Physical and wind properties of hot luminous. stars with ULLYSES
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Massive stars are rare, though dominate the radiative, mechanical and chemical feedback in star-forming galaxies. Metal-poor massive stars are especially important since they are believed to be the progenitors of LIGO/VIRGO/KAGRA gravitational wave mergers and can be seen collectively in the rest-frame UV light of distant star-forming galaxies. This project seeks to exploit a major new HST Legacy programme ULLYSES which is obtaining high quality UV spectroscopy of hundreds of metal-poor massive stars, from which physical, chemical and wind properties will be obtained, allowing refinements to mass-loss prescriptions for massive stars, including the role of metallicity in driving winds from comparison with Galactic counterparts, which directly influences their ultimate fate as core collapse supernovae.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Paul Crowther (Primary Supervisor) | |
Thaer Alkousa (Student) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ST/X508743/1 | 01/10/2022 | 30/09/2026 | |||
2745664 | Studentship | ST/X508743/1 | 01/10/2022 | 31/03/2026 | Thaer Alkousa |