Beryllium Abundances in NGC 6633

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We have found a super-Li-rich F-dwarf in NGC 6633, an iron-poor analogue of the better studied Hyades and Praesepe open clusters. This (currently) unique star may be the smoking gun for the action of diffusion, models of which predict a narrow ``Li-Peak'' at roughly the right temperature. Such strong evidence for the action of diffusion has not been seen in the F-stars of other young clusters and we hypothesize that this may be due to the low overall metallicity of NGC 6633. If diffusion is prevalent in all the hot F-stars of NGC 6633, then models make quite specific predictions about the behavior of Be abundances, which we will test using the Keck I/HIRES combination. We should see ``Be-Peak'' stars with 10 times overabundant Be at temperatures 100- 250 K cooler than the Li-Peak; we should see ``Be-Dip'' stars with factors of 2-3 underabundances at temperatures a little lower than this; and most strikingly, we should see no Be in our super-Li-rich dwarf.

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