A multi-stage machine learning-based method to estimate wind parameters from Ha lines of massive stars

Ortiz, Felipe; Pezoa, Raquel; Cure, Michael; Araya, Ignacio; Venero, R. O. J.; Arcos, Catalina; Escarate, Pedro; Machuca, Natalia; Christen, Alejandra

Keywords: Massive starsstellar parametersstellar windsB-supergiantsdeep learningclassificationclustering

Abstract

This work presents a multi-stage method for estimating wind parameters in the domain of massive stars. We use the Ha non-rotating synthetic spectral lines from the ISOSCELES database’s delta-slow solutions to train a Gaussian Mixture Model-based cluster method and a deep neural network classifier. Then, the observed Ha line profiles are deconvolved and classified into a class that provides a reduced subset of line profiles defined in ISOSCELES. This allows us to accurately and rapidly identify the closest line profile within the selected subset and obtain the wind parameters: v_inf and M. Compared to traditional methods, this multi-stage proposal significantly reduces the computation time required to determine the wind parameters and gives more accurate and objective results. Interesting results of this work include evaluating the method for a sample of 12 B-supergiants, offering a notable improvement in the fitting of the line profiles, as it allows for a better approximation of the shape of the P Cygni lines for both components, absorption, and emission.

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Título de la Revista: ASTRONOMY AND COMPUTING
Volumen: 52
Número: 100941
Editorial: Elsevier
Fecha de publicación: 2025
Idioma: Ingles
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213133725000149?via%3Dihub
DOI:

10.1016/j.ascom.2025.100941

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