Lithium in late-type giants. I - G and K giants

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Jan 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980apj...235..114l&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 235, Jan. 1, 1980, p. 114-125. Research supported by the Robert A. Welch Foundation

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

85

Abundance, G Stars, Giant Stars, K Stars, Late Stars, Lithium, Stellar Atmospheres, Calcium, Spectrum Analysis, Stellar Mass

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Lithium abundances for about 50 G and K giants have been derived from new high-resolution, low-noise spectra by spectrum synthesis. Ca abundances obtained from the 6798 A Ca I line are well correlated with the Fe/H forbidden line abundance given by published narrow-band photometry. This correlation is strong evidence that the Ca and, therefore, the Li abundances are free from large systematic errors. The Li abundance and the C-12/C-13 ratio are correlated. Red giants with mass not less than 1.3 solar mass show the predicted Li abundance and C-12/C-13 ratio. Giants with a high C-13 abundance show lower Li abundances. It is suggested that Li is a rough measure of a star's mass and that the high C-13 stars are low-mass giants with mass not greater than 1.3 solar mass. The CN cycle is probably the source of the excess C-13. Spallation reactions cannot account for these abundances.

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