Density Dependence of the Detailed Spectral Line Effects on the Opacity of Astrophysical Abundant Elements: Oxygen

A full relativistic detailed-level-accounting approach has been developed independently to deal with the detailed spectral line effects on the opacity of the third most abundant element in stars: oxygen. The atomic energy levels and the oscillator strengths of the radiative transitions between the energy levels are obtained by carrying out the full relativistic one-configuration Dirac-Fock calculations. The photoionization cross sections are obtained via an average atom scheme with a consideration for the splitting of the ionization threshold due to the ionization stages and the term-couplings. As an example, the spectra resolved opacities and the mean opacities of oxygen are calculated to show the importance of the detailed spectral line profiles with the density of the matter.