Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-06-27
Astrophys.J. 521 (1999) 753-763
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
22 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, ApJ style, accepted
Scientific paper
10.1086/307578
We report new statistical equilibrium calculations for Fe I and Fe II in the atmosphere of Late-Type stars. We used atomic models for Fe I and Fe II having respectively 256 and 190 levels, as well as 2117 and 3443 radiative transitions. Photoionization cross-sections are from the Iron Project. These atomic models were used to investigate non-LTE effects in iron abundances of Late-Type stars with different atmospheric parameters. We found that most Fe I lines in metal-poor stars are formed in conditions far from LTE. We derived metallicity corrections of about 0.3 dex with respect to LTE values, for the case of stars with [Fe/H] ~ -3.0. Fe II is found not to be affected by significant non-LTE effects. The main non-LTE effect invoked in the case of Fe I is overionization by ultraviolet radiation, thus classical ionization equilibrium is far to be satisfied. An important consequence is that surface gravities derived by LTE analysis are in error and should be corrected before final abundances corrections. This apparently solves the observed discrepancy between spectroscopic surface gravities derived by LTE analyses and those derived from Hipparcos parallaxes. A table of non-LTE [Fe/H] and log g values for a sample of metal-poor late-type stars is given.
Idiart T. P.
Thévenin Frédéric
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