2004/05/05 by T. Morel, G. Micela
Physics and Astronomy · #Abundance (ecology) #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Biology #Open cluster #Oxygen #Physics #Pleiades #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20040370
published as Astron.Astrophys. 423 (2004) 677-682 · 8 pages, accepted for publication in A&A
arxiv created 2004/05/05 · openalex publication_date 2004/07/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We discuss oxygen abundances derived from [] λ6300 and the triplet in stars spanning a wide range in chromospheric activity level, and show that these two indicators yield increasingly discrepant results with higher chromospheric/coronal activity measures. While the forbidden and permitted lines give fairly consistent results for solar-type disk dwarfs, spuriously high triplet abundances are observed in young Hyades and Pleiades stars, as well as in individual components of RS CVn binaries (up to 1.8 dex). The distinct behaviour of the []-based abundances which consistently remain near-solar suggests that this phenomenon mostly results from large departures from LTE affecting the triplet at high activity level that are currently unaccounted for, but also possibly from a failure to adequately model the atmospheres of K-type stars. These results suggest that some caution should be exercised when interpreting oxygen abundances in active binaries or young open cluster stars.