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太阳附近早期B型恒星的碳丰度。C II/III/IV的非LTE谱线形成和自洽大气参数

Carbon abundances of early B-type stars in the solar vicinity. Non-LTE line-formation for C II/III/IV and self-consistent atmospheric parameters

M. F. Nieva, N. Przybilla

摘要:

早期B型恒星化学成分的精确测定构成了对恒星和星系化学演化的基本观测约束。碳是宇宙中最丰富的金属之一,但对早期类型恒星的分析显示出不确定的结果,例如C II中不同谱线的分析之间存在很大差异,未能建立C II/III电离平衡,以及系统性地比其他天体更低的丰度。我们提出了一个全面的和强大的C II/III/IV模型的非LTE线形成计算的基础上精心挑选的原子数据。该模型是校准与高S/N光谱的6个明显的慢旋转早期B型矮星和巨星,其中包括一个广泛的参数范围内,随机分布在太阳附近。一个自洽的定量光谱分析进行使用广泛的迭代方案,以确定恒星大气参数,并选择适当的原子数据用于化学丰度的推导。我们建立了碳电离平衡的基础上,一组独特的输入原子数据的所有样本星,实现所有建模线的一致性。高精度的大气参数和均匀的碳丰度与减少系统误差。这导致了现今太阳附近恒星的碳丰度,这与最近测定的太阳值和猎户座H II区域的气相丰度非常一致。均匀的现今碳丰度也符合银河系化学演化模型的预测。本方法使我们能够限制系统误差对基本参数和丰度的影响。(节略)

英文摘要:

Precise determinations of the chemical composition in early B-type stars consitute fundamental observational constraints on stellar and galactochemical evolution. Carbon is one of the most abundant metals in the Universe but analyses in early-type stars show inconclusive results, like large discrepancies between analyses of different lines in C II, a failure to establish the C II/III ionization balance and the derivation of systematically lower abundances than from other objects. We present a comprehensive and robust C II/III/IV model for non-LTE line-formation calculations based on carefully selected atomic data. The model is calibrated with high-S/N spectra of six apparently slow-rotating early B-type dwarfs and giants, which cover a wide parameter range and are randomly distributed in the solar neighbourhood. A self-consistent quantitative spectrum analysis is performed using an extensive iteration scheme to determine stellar atmospheric parameters and to select the appropriate atomic data used for the derivation of chemical abundances. We establish the carbon ionization balance for all sample stars based on a unique set of input atomic data, achieving consistency for all modelled lines. Highly accurate atmospheric parameters and a homogeneous carbon abundance with reduced systematic errors are derived. This results in a present-day stellar carbon abundance in the solar neighbourhood, which is in good agreement with recent determinations of the solar value and with the gas-phase abundance of the Orion H II region. The homogeneous present-day carbon abundance also conforms with predictions of chemical-evolution models for the Galaxy. The present approach allows us to constrain the effects of systematic errors on fundamental parameters and abundances. (abridged)

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