions, describe quite reliable the radiation line-driven winds of A and late B supergiant stars and, at the same time, explain disagreements between observational data and theoretical models for the Wind–Momentum Luminosity Relationship (WLR).