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早期银河系中的氧:作为极端贫金属巨星中氧丰度示踪剂的OH谱线

Oxygen in the early Galaxy: OH lines as tracers of oxygen abundance in extremely metal-poor giant stars

A. Kucinskas, V. Dobrovolskas, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, H. -G. Ludwig, M. Steffen, M. Spite

摘要:

氧是银河系化学演化的强有力的示踪元素。不幸的是,在紫外-红外恒星光谱中只有少数氧谱线可用于可靠地确定其丰度。此外,使用不同的谱线获得的氧丰度通常显著不一致。因此,在这方面的贡献,我们调查是否在1D流体静力学模型大气中使用的丰度测定对流处理不当可能是造成这种分歧。为此,我们使用VLT CRIRES光谱的三个EMP巨星,以及三维流体动力学CO $^5$ BOLD和一维流体静力学LHD模型大气,研究对流的红外(IR)OH线的形成中的作用。我们的研究结果表明,对流的存在导致显着更强的IR OH线。结果表明,用3D流体动力学模型和经典的1D流体静力学模型大气,由IR OH线确定的氧丰度的差异可达-0.2 ~1.5。-0.3dex。对于所研究的三颗EMP巨星,我们用1514-1626 nm的振动-转动IR OH谱线测定的3DLTE氧丰度与以前用[O I] 630 nm禁戒谱线测定的氧丰度有很好的一致性。

英文摘要:

Oxygen is a powerful tracer element of Galactic chemical evolution. Unfortunately, only a few oxygen lines are available in the ultraviolet-infrared stellar spectra for the reliable determination of its abundance. Moreover, oxygen abundances obtained using different spectral lines often disagree significantly. In this contribution we therefore investigate whether the inadequate treatment of convection in 1D hydrostatic model atmospheres used in the abundance determinations may be responsible for this disagreement. For this purpose, we used VLT CRIRES spectra of three EMP giants, as well as 3D hydrodynamical CO$^5$BOLD and 1D hydrostatic LHD model atmospheres, to investigate the role of convection in the formation of infrared (IR) OH lines. Our results show that the presence of convection leads to significantly stronger IR OH lines. As a result, the difference in the oxygen abundance determined from IR OH lines with 3D hydrodynamical and classical 1D hydrostatic model atmospheres may reach -0.2 ... -0.3 dex. In case of the three EMP giants studied here, we obtain a good agrement between the 3D LTE oxygen abundances determined by us using vibrational-rotational IR OH lines in the spectral range of 1514-1626 nm, and oxygen abundances determined from forbidden [O I] 630 nm line in previous studies.

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