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晚型恒星大气中Mg线的形成:I。原子模型

Mg line formation in late-type stellar atmospheres: I. The model atom

Y. Osorio, P. S. Barklem, K. Lind, A. K. Belyaev, A. Spielfiedel, M. Guitou, N. Feautrier

摘要:

镁通常在晚型恒星中使用中性镁线来追踪,这预计会偏离LTE。从原子物理学的角度来看,镁的天体物理重要性以及相对简单,使其成为恒星大气中详细的从头算非LTE建模的主要目标和测试平台。对于Mg i的低激发态,采用R-矩阵方法计算了电子碰撞数据.中性氢碰撞增宽的计算也进行了数据丢失。这些计算,连同文献中的数据,被用来建立一个模型原子。首先,通过与具有已知参数的基准恒星的观测光谱进行比较来测试建模。第二,通过大量的实验探索了谱线的行为和不确定性,在实验中改变或删除了碰撞数据。模拟的光谱与观测光谱吻合得很好。与LTE相比,导出的丰度中的线到线散射显示出改进。在太阳和大角星光谱中观察到的7和12微米处的Mg发射特征被合理地很好地再现。该模型预测,无论是太阳的金属丰度和贫金属,在矮星的非LTE丰度校正是非常小的(0.01德克斯的顺序),甚至比以前的研究中发现的更小。在巨星中,各线之间的校正变化很大,但可以大到0.4 dex。我们的研究结果强调,需要准确的数据与电子和H原子的碰撞精确的非LTE预测恒星光谱,但表明,这样的数据可以计算和从头算非LTE建模不诉诸自由参数是可能的。一系列恒星参数的偏离系数和丰度修正网格计划在即将发表的论文中提出。

英文摘要:

Mg is often traced in late-type stars using lines of neutral magnesium, which is expected to be subject to departures from LTE. The astrophysical importance of Mg as well as its relative simplicity from an atomic physics point of view, makes it a prime target and test bed for detailed ab initio non-LTE modelling in stellar atmospheres. For the low-lying states of Mg i, electron collision data were calculated using the R-matrix method. Calculations for collisional broadening by neutral hydrogen were also performed where data were missing. These calculations, together with data from the literature, were used to build a model atom. First, the modelling was tested by comparisons with observed spectra of benchmark stars with well-known parameters. Second, the spectral line behaviour and uncertainties were explored by extensive experiments in which sets of collisional data were changed or removed. The modelled spectra agree well with observed spectra. The line-to-line scatter in the derived abundances shows improvements compared to LTE. The observed Mg emission features at 7 and 12 microns in the spectra of the Sun and Arcturus are reasonably well reproduced. The modelling predicts non-LTE abundance corrections in dwarfs, both solar metallicity and metal-poor, to be very small (of order 0.01 dex), even smaller than found in previous studies. In giants, corrections vary greatly between lines, but can be as large as 0.4 dex. Our results emphasise the need for accurate data of Mg collisions with both electrons and H atoms for precise non-LTE predictions of stellar spectra, but demonstrate that such data can be calculated and that ab initio non-LTE modelling without resort to free parameters is possible. Grids of departure coefficients and abundance corrections for a range of stellar parameters are planned for a forthcoming paper.

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