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The Computation of Molecular Abundances and Opacities in the Atmospheres of Late-Type Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Christopher M. Sharp
Christopher M. Sharp*
Affiliation:
T-4 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA

Abstract

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The presence of molecules in cool stellar atmospheres can dominate the opacity. Some calculations have been done with a carbon-rich mixture of C/0=2, and the molecules C2, CN, HCN and C2H2 are major sources of opacity due to their large abundances. New calculations with HCN and C2H2 show they can be important.

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Type
Stellar Atmospheres
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 120: Astrochemistry , 1987 , pp. 407 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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