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NLTE Iron abundance determination in Red Giants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2013

R. Ezzeddine
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université de Montpellier 2, CNRS, France
T. Merle
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astronomie et Astrophysique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique
B. Plez
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université de Montpellier 2, CNRS, France
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Abstract

Our aim is to perform Non-LTE iron abundance calculations on a sample of Kepler red giants with reliable fundamental atmospheric parameters from asteroseismology, specifically log g, in order to calibrate for unknown atomic collisional effects with neutral hydrogen for which quantum mechanical data does not yet exist. Preliminary results show better mutual agreement between FeI and FeII lines as compared to LTE, as well as less FeI abundance dispersion than that of previous work.

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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2013

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