Bibcode
Norton, Aimee A.; Socas-Navarro, H.
Referencia bibliográfica
American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #25.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.131
Fecha de publicación:
5
2007
Número de citas
0
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Descripción
In this work we present support for recent claims that advocate a
downward revision of the solar oxygen abundance. Our analysis employs
spatially-resolved spectro-polarimetric observations including the Fe I
lines at 6302 Angstroms, and the O I infrared triplet around 7774
Angstroms, in the quiet Sun. We used the Fe I lines to reconstruct the
three-dimensional thermal and magnetic structure of the atmosphere. The
simultaneous O I observations were then employed to determine the
abundance of oxygen at each pixel, using both LTE and non-LTE (NLTE)
approaches to the radiative transfer. In this manner, we obtain values
of log eo=8.64 (NLTE) and 8.94 (LTE) dex. We find an unsettling
fluctuation of the oxygen abundance over the field of view. This is
likely an artifact indicating that, even with this relatively refined
strategy, important physical ingredients are still missing in the
picture. By examining the spatial distribution of the abundance, we
estimate realistic confidence limits of approximately 0.1 dex.