ERC Consolidator Grant · 2021
Model Atmospheres of the Progenitor Stars to Supernovae and Black Holes: Finally in 3D!
Stars with masses many times that of our Sun are the direct progenitors to cosmic phenomena such as supernova explosions, black holes, and gravitational wave (GW) sources. Through electromagnetic observations we obtain empirical information of such massive stars, however decoding the radiation reaching us through our telescopes is a highly non-trivial exercise. To constrain fundamental properties like temperatures, radii, chemical abundances, and mass loss, the observed radiation is fit by means of model stellar atmospheres. Observations and theory show that the radiation-dominated atmospheres of massive stars are highly complex, multi-dimensional systems. However, although 3D model…
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