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Uncertainties in Stellar Abundance Analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Martin Asplund*
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mt Stromlo Observatory, Cotter Rd, ACT 2611, Australia

Abstract

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Over the last half-century quantitative stellar spectroscopy has made great progress. However, most stellar abundance analyses today still employ rather simplified models, which can introduce severe systematic errors swamping the observational errors. Some of these uncertainties for late-type stars are briefly reviewed here: atomic and molecular data, stellar parameters, model atmospheres and spectral line formation.

Type
I. Joint Discussions
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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