The Challenges of Abundance Analysis for Long-Period Variables

Author(s)
Thomas Lebzelter, Walter Nowotny-Schipper, Kenneth H. Hinkle, Susanne Höfner, Bernhard Aringer, Ulrike Heiter
Abstract

The measurement of elemental abundances of Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars is a highly challenging task that so far has not been solved in a satisfactory way. We report here on our efforts to confront predictions from hydrostatic and dynamical model atmospheres with observational results based on high-resolution spectra of variable and non-variable giants in the globular cluster 47 Tuc. Our goal is to estimate the impact of atmospheric dynamics on the abundance determination.

Organisation(s)
Department of Astrophysics
External organisation(s)
Osservatorio Astronomico, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, Uppsala University
Pages
283-288
Publication date
08-2015
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/the-challenges-of-abundance-analysis-for-longperiod-variables(83924093-30bf-4c58-88c8-577d5977e1d4).html