Bibcode
DOI
Allende Prieto, Carlos; Hubeny, Ivan; Lambert, David L.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 591, Issue 2, pp. 1192-1202.
Fecha de publicación:
7
2003
Revista
Número de citas
28
Número de citas referidas
24
Descripción
We test our knowledge of the atomic opacity in the solar UV spectrum.
Using the atomic data compiled in the first paper in this series from
modern, publicly available databases, we perform calculations that are
compared with space-based observations of the Sun. At wavelengths longer
than about 2600 Å, LTE modeling can reproduce quite closely the
observed fluxes; uncertainties in the atomic line data account fully for
the differences between calculated and observed fluxes. At shorter
wavelengths, departures from LTE appear to be important, since our LTE
and restricted non-LTE calculations differ. Analysis of visible/near-IR
Na I and O I lines, two species that produce a negligible absorption in
the UV, shows that observed departures from LTE for these species can be
reproduced very accurately with restricted (fixed atmospheric structure)
non-LTE calculations.