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2. Reduction of spectrograms

The stellar lines were identified with the general references A Multiplet Table of Astrophysical Interest (Moore 1945) and Wavelengths and Transition Probabilities for Atoms and Atomic Ions, Part 1 (Reader & Corliss 1980) as well as the more specialized references P II (Svendenius et al. 1983), P III (Magnusson & Zetterberg 1987), Mn II (Iglesias & Velasco 1964), Fe II (Johansson 1978), and Ga II (Isberg & Litzen 1985). We measured CASLEO spectrograms which cover tex2html_wrap_inline1142 for tex2html_wrap_inline1038 Leo, tex2html_wrap_inline1146 for 7 Sex, tex2html_wrap_inline1148 for HR 4817, and tex2html_wrap_inline1150 for 28 Her. Although these spectra extended further into the blue, we did not utilize these regions as they were too heavily line blanketed at our dispersion for equivalent width comparisons.

For 7 Sex, the previous spectroscopic material consisted of tex2html_wrap_inline1152 KPNO CCD spectrograms covering approximately tex2html_wrap_inline1154, tex2html_wrap_inline1156, and tex2html_wrap_inline1158 and a DAO tex2html_wrap_inline1160 Reticon spectrogram of tex2html_wrap_inline1162. In the region of overlap tex2html_wrap_inline1164, comparison of the equivalent widths of 18 unblended lines yields
displaymath1134
which indicates good agreement except for a minor offset in the zero point.

For tex2html_wrap_inline1038 Lep, the previous analysis used coadded tex2html_wrap_inline1160 DAO IIaO spectrograms (9 U plates and 11 V plates). Comparison of 17 equivalent widths in the tex2html_wrap_inline1170 region yields
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and for 28 Her whose previous analysis also used a similar coaddition (14 U and 20 V plates), comparison of 20 equivalent widths in the tex2html_wrap_inline1172 region, yields
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a result which is in not as good agreement.

For HR 4817, the previous spectroscopic material is tex2html_wrap_inline1152 KPNO CCD spectrograms covering approximately tex2html_wrap_inline1176, tex2html_wrap_inline1178, tex2html_wrap_inline1180, and tex2html_wrap_inline1182. In the region of overlap tex2html_wrap_inline1184, comparison of the equivalent widths of 18 lines yields
displaymath1137
in better agreement than for 7 Sex.

Thus the CASLEO equivalent width scale is marginally larger than that based on KPNO CCD and DAO Reticon spectrograms. The discrepancies with the photographic DAO equivalent widths may well reflect problems with the calibration and continuum placement. But please note that only isolated lines which were typically tex2html_wrap_inline1186 and larger were used for the comparison.

 

tex2html_wrap_inline1188(Å)

tex2html_wrap_inline1038 Lep 7 Sex HR 4817 28 Her

4009

0.02 ... ... ...
4026 0.03 ... ... 0.01
4120 0.03 ... ... ...
4144 0.02 ... 0.06 ...
4388 0.04 0.10 ... 0.01
4438 0.03 ... ... 0.01
4472 0.02 0.12 0.04 0.02
4713 0.02 0.11 0.04 0.01
4921 0.02 0.08 ... ...
average 0.03 0.10 0.05 0.01

Table 1: He/H Values

 

 

Star

Species gf values n tex2html_wrap_inline1196 log Fe/tex2html_wrap_inline1198 tex2html_wrap_inline1200 log Fe/tex2html_wrap_inline1198
km/s km/s

7 Sex

Fe I MF+KX 51 1.7 -4.19 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.25 1.6 -4.19 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.25
MF 46 1.7 -4.22 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.23 1.7 -4.22 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.23
Fe II MF+KX 67 1.5 -4.35 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.26 1.4 -4.33 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.26
MF 37 1.8 -4.48 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.19 1.8 -4.48 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.19
adopted 1.7
tex2html_wrap_inline1038 Lep Fe II MF+KX 107 0.2 -4.60 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.24 0.4 -4.61 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.23
MF 44 0.3 -4.67 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.25 0.4 -4.68 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.28
adopted 0.3
HR 4817 Fe II MF+KX 65 0.0 -4.85 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.27 0.0 -4.85 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.27
MF 25 0.0 -4.94 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.23 0.0 -4.94 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.23
adopted 0.0
28 Her Fe I MF+KX 90 0.0 -4.37 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.31 0.0 -4.37 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.31
83 0.0 -4.38 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.32 0.0 -4.38 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.32
Fe II MF+KX 223 0.2 -4.35 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.22 0.0 -4.35 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.22
MF 56 0.5 -4.40 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.20 0.5 -4.40 tex2html_wrap_inline1206 0.20
adopted 0.2

Table 2: Determination of the microturbulences

Reference: MF = Fuhr et al. (1988).
KX = Kurucz (1993).
 


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