GrayStar 2.0

Pedagogical stellar atmosphere and spectral line modeling in JavaScript with JQuery. Visualization in HTML.

ishort "at" ap.smu.ca

Input (hover for tool tips):

Click to show/hide stellar parameters

Stellar atmosphere parameters
Effective temperature, Teff (3000 - 25000 K) Log10 surface gravity, log(g) (2.0 - 5.5 cm s-2 = dynes g-1) Mean opacity factor (0.1 - 3.0 x solar)
Stellar mass (0.25 - 5.0 MSun)

Click to show/hide spectral line parameters

Spectral line parameters
Line center wavelength, λ0 (250 - 19000 nm)
Line strength:
A12 Number density (3.0 - 9.0) Log10 Oscillator strength, log f, (-6.0 - +1.0) Ground ionization E, χI (eV) (5.0 - 15.0) Excitation E, χl (eV) (0 - χI - χI+5)
Line width:
Microturbulence, ξ T, (0.0 - 4.0 km s-1) Particle mass (1 - 60 amu) Log10 Wing broadening factor, γ (0.0 - 1.0)

Click to show/hide pre-set star and spectral line examples

Sample standard stars
User parameters Sun Vega (Photometric zero) Arcturus Procyon
Sample Fraunhofer spectral lines
User parameters Na I D1 Na I D2 Mg I b1

Output:

Hide/Show: Tvsr Tvsτ Pvsτ Ivsϑ Fvsλ Line χvsN Star HRD