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NGC 3125-A1 revisited at higher spectral resolution with COS G160M

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2024

A. Wofford Open the ORCID record for A. Wofford [Opens in a new window] ,
A. Sixtos Open the ORCID record for A. Sixtos [Opens in a new window] ,
L. Smith ,
S. Charlot  and
G. Bruzual
A. Wofford*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Unidad Académica en Ensenada, Km 103 Carr. Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada 22860, México
A. Sixtos
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Unidad Académica en Ensenada, Km 103 Carr. Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada 22860, México
L. Smith
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
S. Charlot
Affiliation:
Sorbonne Université, UPMC-CNRS, UMR7095, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, F-75014 Paris, France
G. Bruzual
Affiliation:
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, UNAM, Campus Morelia, Michoacán, C.P. 58089, México
*
email: awofford@astro.unam.mx
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Abstract

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Super star cluster (SSC) A1 in starburst galaxy NGC 3125 has the strongest broad He II λ1640 emission line ever observed in the nearby Universe and constitutes an important template for interpreting observations of galaxies that are located out to a redshift of z∼3. We use observations of SSC A1 obtained with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) on board of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in order to check if there is a contribution of nebular emission to the He II line. In addition, we compare the COS G130M + G160M observations of A1 (1150 – 1750∘A) to the latest Charlot & Bruzual population synthesis models, which account for Very Massive Stars (VMS) of up to 300 Mȯ. A model with Z = 0.008 and age = 2.4 Myr provides a very reasonable fit to the C III λ1175, N V λ1240, C IV λ1550, He II λ1640, and N IV λ1718 stellar-wind features, although the O V λ1371 line is not well reproduced. Overall, our results show the great improvement of stellar evolution and population synthesis models over the past decade, and in particular, the improved formulation of stellar mass loss rates.

Keywords

techniques: spectroscopicgalaxies: starburstgalaxies: stellar contentultraviolet: stars
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 18 , Symposium S361: Massive Stars Near and Far , May 2022 , pp. 58 - 62
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