3D molecular line formation in dwarf carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars

Details 3D molecular line formation in dwarf carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars 3D molecular line formation in dwarf carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars

2009-09-05

arxiv.org/abs/0909.1010v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Poster presented at IAU JD 10, Rio de Janeiro, 10-11 August 2009, published in Memorie della Societa' Astronomica Italiana, Vo

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We present a detailed analysis of the carbon and nitrogen abundances of two dwarf carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars: SDSS J1349-0229 and SDSS J0912+0216. We also report the oxygen abundance of SDSS J1349-0229. These stars are metal-poor, with [Fe/H] < -2.5, and were selected from our ongoing survey of extremely metal-poor dwarf candidates from the Sloan Digital SkySurvey (SDSS). The carbon, nitrogen and oxygen abundances rely on molecular lines which form in the outer layers of the stellar atmosphere. It is known that convection in metal-poor stars induces very low temperatures which are not predicted by `classical' 1D stellar atmospheres. To obtain the correct temperature structure, one needs full 3D hydrodynamical models. Using CO5BOLD 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres and the Linfor3D line formation code, molecular lines of CH, NH, OH and C2 were computed, and 3D carbon, nitrogen and oxygen abundances were determined. The resulting carbon abundances were compared to abundances derived using atomic CI lines in 1D LTE and NLTE. There is not a good agreement between the carbon abundances determined from C2 bands and from the CH band, and molecular lines do not agree with the atomic CI lines. Although this may be partly due to uncertainties in the transition probabilities of the molecular bands it certainly has to do with the temperature structure of the outer layers of the adopted model atmosphere. We explore the influence of the 3D model properties on the molecular abundance determination. In particular, the choice of the number of opacity bins used in the model calculations and its subsequent effects on the temperature structure and molecular line formation is discussed. (Abridged)

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