NLTE determination of the aluminium abundance in a homogeneous sample of extremely metal-poor stars

S. M. Andrievsky, M. Spite, F. Spite, P. Bonifacio, R. Cayrel, Vanessa Hill, P. François

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2008 · 145 citations · 51 references

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Aims. Aluminium is a key element to constrain the models of the chemical enrichment and the yields of the first supernovae. But obtaining precise Al abundances in extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars requires that the non-LTE effects be carefully taken into account.

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