Métallicité

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En astrophysique, la métallicité d'un objet astronomique est la fraction de sa masse qui n'est pas constituée d'hydrogène ou d'hélium. La métallicité quantifie l'importance des processus nucléosynthétiques dans l'origine de la matière constituant l'objet considéré (étoile, milieu interstellaire, galaxie, quasar). L'indice de métallicité (souvent appelé simplement métallicité), [M/H] ou [Fe/H], véhicule sensiblement la même information sous une autre forme. Le nom métallicité vient du fait qu'en astrophysique on qualifie de métaux (ou d'éléments lourds) tous les éléments chimiques plus « lourds » que l'hélium (les éléments de numéro atomique supérieur à 2). L'intérêt porté à ces éléments vient de ce que, d'une part ils sont peu abondants à l'échelle de l'Univers (un à quelques pour cent en masse, contre 74 % pour l'hydrogène et 23 à 25 % pour l'hélium), d'autre part ils ont été formés différemment (nucléosynthèse stellaire). La métallicité est ordinairement notée

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