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A method to estimate the effect of line blanketing in NLTE radiative transfer calculations

We present a method to estimate the contribution of line opacity to the total opacity as a function of wavelength. The estimated line-opacity function can then be used to simulate line-blanketing in NLTE radiative transfer calculations. Given a reference flux distribution (either observed or theoret...

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Published in:Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) 2001-07, Vol.373 (3), p.993-997
Main Authors: Busá, I., Andretta, V., Gomez, M. T., Terranegra, L.
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Language:English
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Summary:We present a method to estimate the contribution of line opacity to the total opacity as a function of wavelength. The estimated line-opacity function can then be used to simulate line-blanketing in NLTE radiative transfer calculations. Given a reference flux distribution (either observed or theoretical), our method allows to obtain a good estimate of the spectrum without the need for considering in detail all the millions of lines contributing to line blanketing. We applied the method to the spectra computed from a sample of photospheric models with effective temperatures $T_\mathrm{eff}$ $= 4200$, 5200 and 6200 K, $\log g$ $= 4.0$, 4.5, 5.0 and [A/H] $= 0.0$, -1.0, -2.0, taken from the NextGen database (Allard & Hauschildt [CITE]). The computed flux distributions agree quite well with the corresponding LTE line-blanketed NextGenfluxes when we introduce the estimated line-opacity contribution as a multiplicative factor of the continuum opacity in the radiative transfer calculations. In particular we discuss the importance of a correct estimate of the continuum flux, mainly in the UV, in the NLTE formation of the Caii H & K, the Caii InfraRed Triplet (IRT: $\lambda=$ 8498, 8542, 8662), Nai D, Lii and Ki resonance lines.
ISSN:0004-6361
1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361:20010661