Low temperature Rosseland opacities

The molecular data comprise the main opacity sources at either an oxygen-rich or carbon-rich chemistry. We tabulate the opacity coefficients as a function of temperature and, basically, density. Already within a certain chemistry regime an alteration in the carbon abundance causes, due to the special role of the CO molecule, considerable changes in the Rosseland opacity.

The transition from a scaled solar (i.e. oxygen-rich) mixture to the carbon-rich regime results in opacities that can, at low temperatures, be orders of magnitude different compared to the initial situation. The reason is that different molecular absorbers make up the mean opacity in either case. A varying abundance of nitrogen has less pronounced effects but, nevertheless, cannot be neglected.