Physics
Scientific paper
May 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997pnas...94.4836d&link_type=abstract
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 94, Issue 10, pp. 4836-4841
Physics
Scientific paper
Observers have found a small number of lithium-depleted halo stars in the temperature range of the Spite plateau. The current status of the mass-loss hypothesis for producing the observed lithium dip in Population (Pop) I stars is briefly discussed and extended to Pop II stars as a possible explanation for these halo objects. Based on detections of F-type main-sequence variables, mass loss is assumed to occur in a narrow temperature region corresponding to this ``instability strip.'' As Pop II main-sequence stars evolve to the blue, they enter this narrow temperature region, then move back through the lower temperature area of the Spite plateau. If [Note: See the image of page 4836 for this formatted text] 0.05 M(solar mass) or more have been lost, they will show lithium depletion. This hypothesis affects the lithium-to-beryllium abundance, the ratio of high- to low-lithium stars, and the luminosity function. Constraints on the mass-loss hypothesis due to these effects are discussed. Finally, mass loss in this temperature range would operate in stars near the turnoff of metal-poor globular clusters, resulting in apparent ages 2 to 3 Gyr (gigayears) older than they actually are.
Dearborn David S. P.
Schramm David N.
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