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Modeling Small Stellar Populations Using Starburst99

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2017

Gerardo A. Vázquez  and
Claus Leitherer
Gerardo A. Vázquez
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Salisbury University, 1101 Camden Ave, Salisbury MD, 21801, USA email: [email protected]
Claus Leitherer
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr, Baltimore MD, 21218, USA email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In this work, we have developed a new approach to form stars from clusters first, where massive stars are formed from fractions of mass of small stellar clusters. This new approximation is based on the empirical power law found in recent years and the maximum stellar mass that can be formed in a cluster. To produce the new models we have used the most recent version of Starburst99 that incorporates the most recent stellar evolution models with rotation. At the verge of solving nearby stellar populations and observing small stellar populations across the universe, this new approach brings a new scope on trying to disentangle the nature of hyper and supermassive stars in small stellar populations. Models for NGC 3603 and NGC 604 are presented. Our most important result is a strong ionizing power from small clusters by forming enough supermassive stars in a cluster of ~ 104 M⊙.

Keywords

supermassive star clustersstellar population synthesisgalaxy evolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 12 , Symposium S316: Formation, evolution, and survival of massive star clusters , August 2015 , pp. 359 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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