Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-10-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
ApJ in press, 32 pages including 8 figures (3 fiures, fig.3,5,& 7 in color)
Scientific paper
10.1086/319049
We present predictions of the evolution of the light elements, Li, Be, and B, in the early epochs of the Galactic halo, using a model of supernova-induced chemical evolution based on contributions from supernovae (SNe) and cosmic rays (CRs). The most important prediction from our model is that the abundances of light elements in extremely metal-poor stars might be used as age indicators in the very early stages of an evolving halo population, at times when metallicity in most stars are dominated by local metal enrichment due to nearby SN events, and is poorly correlated with age. Our results show that the best ``cosmic clock'' is the $^6$Li abundance. We have derived relationships among various cosmic-ray parameters. Although our model is successful for certain sets of cosmic-ray parameters, larger energy should be absorbed by energetic particles from each SN than required to the current situation of Galactic disk. We discuss an alternative hypothesis of AGN activity in the early Galaxy as another possible accelerator of CRs.
Suzuki Takeru Ken
Yoshii Yuzuru
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