OH and CH continuous opacity in solar and stellar atmospheres
Abstract
Continuous absorption cross sections of OH and CH have been computed for the temperature range 1000 K to 9000 K. Both OH and CH produce significant ultraviolet opacity in the sun and cool stars. CH is also significant in the visible at 400 nm.
atmospheric opticsopacitysolar atmospherestellar atmospheresabsorption cross sectionshydroxyl radicalsmolecular spectraspectral energy distributionvisible spectrum
