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The Problem of Determining Oxygen Abundances in Old, Metal-Poor Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Robert P. Kraft
Robert P. Kraft*
Affiliation:
UCO/Lick Observatory, Dept of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Abstract

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Determination of accurate oxygen abundances in old metal-poor stars is of importance for a variety of astronomical problems ranging from stellar evolution to cosmology. A brief review is given here of the four basic procedures from which values of [O/Fe] can be estimated.

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Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 399 - 406
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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