Evolutionary synthesis models for starburst and post-starburst galaxies
Synthetic spectra of H Balmer and HeI absorption lines

Rosa M. González Delgado & Claus Leitherer, & Timothy Heckman, 1999, Astrophysical Journal Supplements accepted.

These are evolutionary stellar population synthesis models to predict the spectrum of a single-metallicity stellar population, with a spectral sampling of 0.3 Å in five spectral regions between 3700 Å and 5000 Å. The models, which are optimized for galaxies with active star formation, synthesize the profiles of the hydrogen Balmer series (Hb, Hg, Hd, H8, H9, H10, H11, H12 and H13) and the neutral helium absorption lines (HeI 4922, HeI 4471, HeI 4388, HeI 4144, HeI 4121,  HeI 4026, HeI 4009 and HeI 3819) for a burst with an age ranging from 1 Myr to 10 Gyr, and different assumptions about the stellar initial mass function (IMF). Continuous star formation models lasting for 1 Gyr are also presented. The input stellar library includes NLTE absorption profiles for stars hotter than 25000 K and LTE profiles for lower temperatures. The effective temperature ranges from 4000 K to 50000 K and the gravity  from log(g) = 0.0 to 5.0. The metallicity is solar.

The full set of models is available for retrieval here below and at our american website http://www.stsci.edu/science/starburst/ .

1. Evolutionary population synthetic spectra

1.1 Burst models at solar metallicty (Z=0.02) with different assumptions about the IMF are available in the gziped tar files

burst-235-1-80-Z02.tar.gz   (IMF slope 2.35, Mlow=1 Msol, Mup=80 Msol)
burst-235-1-30-Z02.tar.gz   (IMF slope 2.35, Mlow=1 Msol, Mup=30 Msol)
burst-235-5-80-Z02.tar.gz   (IMF slope 2.35, Mlow=5 Msol, Mup=80 Msol)
burst-235-10-80-Z02.tar.gz (IMF slope 2.35, Mlow=10 Msol, Mup=80 Msol)
burst-100-1-80-Z02.tar.gz   (IMF slope 1.00, Mlow=1 Msol, Mup=80 Msol)
burst-330-1-80-Z02.tar.gz   (IMF slope 3.30, Mlow=1 Msol, Mup=80 Msol)

1.2 A burst model at metallicity Z=0.001 (1/20 Zsol) is in the gziped tar file

burst-235-1-80-Z001.tar.gz   (IMF slope 2.35, Mlow=1 Msol, Mup=80 Msol)
 

Each of these files contains the results for a burst at different ages, from 0.01 Myr to 1 Gyr;
e.g. b1-235-1-80-Z02 is for a 1 Myr burst.
Burst models are computed for a total burst mass of 106 Msol.

1.3 A continuous star formation model (csf) at solar metallicity (Z=0.02) and for a star formation rate of 1 Msol/yr is in the gziped tar file

csf-235-1-80-Z02.tar.gz   (IMF slope 2.35, Mlow=1 Msol, Mup=80 Msol)

This tar contains the files:

csf-H10-235-1-80-Z02        (covers the spectral range: 3720-3920 Å)
csf-Hd-235-1-80-Z02          (covers the spectral range: 3990-4150 Å)
csf-Hg-235-1-80-Z02          (covers the spectral range: 4300-4400 Å)
csf-He4471-235-1-80-Z02  (covers the spectral range: 4420-4550 Å)
csf-Hb-235-1-80-Z02          (covers the spectral range: 4820-4900 Å)
csf-He4922-235-1-80-Z02  (covers the spectral range: 4900-4950 Å)
The format for each of the files described above is:
Column 1: age (yr)
Column 2: wavelength (Å)
Column 3: logarithm of the total luminosity (erg/s/Å)
Column 4: normalized spectrum
Column 5: logarithm of the stellar luminosity (erg/s/Å)
Column 6: logarithm of the nebular continuum luminosity (erg/s/Å)
2. Equivalent widths

The full set of equivalent widths measurements is available in a gziped tar file Ew-models.tar.gz , that contains the following ten files:

Ew-H-burst-235-1-80-Z02.tab    (Ew of the H lines: Hb, Hg, Hd, H8, H9 and H10)
Ew-He-burst-235-1-80-Z02.tab    (Ew of the HeI lines: 4922, 4471, 4388, 4026 and 3819)

Ew-burst-235-1-30-Z02.tab    (Ew of the lines: Hb, Hd, H8, HeI 4471, HeI 4026 and HeI 3819)
Ew-burst-235-5-80-Z02.tab    (Ew of the lines: Hb, Hd, H8, HeI 4471, HeI 4026 and HeI 3819)
Ew-burst-100-1-80-Z02.tab    (Ew of the lines: Hb, Hd, H8, HeI 4471, HeI 4026 and HeI 3819)
Ew-burst-330-1-80-Z02.tab    (Ew of the lines: Hb, Hd, H8, HeI 4471, HeI 4026 and HeI 3819)

Ew-H-csf-235-1-80-Z02.tab    (Ew of the H lines: Hb, Hg, Hd, H8, H9 and H10)
Ew-He-csf-235-1-80-Z02.tab    (Ew of the HeI lines: 4922, 4471, 4388, 4026 and 3819)

Ew-H-burst-235-1-80-Z001.tab    (Ew of the H lines: Hb, Hg, Hd, H8, H9 and H10)
Ew-He-burst-235-1-80-Z001.tab    (Ew of the HeI lines: 4922, 4471, 4388, 4026 and 3819)