Is there a classical Hyades lithium problem?

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Jan 1990

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 348, Jan. 1, 1990, p. L33-L36. Research supported by the Universi

Statistics

Computation

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Lithium, Metallicity, Star Clusters, Stellar Composition, Opacity, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Interiors

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The distribution of surface lithium abundances in the Hyades cluster, as a function of effective temperature, has resisted a satisfactory theoretical explanation for more than two decades. Trends in the historically recomputed values of stellar opacity have stimulated a systematic investigation of the effects of larger opacities on lithium depletion during the premain-sequence evolution of low-mass stars. It is shown that the calculated depletion depends quite strongly on the opacities employed, and that both surface and interior opacities play an important role. By performing standard evolutionary calculations with parameterized increments in the opacities, the observed Hyades Li and T(eff) relation for G and K dwarfs have been determined in a manner consistent with the other observational constraints. The solution presented herein requires an increase in interior opacities at about 4 million K over older values by approximately less than 37 percent. Such a change is not incompatible with the historical trends in opacity computations and suggests that the resolution of this problem lies solely in the opacities, without recourse to other physical mechanisms such as turbulent diffusion or 'extra mixing'.

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