News from the opacity consortium OPAC

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 2100-014x|43|issue|01003-01003

ISSN: 2100-014x

Source: EPJ Web of Conference, Vol.43, Iss.issue, 2013-03, pp. : 01003-01003

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Abstract

The international OPAC consortium (see list below) was formed three years ago. It is composed of astrophysicists, plasma physicists and experimentalists from different laboratoriesb. This consortium examines specific opacity calculations used in stellar physics. They contribute to solve the problems suggested by the astrophysical community in performing new calculations and new experiments with laser installation. We show here the specific example of the iron opacity peak that plays an important role in the envelope of intermediate-mass and massive stars and we present our first conclusions on iron and nickel.