Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-07-03
Astrophys.J.595:1154-1181,2003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
41 pages, 12 tables, 17 figures. Accepted for publication in Oct. 2003 ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/377443
We present oxygen abundances derived from both the permitted and forbidden oxygen lines for 55 subgiants and giants with [Fe/H] values between -2.7 and solar with the goal of understanding the discrepancy in the derived abundances. A first attempt, using \teff{} values from photometric calibrations and surface gravities from luminosities, obtained agreement between the indicators for turn-off stars, but the disagreement was large for evolved stars. We find that the difference in the oxygen abundances derived from the permitted and forbidden lines is most strongly affected by \teff{}, and we derive a new \teff{} scale based on forcing the two sets of lines to give the same oxygen abundances. These new parameters, however, do not agree with other observables, such as theoretical isochrones or Balmer-line profile based \teff{} determinations. Our analysis finds that one-dimensional, LTE analyses (with published NLTE corrections for the permitted lines) cannot fully resolve the disagreement in the two indicators without adopting a temperature scale incompatible with other temperature indicators. We also find no evidence of circumstellar emission in the forbidden lines, removing such emission as a possible cause for the discrepancy.
Fulbright Jon P.
Johnson Jennifer A.
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