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Jan 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...402..680g&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 402, no. 2, p. 680-693.
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Carbon Stars, Stellar Composition, Stellar Envelopes, Abundance, Astronomical Models, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Opacity, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Temperature
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Results of observations of the carbon star TX Psc at high resolution in the 4000/cm spectral region and at moderate resolution from 2500 to 8000/cm are reported. The opacity sampling technique is employed to present model atmospheres of carbon stars with normal solar oxygen abundance and deep envelope composition that include HCN and C2H2. The oxygen abundance of TX Psc is found to be more accurately represented by a deep envelope composition depleted in oxygen by roughly two orders of magnitude than by a solar oxygen abundance. Polyatomic opacities influence the CO line depths and the derived oxygen abundance as a second-order effect. Polyatomic bands appear to be far too strong in the models, implying the need for another source of opacity to backwarm the outer atmosphere and thereby limit the polyatomic band depths. Dust, rather than polyatomic molecules, is a candidate for the backwarming opacity.
Alexander Richard D.
Goebel John Henry
Goorvitch David
Larson Harold P.
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