Another forbidden solar oxygen abundance: the [O I] 5577 Å line

2008/08/20 by Jorge Melendez, J. Meléndez, Martin Asplund +1 · 50 citations
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Abundance (ecology) #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Atmospheric Ozone and Climate #Atomic oxygen #Biology #Chemistry #Context (archaeology) #Ecology #Environmental science #Geography #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Line (geometry) #Mathematics #Organic chemistry #Oxygen #Physics #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810347

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 490(2), 817-821 (EDP Sciences) · Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press

arxiv created 2008/08/20 · openalex publication_date 2008/09/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Recent works with improved model atmospheres, line formation, atomic and molecular data, and detailed treatment of blends have resulted in a significant downward revision of the solar oxygen abundance.

Citations

• A Low Solar Oxygen Abundance from the First‐Overtone OH Lines
• Oscillator Strengths and Damping Constants for Atomic Lines in the J and H Bands
• Fe i line shifts in the optical spectrum of the Sun
• On OH line formation and oxygen abundances in metal-poor stars
• Constraining Solar Abundances Using Helioseismology

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