A non-LTE study of neutral and singly-ionized iron line spectra in 1D models of the Sun and selected late-type stars

Details A non-LTE study of neutral and singly-ionized iron line spectra in 1D models of the Sun and selected late-type stars A non-LTE study of neutral and singly-ionized iron line spectra in 1D models of the Sun and selected late-type stars

2011-01-24

arxiv.org/abs/1101.4570v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

19 pages, 8 figures, online material, accepted by A&A

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A comprehensive model atom for Fe with more than 3000 energy levels is presented. As a test and first application of this model atom, Fe abundances are determined for the Sun and five stars with well determined stellar parameters and high-quality observed spectra. Non-LTE leads to systematically depleted total absorption in the Fe I lines and to positive abundance corrections in agreement with the previous studies, however, the magnitude of non-LTE effect is smaller compared to the earlier results. Non-LTE corrections do not exceed 0.1 dex for the solar metallicity and mildly metal-deficient stars, and they vary within 0.21 dex and 0.35 dex in the very metal-poor stars HD 84937 and HD 122563, respectively, depending on the assumed efficiency of collisions with hydrogen atoms. Based on the analysis of the Fe I/Fe II ionization equilibrium in these two stars, we recommend to apply the Drawin formalism in non-LTE studies of Fe with a scaling factor of 0.1. For the Fe II lines, non-LTE corrections do not exceed 0.01 dex in absolute value. The solar non-LTE abundance obtained from 54 Fe I lines is 7.56+-0.09 and the abundance from 18 Fe II lines varies between 7.41+-0.11 and 7.56+-0.05 depending on the source of the gf-values. Thus, gf-values available for the iron lines are not accurate enough to pursue high-accuracy absolute abundance determinations. Lines of Fe I give, on average, a 0.1 dex lower abundance compared to those of Fe II lines for HD 61421 and HD 102870, even when applying a differential analysis relative to the Sun. A disparity between Fe I and Fe II points to problems of stellar atmosphere modelling or/and effective temperature determination.

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