Bibcode
González Hernández, J. I.; Bonifacio, P.; Ludwig, H.-G.; Caffau, E.; Behara, N. T.; Freytag, B.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 519, id.A46
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2010
Journal
Citations
34
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Description
Context. Oxygen is the third most common element in the Universe. The
measurement of oxygen lines in metal-poor unevolved stars, in particular
near-UV OH lines, can provide invaluable information about the
properties of the Early Galaxy. Aims: Near-UV OH lines constitute
an important tool to derive oxygen abundances in metal-poor dwarf stars.
Therefore, it is important to correctly model the line formation of OH
lines, especially in metal-poor stars, where 3D hydrodynamical models
commonly predict cooler temperatures than plane-parallel hydrostatic
models in the upper photosphere. Methods: We have made use of a
grid of 52 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres for dwarf stars computed
with the code CO5BOLD, extracted from the more extended
CIFIST grid. The 52 models cover the effective temperature range
5000-6500 K, the surface gravity range 3.5-4.5 and the metallicity range
-3 < [Fe/H] < 0. Results: We determine 3D-LTE abundance
corrections in all 52 3D models for several OH lines and ion{Fe}{i}
lines of different excitation potentials. These 3D-LTE corrections are
generally negative and reach values of roughly -1 dex (for the OH 3167
with excitation potential of approximately 1 eV) for the higher
temperatures and surface gravities. Conclusions: We apply these
3D-LTE corrections to the individual O abundances derived from OH lines
of a sample the metal-poor dwarf stars reported in Israelian et al.
(1998, ApJ, 507, 805), Israelian et al. (2001, ApJ, 551, 833) and
Boesgaard et al. (1999, AJ, 117, 492) by interpolating the stellar
parameters of the dwarfs in the grid of 3D-LTE corrections. The new
3D-LTE [O/Fe] ratio still keeps a similar trend as the 1D-LTE, i.e.,
increasing towards lower [Fe/H] values. We applied 1D-NLTE corrections
to 3D ion{Fe}{i} abundances and still see an increasing [O/Fe] ratio
towards lower metallicites. However, the Galactic [O/Fe] ratio must be
revisited once 3D-NLTE corrections become available for OH and Fe lines
for a grid of 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres.