# Project VeSElkA: Abundance analysis of chemical species in HD41076 and   HD148330

**Authors:** V. Khalack, G. Gallant, C. Thibeault

arXiv: 1706.07008 · 2017-08-11

## TL;DR

This study introduces a semi-automatic method for analyzing high-resolution stellar spectra to determine chemical abundances and vertical stratification in the atmospheres of HD41076 and HD148330, providing detailed compositional profiles.

## Contribution

The paper presents a novel semi-automatic approach for abundance analysis that efficiently processes multiple spectral lines and reveals vertical abundance stratification in stellar atmospheres.

## Key findings

- Identified specific elemental abundance deficits and overabundances in HD41076.
- Detected vertical stratification of several elements in both stars.
- Provided detailed atmospheric parameters and chemical profiles for the stars.

## Abstract

A new semi-automatic approach is employed to carry out the abundance analysis of high-resolution spectra of HD41076 and HD148330 obtained recently with the spectropolarimetre ESPaDOnS at the CFHT. This approach allows to prepare in a semi-automatic mode the input data for the modified ZEEMAN2 code and to analyse several hundreds of line profiles in sequence during a single run. It also provides more information on abundance distribution for each chemical element at the deeper atmospheric layers. Our analysis of the Balmer profiles observed in the spectra of HD41076 and HD148330 has resulted in the estimates of their effective temperature, gravity, metallicity and radial velocity. The respective models of stellar atmosphere have been calculated with the code PHOENIX and used to carry out abundance analysis employing the modified ZEEMAN2 code. The analysis shows a deficit of the C, N, F, Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Cu, Y, Mo, Sm and Gd, and overabundance of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Sr, Zr, Ba, Ce, Nd and Dy in the stellar atmosphere of HD41076. In the atmosphere of HD148330, the C, N and Mo appear to be underabundant, while the Ne, Na, Al, Si, P, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Sr, Y, Zr, Ba, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd and Dy are overabundant. We also have found signatures of vertical abundance stratification of Fe, Ti, Cr and Mn in HD41076, and of Fe, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Y, Zr, Ce, Nd, Sm and Gd in HD148330.

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## References

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