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author Vink, Jorick S.
Crowther, Paul
Fullerton, Alex
Garcia, Miriam
Martins, Fabrice
Morrell, Nidia
Oskinova, Lida
Louis, Nicole St.
ud-Doula, Asif
Sander, Andreas
Sana, Hugues
Bouret, Jean-Claude
Kubatova, Brankica
Marchant, Pablo
Martins, Lucimara P.
Wofford, Aida
van Loon, Jacco
Telford, O. Grace
Götberg, Ylva
Bowman, Dominic
Erba, Christi
Kalari, Venu
Collaboration, The XShootU
author_facet Vink, Jorick S.
Crowther, Paul
Fullerton, Alex
Garcia, Miriam
Martins, Fabrice
Morrell, Nidia
Oskinova, Lida
Louis, Nicole St.
ud-Doula, Asif
Sander, Andreas
Sana, Hugues
Bouret, Jean-Claude
Kubatova, Brankica
Marchant, Pablo
Martins, Lucimara P.
Wofford, Aida
van Loon, Jacco
Telford, O. Grace
Götberg, Ylva
Bowman, Dominic
Erba, Christi
Kalari, Venu
Collaboration, The XShootU
contents The Hubble Space Telescope has devoted 500 orbits to observing 250 massive stars with low metallicity in the ultraviolet (UV) range within the framework of the ULLYSES program. The X-Shooting ULLYSES (XShootU) project enhances the legacy value of this UV dataset by providing high-quality optical and near-infrared spectra, which are acquired using the wide-wavelength-coverage X-shooter spectrograph at ESO's Very Large Telescope. XShootU emphasises the importance of combining UV with optical spectra for the consistent determination of key stellar parameters such as effective temperature, surface gravity, luminosity, abundances, and wind characteristics including mass-loss rates as a function of metallicity. Since uncertainties in these parameters have implications across various branches of astrophysics, the data and modelling generated by the XShootU project are poised to significantly advance our understanding of massive stars at low metallicity. This is particularly crucial for confidently interpreting JWST data of the earliest stellar generations, making XShootU a unique resource for comprehending individual spectra of low-metallicity stars.
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spellingShingle X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive Stars at Low Metallicity
Vink, Jorick S.
Crowther, Paul
Fullerton, Alex
Garcia, Miriam
Martins, Fabrice
Morrell, Nidia
Oskinova, Lida
Louis, Nicole St.
ud-Doula, Asif
Sander, Andreas
Sana, Hugues
Bouret, Jean-Claude
Kubatova, Brankica
Marchant, Pablo
Martins, Lucimara P.
Wofford, Aida
van Loon, Jacco
Telford, O. Grace
Götberg, Ylva
Bowman, Dominic
Erba, Christi
Kalari, Venu
Collaboration, The XShootU
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
The Hubble Space Telescope has devoted 500 orbits to observing 250 massive stars with low metallicity in the ultraviolet (UV) range within the framework of the ULLYSES program. The X-Shooting ULLYSES (XShootU) project enhances the legacy value of this UV dataset by providing high-quality optical and near-infrared spectra, which are acquired using the wide-wavelength-coverage X-shooter spectrograph at ESO's Very Large Telescope. XShootU emphasises the importance of combining UV with optical spectra for the consistent determination of key stellar parameters such as effective temperature, surface gravity, luminosity, abundances, and wind characteristics including mass-loss rates as a function of metallicity. Since uncertainties in these parameters have implications across various branches of astrophysics, the data and modelling generated by the XShootU project are poised to significantly advance our understanding of massive stars at low metallicity. This is particularly crucial for confidently interpreting JWST data of the earliest stellar generations, making XShootU a unique resource for comprehending individual spectra of low-metallicity stars.
title X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive Stars at Low Metallicity
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00085