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We present results on carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen abundances for a sample of unevolved metal-poor stars with metallicities in the range —0.3< [Fe/H]< —3. Oxygen abundances derived from different indicators are compared showing consistently that in the range 0.3 >[Fe/H]> —3.0, the [O/Fe] ratio increases from approximately 0 to 1. We find a good agreement between abundances based on the forbidden line, the OH and IR triplet lines when gravities based on Hipparcos parallaxes are considered for the sample stars. Gravities derived from LTE ionization balance in metal-poor stars with [Fe/H]< —1 are likely too low, and could be responsible for an underestimation of the oxygen abundances derived using the [O I] line. [C/Fe] and [N/Fe] ratios appear to be constant, independently of metallicity, in the sanie range. However, they show larger scatter than oxygen at a given metallicity, which could reflect the larger variety of stellar production sites for these other elements.
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Israelian, G., Garcia Lopez, R.J., Rebolo, R. (2000). Early Galactic Evolution of Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen. In: Matteucci, F., Giovannelli, F. (eds) The Evolution of The Milky Way. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 255. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0938-6_4
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