Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-10-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX. To appear in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/303814
We explore possible depletion factors for Li6 in the three stars where it has been detected. To this end, we assume that 6Li/H scales as 16O/H throughout the galactic evolution, an assumption motivated by the observations of a similar scaling for 9Be. We examine the uncertainties attached to this modeling of 6Li galactic evolution; we also incorporate a recent evaluation of the primordial production of 6Li. The depletion factor D6, for 6Li, in HD84937, is constrained to be less than 4 at 95% c.l.. This depletion factor is an extreme upper limit on the depletion factor for 7Li. We conclude that the primordial abundance of 7Li cannot be higher that twice the observed value, since no current stellar model is able to reproduce the observed trends of 7Li with temperature and metallicity, and yet deplete 7Li by more than a factor 2, while satisfying D6<4. All three 6Li observations are in excellent agreement with all standard expectations: Big-Bang nucleosynthesis with 2<$\eta_{10}$<6.5, and standard isochrones of 6Li survival. We discuss possible deviations from our assumption of 6Li/H scaling with 16O/H, due to alpha-alpha creation of 6Li in various sites. We notably reject stellar flares as a significant source of 6Li in HD84937.
Copi Craig J.
Lemoine Martin
Schramm David N.
Truran Jame. W.
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