Published 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Radiative properties of stellar envelopes: Comparison of asteroseismic results to opacity calculations and measurements for iron and nickel

  • 1. CEA/DSM/IRFU/SAp, UMR 7158, CE Saclay, 91190 Gif sur Yvette, (France)
  • 2. CEA/DSM/IRAMIS/SPAM, CE Saclay, 91190 Gif sur Yvette, (France)
  • 3. LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, (France)
  • 4. CEA DAM/DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, (France)
  • 5. ARTEP, Ellicott City, MD 21042, (United States)
  • 6. Theoretical Division, LANL, Los Alamos NM 87545, (United States)
  • 7. LERMA Observatoire de Paris, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, (France)
  • 8. CELIA, Univ. Bordeaux 1, 351 Cours de la Liberation, 33405 Talence, (France)
  • 9. Computational Physics Div., LANL, Los Alamos NM 87545, (United States)
  • 10. AWE, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, (United Kingdom)
  • 11. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1196, (United States)

Description

The international OPAC consortium consists of astrophysicists, plasma physicists and experimentalists who examine opacity calculations used in stellar physics that appear questionable and perform new calculations and laser experiments to understand the differences and improve the calculations. We report on iron and nickel opacities for envelopes of stars from 2 to 14 M and deliver our first conclusions concerning the reliability of the used calculations by illustrating the importance of the configuration interaction and of the completeness of the calculations for temperatures around 15-27 eV. (authors)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2013.04.004

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
High Energy Density Physics (Print)
Journal Volume
9
Journal Page Range
p. 473-479
ISSN
1574-1818

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
47028773
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; H CODES; IRON; NICKEL; OPACITY; PLASMA; RELIABILITY; STARS
Descriptors DEC
COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTS; METALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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