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Continuum Absorption (Hubeny & Mihalas 7; Gray 8)

Continuum Absorption (Hubeny & Mihalas 7; Gray 8). H b-f, f-f H - opacity Other sources Scattering. H bound-free. H bound-free. H bound-free. Final result is sum over all levels that can be ionized by photon of given frequency Dominant in spectral types B, A. H free-free.

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Continuum Absorption (Hubeny & Mihalas 7; Gray 8)

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  1. Continuum Absorption(Hubeny & Mihalas 7; Gray 8) H b-f, f-fH- opacityOther sourcesScattering

  2. H bound-free

  3. H bound-free

  4. H bound-free • Final result is sum over all levels that can be ionized by photon of given frequency • Dominant in spectral types B, A

  5. H free-free • Electron moving close to proton • Photon absorbed … energy into velocity of the electron • Photon emitted … energy from velocity of the electron (bremsstrahlung)

  6. H free-free

  7. H free-free

  8. Negative Hydrogen Ion H-

  9. Negative Hydrogen Ion H-

  10. Negative Hydrogen Ion H- • Cannot exist in hot stars because collisions destroy H- • Can’t exist in cool stars because free electrons needed (from metals) • Dominant in G, K type stars b-f f-f

  11. Molecular Hydrogen • H2- (free-free) in very cool stars • H2+ (bound-free) in A, F stars where equal numbers of neutral H and protons exist

  12. Helium • He I bound-free, free-free in early B stars (threshold λ<504 Angstroms) • He II bound-free, free-free in O stars (threshold λ<227 Angstroms) • He- free-free in cool stars, long wavelength

  13. Metals • Small abundances but still can produce significant bound-free absorption (UV) • Molecules (free-free) in very cool stars:CN-, C2-, H2O-(plus bound-bound molecular bands)

  14. Scattering • Thomson scattering by free electrons • Use Klein-Nishina formula for X-rays • Important in O stars • Rayleigh scattering by atoms or molecules(important in blue, UV in cool stars)

  15. Sum over all absorption coefficients: net opacity [cm2/H particle, cm2/g] • See summary in Collins (1989) • Tabular data (Allen’s AQ), but in most codes calculated for each source of opacity • Example plots in Gray and Bohm-Vitense

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