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Identifying Fe I Levels from Stellar Spectra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2017

Ruth C. Peterson*
Affiliation:
SETI Institute, 189 N Bernardo Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043
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Abstract

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The spectrum of the Fe I atom is critical to many areas of astrophysics and beyond. Measurements of the energies of its high-lying levels remain seriously incomplete. Here we update the work by Peterson & Kurucz (2015) to identify such levels using new and archival high-resolution absorption-line UV and optical spectra of stars whose warm temperatures favor Fe I lines. Our GO-14161 Hubble program will obtain UV spectra for four metal-poor turnoff stars, archive them at ASTRAL, and draw from them the new identifications of 250 – 500 Fe I levels.

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Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

References

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