Oxygen in Pleiades and M34 dwarfs

Relative O abundances have been derived using model atmospheres interpolated from four different sets of ATLAS9 grids. In contrast to existing non-LTE (NLTE) predictions, a dramatic increase in the O I triplet abundance with decreasing temperature is seen for both clusters, regardless of the atmospheric model.

S I abundances of three Pleiades stars derived from the high-excitation {lambda}6053 feature mimic the O I abundance behavior. O abundances have also been derived from the [O I] {lambda}6300 feature in three Pleiades stars; the abundances exhibit a much lower mean value than do the cool dwarf triplet results. Inasmuch as the [O I] abundances are presumed to be free from NLTE effects, their mean values ([O/H]_6300_=+0.14) provide the current best estimate of the Pleiades O abundance.