Abundances and search for vertical stratification in the atmospheres of four HgMn stars

Abstract

Using high resolution, high-S/N archival UVES spectra, we have performed a detailed spectroscopic analysis of 4 chemically peculiar HgMn stars (HD 71066, HD 175640, HD 178065 and HD 221507). Using spectrum synthesis, mean photospheric chemical abundances are derived for 22 ions of 16 elements. We find good agreement between our derived abundances and those published previously by other authors. For the 5 elements that present a sufficient number of suitable lines, we have attempted to detect vertical chemical stratification by analyzing the dependence of derived abundance as a function of optical depth. For most elements and most stars we find no evidence of chemical stratification with typical 3σupper limits of Δ\log N_elem/N_tot~0.1-0.2 dex per unit optical depth. However, for Mn in the atmosphere of HD 178065 we find convincing evidence of stratification. Modeling of the line profiles using a two-step model for the abundance of Mn yields a local abundance varying approximately linearly by ~0.7 dex through the optical depth range log τ_5000=-3.6 to -2.8.

11 figures, 9 tables, table 6-9 (online material), accepted by MNRAS

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