Microscopic diffusion and subdwarfs
P. Morel, A. Baglin
Abstract
The recent distance determinations by HIPPARCOS have allowed to locate very precisely a reasonable set of subdwarfs in the HR diagram. A detailed comparison with evolutionary models is now possible and it has been recently claimed that the observed lower part of the main-sequence is cooler than the computed one. In this paper we show that microscopic diffusion could be the physical explanation of such a systematic shift. We emphazise the fact that, as diffusion alters surface abundances, the initial metal content of the stellar material is higher than the present one. A "calibration" procedure is necessary when comparing observed and theoretical HR diagram, to take into account this effect.
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