Effective temperatures, and radii of luminous O and B stars - A test for the accuracy of the model atmospheres

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Atmospheric Models, B Stars, O Stars, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Temperature, Early Stars, Radii, Stellar Magnitude, Stellar Spectra, Supergiant Stars, Ultraviolet Astronomy

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Integrated total flux and the IR flux are used by the method of Blackwell and Shallis (1977) to derive effective temperatures and angular diameters for 37 early-type stars which range in spectral type from O8 to B2, cover the luminosity classes Ia-V, and include Zeta Pup (O4 If). It is found that: (1) the observed flux distribution for supergiants does not agree with line-blanketed model atmosphere predictions; (2) the observed flux at wavelengths lower than 2000 A is smaller than predicted; and (3) the Balmer jump is smaller than predicted. The temperatures derived, to an accuracy of 1000-1500 K, are 1500 K smaller than those derived in an analogous way by Underhill et al (1979), and angular diameters are found to be in agreement with those from interferometric data.

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