期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 804, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/113
关键词
galaxies: abundances; line: formation; radiative transfer; stars: abundances; stars: late-type; supergiants
资金
- National Science Foundation [AST-1108906]
- University Observatory Munich
- STFC [ST/L00061X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/L00061X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1108906] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) calculations for Mg I in red supergiant stellar atmospheres are presented to investigate the importance of NLTE for the formation of Mg I lines in the NIR J-band. Recent work using medium resolution spectroscopy of atomic lines in the J-band of individual red supergiant stars has demonstrated this technique is a very promising tool for investigating the chemical composition of the young stellar population in star forming galaxies. As in previous work, where NLTE effects were studied for iron, titanium, and silicon, substantial effects are found resulting in significantly stronger Mg I absorption lines. For the quantitative spectral analysis the NLTE effects lead to magnesium abundances significantly smaller than in local thermodynamic equilibrium with the NLTE abundance corrections varying smoothly between -0.4 dex and -0.1 dex for effective temperatures between 3400 and 4400 K. We discuss the physical reasons of the NLTE effects and the consequences for extragalactic J-band abundance studies using individual red supergiants in the young massive galactic double cluster h and chi Persei.
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