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Table 2

Stellar and wind parameters of the GW progenitor models on the main sequence, compared to the earliest-type main sequence stars observed in the SMC and IC 1613 (see the original publications for details).

Models of BH progenitors Empirical parameters of early low-Z O stars

Identifier MI 1 MII 1 E 5 Sk 183 Cl* NGC MPG 324 Cl* NGC MPG 355 [BUG2007] A 13
(Table 1) (Table A.2) (Table A.3)

Spectral type O3 V((f*)) O3 V((f*)) O3 V((f*))z O3 V((f*)) O4 V((f)) O2 III(f*) O3 V((f))
T [kK] 52.2 50.4 54.1 47.5 41.5 52.5 42.5
log (L/L) 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5 6.0 5.6
vrot [km s-1] 381 433 60/sini 70/sini 110/sini
v [km s-1] 3160 2790 1980 3000 2300 2200 2800
M [M] 63 50 50 38 44 64 30
Z/Z 0.1 0.05 0.005 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.14
log  [M yr-1] –6.0 –6.7 –7.8 –7.0 –7.0 –6.7 –6.6

Notes. Empirically derived stellar parameters for the SMC stars: Sk 183 (Evans et al. 2012); Cl* NGC 346 MPG 324, Cl* NGC 346 MPG 355 (Bouret et al. 2003); [BUG2007] A 13 (Garcia et al. 2014; Bouret et al. 2015).

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