Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-12-11
Astron.Astrophys. 417 (2004) 769-774
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for A&A, 7 pages. The article is also available from http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~martin/publications.html
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20034329
The possibility of unaccounted for opacity sources in the UV for late-type stars has often been invoked to explain discrepancies between predicted and observed flux distributions and spectral line strengths. Such missing UV-opacity could among other things have a significant impact on abundance determination for elements whose only relevant spectral features are accessible in this wavelength region, such as Be. Here, the study by Balachandran & Bell (1998) is re-visited in the light of a realistic 3D hydrodynamical solar model atmosphere and the recently significantly downward revised solar O abundance obtained with the same model atmosphere. The amount of missing UV-opacity, if any, is quantified by enforcing that the OH A-X electronic lines around 313 nm produce the same O abundance as the other available diagnostics: OH vibration-rotation and pure rotation lines in the IR, the forbidden [OI] 630.0 and 636.3 nm lines and high-excitation, permitted OI lines. This additional opacity is then applied for the synthesis of the BeII line at 313.0nm to derive a solar photospheric Be abundance in excellent agreement with the meteoritic value, thus re-enforcing the conclusions of Balachandran & Bell. The about 50% extra opacity over accounted for opacity sources can be well explained by recent calculations by the Iron Project for photo-ionization of FeI.
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