On the Perils of Hyperfine Splitting: A Reanalysis of M[CLC]n[/CLC] and S[CLC]c[/CLC] Abundance Trends
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- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 537 (1) , L57-L60
- https://doi.org/10.1086/312749
Abstract
We investigate the impact of hyperfine splitting on stellar abundance analyses of Mn and Sc and find that incorrect hyperfine splitting treatment can lead to spurious abundance trends with metallicity. We estimate corrections to a recent study by Nissen et al. and find (1) [Mn/Fe] is described by a bimodal distribution, with [Mn/Fe] ~ -0.3 for stars with [Fe/H] < -0.7 and [Mn/Fe] ~ -0.05 for stars at higher metallicity, suggestive of a transition between halo/thick-disk and thin-disk populations, and (2) the large majority of stars show nearly solar [Sc/Fe] ratios, although important deviations cannot be ruled out.Keywords
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