Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1996
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.305, p.245
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Stars: Abundances, Population Ii, Galaxy: Abundances
Scientific paper
A detailed analysis of neutral iron lines in a sample of 13 metal-poor dwarfs and subgiants is carried out on the basis of high resolution spectra obtained with the ESO Coude Echelle Spectrometer. The deduced iron abundance is found to depend on the excitation potential of the line used, higher excitation lines generally indicating higher abundances. This could be caused by departures from the local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) or by temperature inhomogeneities in the stellar atmospheres. The dependency of this effect on the stellar atmospheric parameters is investigated. From the comparison of iron lines with lines of other elements, it is concluded that the low excitation FeI lines are much more affected than the high excitation lines. The consequences of these effects for the classical abundance analyses are examined. It is found that they may explain, at least in part, some previously reported discrepancies between the results of different authors.
Magain Pierre
Zhao Gang
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