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Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · arXiv:0908.1386 v2 · submitted 10 Aug 2009

Spectral synthesis including massive binaries

John J. Eldridge, Elizabeth R. Stanway

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“We conclude that incorporation of massive stellar binaries can improve the agreement between observations and synthetic spectral synthesis codes, particularly for systems with young stellar populations.”

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Abstract

We have constructed a new code to produce synthetic spectra of stellar populations that includes massive binaries. We have tested this code against the broadband colours of unresolved young massive stellar clusters in nearby galaxies, the equivalent widths of the Red and Blue Wolf-Rayet bumps in star-forming SDSS galaxies and the UV and optical spectra of the star forming regions Tol-A and B in NGC5398. In each case we find a good agreement between our models and observations. We find that in general binary populations are bluer and have fewer red supergiants, and thus significantly less flux in the I-band and at longer wavelengths, than single star populations. Also we find that Wolf-Rayet stars occur over a wider range of ages up to 10^7 years in a stellar population including binaries, increasing the UV flux and Wolf-Rayet spectral features at later times. In addition we find that nebula emission contributes significantly to these observed properties and must be considered when comparing stellar models with observations of unresolved stellar populations. We conclude that incorporation of massive stellar binaries can improve the agreement between observations and synthetic spectral synthesis codes, particularly for systems with young stellar populations.

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SentenceRoleThe authors' own workStates the main conclusionStrength
We have constructed a new code to produce synthetic spectra of stellar populations that includes massive binaries. contribution 0.93 0.97 0.04 asserted 1.00
We have tested this code against the broadband colours of unresolved young massive stellar clusters in nearby galaxies, the equivalent widths of the Red and Blue Wolf-Rayet bumps in star-forming SDSS galaxies and the UV and optical spectra of the star forming regions Tol-A and B in NGC5398. method 0.88 0.93 0.02 asserted 1.00
In each case we find a good agreement between our models and observations. result 0.99 0.95 0.05 asserted 1.00
We find that in general binary populations are bluer and have fewer red supergiants, and thus significantly less flux in the I-band and at longer wavelengths, than single star populations. result 1.00 0.96 0.10 asserted 1.00
Also we find that Wolf-Rayet stars occur over a wider range of ages up to 10^7 years in a stellar population including binaries, increasing the UV flux and Wolf-Rayet spectral features at later times. result 1.00 0.96 0.05 asserted 1.00
In addition we find that nebula emission contributes significantly to these observed properties and must be considered when comparing stellar models with observations of unresolved stellar populations. result 0.76 0.90 0.04 asserted 1.00
We conclude that incorporation of massive stellar binaries can improve the agreement between observations and synthetic spectral synthesis codes, particularly for systems with young stellar populations. interpretation 0.97 0.68 0.97 hedged possibility 0.84

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