Bibcode
DOI
Allende Prieto, Carlos; Lambert, David L.; Asplund, Martin
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 573, Issue 2, pp. L137-L140.
Fecha de publicación:
7
2002
Revista
Número de citas
380
Número de citas referidas
334
Descripción
An accurate determination of photospheric solar abundances requires
detailed modeling of the solar granulation and accounting for departures
from local thermodynamical equilibrium (LTE). We argue that the
forbidden C I line at 8727 Å is largely immune to departures from
LTE and can be realistically modeled using LTE radiative transfer in a
time-dependent three-dimensional simulation of solar surface convection.
We analyze the [C I] line in the solar flux spectrum to derive the
abundance logɛ(C)=8.39+/-0.04 dex. Combining this result with
our parallel analysis of [O I] λ6300, we find C/O=0.50+/-0.07, in
agreement with the ratios measured in the solar corona from gamma-ray
spectroscopy and solar energetic particles.