Asplund, Martin2015-12-130066-4146http://hdl.handle.net/1885/80168The information on the chemical compositions of stars encoded in their spectra plays a central role in contemporary astrophysics. Stellar element abundances are, however, not observed: to decipher the spectral fingerprints in terms of abundances requiresKeywords: Convection; Galactic chemical evolution; Radiative transfer; Stellar abundances; Stellar atmospheres; Stellar nucleosynthesisNew light on stellar abundance analyses: Departures from LTE and homogeneity.200510.1146/annurev.astro.42.053102.1340012015-12-11