m).
The models are fully described in the PhD Thesis of L. Decin [4] and
references therein. Since the models
are well documented and validated at the shortest wavelengths, we prefer to use one
consistent set throughout the entire short wavelength section of SWS.
Furthermore, the absolute calibration of the synthetic spectra applied the same photometry as the photometry used by Cohen for the absolute calibration of composites and templates. The scaling of the models to the photometry of the composites guarantees the consistency with the use of the Cohen composites and templates for the long-wavelength section.
For the early-type stars used in band 2A and the short-wavelength end of 2C, the differences between the composites/templates by Cohen and the synthetic spectra by Decin are less than two percent. We are confident that the models themselves are not introducing 2% features in any AOT band of the short wavelength section of SWS.