Colloquium
BaSTI_IAC - a stellar model library@IAC: Past, present and ... future

Abstract

Stellar models are a crucial ingredients for a pletora of fundamental research fields in Astrophysics: from the planet-host stars to Galactic Archaeology, from fundamental Physics to the study/understanding of far-away unresolved galaxies, from helio/astero-seismology to exotic stellar objects such as Blue Stragglers, Blue Hook stars, millisecond pulsars, supernova progenitors, etc. There are various stellar model libraries available in the literature, each one with its own pro and cons; some of them being more suitable for specific research topics. In any case, the use of any stellar model library should not ignore the knowledge of the limitations affecting each library. In this talk, we present the BaSTI_IAC stellar model library that has been developed in the context of a strong collaboration with staff members of the IAC; we discuss the main characteristics of this library, and make a comparison with some of the most commonly used model libraries available in literature. We present also some important recent applications of the BaSTI_IAC library to various scientific problems. At the end we discuss the ongoing effort to improve/extend the library as well as our wish to include additional stellar and sub-stellar mass ranges, with hope to foster new collaborations/synergies with colleagues@IAC.