Wolf-Rayet star nucleosynthesis and the isotopic composition of the Galactic Cosmic Rays

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Oct 2001

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Space Science Reviews, v. 99, Issue 1/4, p. 73-84 (2001).

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There is now strong observational evidence that the composition of the Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) exhibits some significant deviations with respect to the abundances measured in the local (solar neighbourhood) interstellar medium (ISM). Two main scenarios have been proposed in order to account for these differences (`anomalies'). The first one, referred to as the `two-component scenario', invokes two distinct components to be accelerated to GCR energies by supernova blast waves. One of these components is just made of ISM material of `normal' solar composition, while the other one emerges from the wind of massive mass-losing stars of the Wolf-Rayet (WR) type. The second model, referred to as the `metallicity-gradient scenario', envisions the acceleration of ISM material whose bulk composition is different from the local one as a result of the fact that it originates from inner regions of the Galaxy, where the metallicity has not the local value. In both scenarios, massive stars, particularly of the WR type, play an important role in shaping the GCR composition. After briefly reviewing some basic observations and predictions concerning WR stars (including s-process yields), this paper revisits the two proposed scenarios in the light of recent non-rotating or rotating WR models.

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