Cosmological Cosmic Rays and the observed Li6 plateau in metal poor halo stars

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2004-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0412426v2

Astrophys.J.627:666-673,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 6 figures, version accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/430401

Very recent observations of the Li6 isotope in halo stars reveal a Li6 plateau about 1000 times above the predicted BBN abundance. We calculate the evolution of Li6 versus redshift generated from an initial burst of cosmological cosmic rays (CCRs) up to the formation of the Galaxy. We show that the pregalactic production of the Li6 isotope can account for the Li6 plateau observed in metal poor halo stars without additional over-production of Li7. The derived relation between the amplitude of the CCR energy spectra and the redshift of the initial CCR production puts constraints on the physics and history of the objects, such as pop III stars, responsible for these early cosmic rays. Consequently, we consider the evolution of Li6 in the Galaxy. Since Li6 is also produced in Galactic cosmic ray nucleosynthesis, we argue that halo stars with metallicities between [Fe/H] = -2 and -1, must be somewhat depleted in Li6.

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