AN ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE ANALYSIS OF THE SUPERFICIALLY NORMAL A STAR VEGA

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作者
ADELMAN, SJ [1 ]
GULLIVER, AF [1 ]
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[1] BRANDON UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,BRANDON R7A 6A9,MANITOBA,CANADA
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Stars: abundances; Stars: early-type; Stars: individual (α Lyr);
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10.1086/168279
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
An elemental abundance analysis of Vega has been performed using high-signal-to-noise 2.4 Å mm-1 Reticon observations of the region λλ4313-4809. Vega is found to be a metal-poor star with a mean under-abundance of 0.60 dex. The He/H ratio of 0.03 as derived from He I λ4472 suggests that the superficial helium convection zone has disappeared and that radiative diffusion is producing the photospheric abundance anomalies.
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