Spectroscopic Observations of Convective Patterns in the Atmospheres of Metal-Poor Stars

Details Spectroscopic Observations of Convective Patterns in the Atmospheres of Metal-Poor Stars Spectroscopic Observations of Convective Patterns in the Atmospheres of Metal-Poor Stars

1999-07-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9907046v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

27 pages, LaTeX; 10 Figures (14 PostScript files); to be published in The Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/308019

Convective line asymmetries in the optical spectrum of two metal-poor stars, Gmb1830 and HD140283, are compared to those observed for solar metallicity stars. The line bisectors of the most metal-poor star, the subgiant HD140283, show a significantly larger velocity span that the expectations for a solar-metallicity star of the same spectral type and luminosity class. The enhanced line asymmetries are interpreted as the signature of the lower metal content, and therefore opacity, in the convective photospheric patterns. These findings point out the importance of three-dimensional convective velocity fields in the interpretation of the observed line asymmetries in metal-poor stars, and in particular, urge for caution when deriving isotopic ratios from observed line shapes and shifts using one-dimensional model atmospheres. The mean line bisector of the photospheric atomic lines is compared with those measured for the strong Mg I b1 and b2 features. The upper part of the bisectors are similar, and assuming they overlap, the bottom end of the stronger lines, which are formed higher in the atmosphere, goes much further to the red. This is in agreement with the expected decreasing of the convective blue-shifts in upper atmospheric layers, and compatible with the high velocity redshifts observed in the chromosphere, transition region, and corona of late-type stars.

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