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利用E-ELT观测的近红外光谱研究恒星的前景

Prospects of Stellar Abundance Studies from Near-IR Spectra Observed with the E-ELT

Nils Ryde

摘要:

2006年,欧洲南方天文台理事会批准了一项欧洲天文台望远镜的B阶段研究,该望远镜具有42米分段式主镜和5面反射镜设计,即E-ELT。一些报告和工作组已经提出了E-ELT的科学案例,特别是利用这种大型望远镜的新功能。设计的目的之一是在E-ELT和詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜JWST之间找到性能平衡。除了更大的光子收集面积外,前者的优点是可达到的更高的空间和光谱分辨率。E-ELT AO系统将在近红外区域具有最佳性能,这使其具有特别的优势。然而,近红外的高分辨率光谱学还没有被讨论太多。本文旨在填补这一空白,通过具体讨论恒星(主要是红巨星),光球丰度光谱。基于对恒星丰度的文献研究,在近红外(0.8-2.4微米)所需的中高光谱分辨率下,我将尝试将已发表的结果外推到E-ELT的性能,并探索在E-ELT上可以做些什么。将讨论在近红外恒星丰度分析所需的仪器特性。

英文摘要:

In 2006 ESO Council authorized a Phase B study of a European AO-telescope with a 42 m segmented primary with a 5-mirror design, the E-ELT. Several reports and working groups have already presented science cases for an E-ELT, specifically exploiting the new capabilities of such a large telescope. One of the aims of the design has been to find a balance in the performances between an E-ELT and the James Webb Space Telescope, JWST. Apart from the larger photon-collecting area, the strengths of the former is the higher attainable spatial and spectral resolutions. The E-ELT AO system will have an optimal performance in the near-IR, which makes it specially advantageous. High-resolution spectroscopy in the near-infrared has, however, not been discussed much. This paper aims at filling that gap, by specifically discussing spectroscopy of stellar (mainly red giant), photospheric abundances. Based on studies in the literature of stellar abundances, at the needed medium to high spectral resolutions in the near-infrared (0.8-2.4 microns), I will try to extrapolate published results to the performance of the E-ELT and explore what could be done at the E-ELT in this field. A discussion on what instrument characteristics that would be needed for stellar abundance analyses in the near-IR will be given.

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