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Fluxes in M Giants With Improved Water Vapor Opacity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
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In the atmospheres of cool oxygen-rich stars, water vapor is the most important molecular absorber. Yet no laboratory or theoretical spectrum exists for water vapor of sufficient detail to be useful for radiative transfer calculations in a stellar atmosphere. Because of the complexities of its bent triatomic structure, this deficiency is not likely to the be resolved soon. We have, therefore, undertaken the preparation of a synthetic spectrum for water vapor.
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- 2. Model Photospheres and Chemical Compositions
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