Molecular bands in extremely metal-poor stars. Granulation effects

TL;DR

This paper investigates the formation of molecular bands in extremely metal-poor stars using 3D hydrodynamical simulations, highlighting differences from 1D models and discussing computational strategies for spectral synthesis.

Contribution

It provides new insights into molecular band formation in metal-poor stars using 3D simulations and addresses computational challenges in spectral synthesis.

Findings

Differences between 3D hydrodynamical and 1D models in molecular band formation

Identification of computational strategies for spectral synthesis

Insights into abundance determination in metal-poor stars

Abstract

The bands of diatomic molecules are important abundance indicators, especially in metal-poor stars, where they are still measurable in metallicity regimes where the atomic lines of their constituting metallic elements have become vanishingly small. In order to use them for abundance determinations it is imperative to understand the formation of these bands. In this contribution we report on our results obtained using CO5BOLD hydrodynamical simulations. Some effects that are qualitatively different from what found in 1D computations are highlighted. Due to the large number of lines that form the bands, their spectrum synthesis is computationally challenging. We discuss some of the computational strategies we employed to parallelise the computation and possible future developments.