Gamma-ray line emission from OB associations and young open clusters: I. Evolutionary synthesis models

Details Gamma-ray line emission from OB associations and young open clusters: I. Evolutionary synthesis models Gamma-ray line emission from OB associations and young open clusters: I. Evolutionary synthesis models

2000-10-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0010283v1

A&A 363, 970 (2000)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 17 Figures, Accepted for A&A Main Journal, A&A format

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We have developed a new diagnostic tool for the study of gamma-ray emission lines from radioactive isotopes (such as 26Al and 60Fe in conjunction with other multi-wavelength observables of Galactic clusters, associations, and alike objects. Our evolutionary synthesis models are based on the code of Cervino & Mas-Hesse (1994), which has been updated to include recent stellar evolution tracks, new stellar atmospheres for OB and WR stars, and nucleosynthetic yields from massive stars during hydrostatic burning phases and explosive SN II and SN Ib events. The temporal evolution of 26Al and 60Fe production, the equivalent yield of 26Al per ionising O7 V star (yal), and other observables are predicted for a coeval population. We also employed our model to estimate the steady state nucleosynthesis of a population of solar metallicity. To allow for a fully quantitative analysis of existing and future multi-wavelength observations, we propose a Bayesian approach that allows the inclusion of IMF richness effects and observational uncertainties in the analysis. In particular, a Monte Carlo technique is adopted to estimate probability distributions for all observables of interest. We outline the procedure of exploiting these distributions by applying our model to a fictive massive star association. Applications to existing observations of the Cygnus and Vela regions will be discussed in companion papers.

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