Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-04-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 7 figures, to appear in Proc. "Influence of Binaries on Stellar Population Studies", eds. Vanbeveren & Van Rensberge
Scientific paper
The observation of the interstellar 1.809 MeV decay-line of radioactive 26Al by the imaging gamma-ray telescope COMPTEL have let to the conclusion, that massive stars and their subsequent core-collapse supernovae are the dominant sources of the interstellar 26Al abundance. Massive stars are known to affect the surrounding interstellar medium by their energetic stellar winds and by the emission of ionising radiation. We present a population synthesis model allowing the correlated investigation of the gamma-ray emission characteristics with integrated matter, kinetic energy and extreme ultra-violet radiation emission of associations of massive stars. We study the time evolution of the various observables. In addition, we discuss systematic as well as statistical uncertainties affecting the model. Beside uncertainties in the input stellar physics such as stellar rotation, mass loss rates or internal mixing modifications due to a unknown binary component may lead to significant uncertainties.
Diehl Roland
Hartmann Dieter H.
Kretschmer Karsten
Oberlack Uwe
Plueschke S.
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