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Limits to radiative acceleration calculations: lithium and iron

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2006

G. Alecian ,
O. Richard ,
S. Vauclair ,
J. Richer  and
G. Michaud
J. Richer
Affiliation:
Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, PQ, H3C 3J7
G. Michaud
Affiliation:
Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, PQ, H3C 3J7
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Abstract

The accuracy with which it is possible to calculate theoretically the positions ofenergy levels and the low density (in frequency) of the grid on which opacity sampling is calculated bothlimit the accuracy with which the effect ofblends can be determined. For species such as Fe for which a large number of transitionsare involved in calculations, this leads to a small effect since, statistically, cancellations occur. However the effect can be large for an element such as Li with only a few transitions contributing to its radiative acceleration, grad(Li), at any given stellar radius. In particular, the Fe lines are shown to modify grad(Li) in and below the Fe convection zone but the modification depends on Fe level positions.This is analyzed quantitatively here using the OPAL data base. The grad(Li) are found to be uncertain by a factor of 2 in Pop I stars but of 1.03 in Pop II stars.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 17: Element Stratification in Stars: 40 Years of Atomic Diffusion , 2005 , pp. 53 - 59
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2005

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