Theoretical Stellar Energy Distributions
Robert L. Kurucz
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Robert L. Kurucz
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Summary We are working hard to improve model atmospheres because existing models have numerical errors, an unphysical treatment of convection, an inadequate or non-existant treatment of statistical equilibrium, an arbitrarily chosen microturbulent velocity, an arbitrarily chosen helium abundance, and a greatly underestimated line opacity for iron group elements.
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Summary We are working hard to improve model atmospheres because existing models have numerical errors, an unphysical treatment of convection, an inadequate or non-existant treatment of statistical equilibrium, an arbitrarily chosen microturbulent velocity, an arbitrarily chosen helium abundance, and a greatly underestimated line opacity for iron group elements.
Key concepts: Opacity, Line (geometry), Physics, Helium, Convection, Abundance (ecology), Stellar atmosphere, Astrophysics