Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-02-04
Astrophys.Space Sci. 265 (1999) 77-86
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 3 figures, in "Galaxy evolution : Connecting the distant Universe with the local fossil record", Edts M. Spite and F
Scientific paper
10.1023/A:1002197712862
Light element nucleosynthesis is an important chapter of nuclear astrophysics. Specifically, the rare and fragile light nuclei Lithium, Beryllium and Boron (LiBeB) are not generated in the normal course of stellar nucleosynthesis (except Li7) and are, in fact, destroyed in stellar interiors. This characteristic is reflected in the low abundance of these simple species. Optical measurements of the beryllium and boron abundances in halo stars have been achieved by the 10 meter KECK telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope.These observations indicate a quasi linear correlation between Be and B vs Fe, at least at low metallicity. Aside GCRs, which are accelerated in the general interstellar medium (ISM) and create LiBeB through the break up of CNO by fast protons and alphas, Wolf-Rayet stars (WR) and core collapse supernovae (SNII) grouped in superbubbles could produce copious amounts of light elements via the fragmentation in flight of rapid carbon and oxygen nuclei colliding with H and He in the ISM.
Cass'e Michel
Vangioni-Flam Elisabeth
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