Ci Non-LTE Spectral Line Formation in Late-Type Stars [chapter]

D. Fabbian, M. Asplund, M. Carlsson
Chemical Abundances and Mixing in Stars in the Milky Way and its Satellites  
We present non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (non-LTE) calculations for neutral carbon spectral line formation, carried out for a grid of model atmospheres covering the range of late-type stars. The results of our detailed calculations suggest that the carbon non-LTE corrections in these stars are higher than usually adopted, remaining substantial even at low metallicity. For the most metal-poor stars in the sample of Akerman et al. (2004) , the effects are of the order of ∆ log C −0.35... −
more » ... .45 (when neglecting H collisions). Applying our results to those observations, the apparent [C/O] upturn seen in their LTE analysis is no longer present, thus revealing no need to invoke contributions from Pop. III stars to the carbon nucleosynthesis.
doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34136-9_18 fatcat:ie2mvlawdrhklaz2ncdx7ndldm