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CP恒星大气中汞同位素分离的模拟:结果和问题

Modelling of mercury isotope separation in CP stellar atmospheres: results and problems

A. Sapar, A. Aret, L. Sapar, R. Poolamäe

摘要:

化学奇特星(CP)大气中异常同位素丰度的形成可以用光致漂移(LID)来解释。这种效应是额外的辐射加速,并出现由于系统的不对称性的辐射通量在部分重叠的同位素谱线配置文件。LID导致具有红移谱线的同位素悬浮和具有蓝移谱线的同位素下沉,从而产生同位素的扩散分离。我们研究了汞作为一个典型的研究同位素丰富的重金属的扩散。我们的模型计算表明,在CP星富含汞的静止大气中,LID导致较重的汞同位素悬浮和较轻的汞同位素下沉。同位素分离过程的精确定量模型需要非常高分辨率的计算和高精度的输入数据,包括关于谱线的超精细和同位素分裂的数据、适当的谱线剖面和撞击截面。微湍流和弱星风的存在可以从根本上减少辐射驱动扩散的影响。

英文摘要:

Formation of anomalous isotope abundances in the atmospheres of chemically peculiar (CP) stars can be explained by light-induced drift (LID). This effect is additional to the radiative acceleration and appears due to systematic asymmetry of radiative flux in partly overlapping isotopic spectral line profiles. LID causes levitation of an isotope with a red-shifted spectral line and sinking of an isotope with a blue-shifted line, generating thus diffusive separation of isotopes. We have studied diffusion of mercury as a typical well-studied isotope-rich heavy metal. Our model computations show that in mercury-rich quiescent atmospheres of CP stars LID causes levitation of the heavier mercury isotopes and sinking of the lighter ones. Precise quantitative modelling of the process of isotope separation demands very high-resolution computations and the high-precision input data, including data on hyperfine and isotopic splitting of spectral lines, adequate line profiles and impact cross-sections. Presence of microturbulence and weak stellar winds can essentially reduce the effect of radiative-driven diffusion.

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