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HB后恒星HD 76431的光谱分析和丰度

Spectral analysis and abundances of the post-HB star HD 76431

V. Khalack, B. Yameogo, F. LeBlanc, G. Fontaine, E. Green, V. Van Grootel, P. Petit

摘要:

HD 76431是一颗缓慢旋转的后HB恒星,相对于太阳值,它的氦丰度不足0.5 dex。这些观察事实表明,其大气层中的原子扩散可能很活跃。利用TLUSTY和SYNSPEC计算的模型大气和合成光谱,利用MMT和Bok光谱估算了目标星的大气参数。计算得到的有效温度、表面重力、氦丰度与Ramspeck等人(2001 b)的结果一致。看来NLTE效应对HD76431并不重要。我们已经使用斯托克斯我从ESPaDOns在CFHT光谱进行丰度分析和搜索的观测证据的垂直分层的丰富的某些元素。我们的丰度分析结果与以前公布的平均丰度数据一致。我们的数值模拟表明,碳和氮揭示了HD76431大气中的垂直丰度分层的签名。看来,碳丰度增加向更深的大气层。氮也表现出类似的行为,但在更深的大气层中,我们得到了一个显着的分散估计其丰度。据我们所知,这是第一个演示的垂直丰度分层的后HB星,到目前为止,它是最热的恒星,显示这样的分层功能。我们还报告了在以前的研究中没有检测到的HD76431的光谱中的两个Si III和一个Ti III发射线的检测。

英文摘要:

HD76431 is a slow rotating post-HB star that shows an underabundance of helium by 0.5 dex relative to the solar value. These observational facts suggest that atomic diffusion could be active in its atmosphere. We have used the MMT and Bok spectra to estimate the atmospheric parameters of the target star using the model atmospheres and synthetic spectra calculated with TLUSTY and SYNSPEC. The derived values of the effective temperature, surface gravity, helium abundance are consistent with those obtained by Ramspeck et al. (2001b). It appears that NLTE effect are not important for HD76431. We have used Stokes I spectra from ESPaDOnS at CFHT to perform an abundance analysis and a search for observational evidence of vertical stratification of the abundance of certain elements. The results of our abundance analysis are in good agreement with previously published data with respect to average abundances. Our numerical simulations show that carbon and nitrogen reveal signatures of vertical abundance stratification in the atmosphere of HD76431. It appears that the carbon abundance increases toward the deeper atmospheric layers. Nitrogen also shows a similar behaviour, but in deeper atmospheric layers we obtain a significant dispersion for the estimates of its abundance. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of vertical abundance stratification of metals in a post-HB star and up to now it is the hottest star to show such stratification features. We also report the detection of two SiIII and one TiIII emission lines in the spectra of HD76431 that were not detected in previous studies.

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