Allende Prieto, C.
Referencia bibliográfica
Living Reviews in Solar Physics, vol. 13, no. 1
Fecha de publicación:
7
2016
Revista
Número de citas
16
Número de citas referidas
14
Descripción
The determination of photospheric abundances in late-type stars from
spectroscopic observations is a well-established field, built on solid
theoretical foundations. Improving those foundations to refine the
accuracy of the inferred abundances has proven challenging, but progress
has been made. In parallel, developments on instrumentation, chiefly
regarding multi-object spectroscopy, have been spectacular, and a number
of projects are collecting large numbers of observations for stars
across the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, promising important advances
in our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. After providing
a brief description of the basic physics and input data involved in the
analysis of stellar spectra, a review is made of the analysis steps, and
the available tools to cope with large observational efforts. The paper
closes with a quick overview of relevant ongoing and planned
spectroscopic surveys, and highlights of recent research on photospheric
abundances.