Rayleigh Scattering in atmospheres of the Hot-Stars

Jakub Fišák (PřF MU Brno)

The Rayleigh scattering is mostly neglected in the hot star atmosphere models. The Rayleigh scattering originates from the interaction of light with atoms having bound electrons. All hydrogen atoms are almost ionized and heavier elements have low abundance relatively to hydrogen. In the atmospheres of some chemically peculiar stars the helium overabundant regions are present and Rayleigh scattering could be a significant opacity source. In this work we show the contribution of the Rayleigh scattering on neutral hydrogen and singly ionized helium in the atmospheres of stars with solar composition and for helium overabundant stars (N(He)/N(H)=10). We conclude that the Rayleigh scattering should be included in the model atmospheres of B stars, especially in the case of helium strong stars.
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