Physics – Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
May 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003nupha.718..395l&link_type=abstract
Nuclear Physics A, Volume 718, p. 395-397.
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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Scientific paper
D, Li, Be, and B are not by formed by ordinary stellar nucleosynthesis. D is primarily formed in the big bang. Because each generation of stars replenished the ISM with material depleted in D, the D abundance decreases with time and is larger in low-metallicity regions. Because Li, Be and B are primarily formed via cosmic-ray spallation reactions, their abundances will increase with time. Some Li and B is produced in supernovae via ν-spallation reactions and some Li is produced via mass loss from Li-rich AGB stars.
To determine if the B abundance has increased during past 4.5 Gyr, an accurate Solar B abundance will be determined from ongoing observations of the 1.6 μ lines of B. Initial negative results yield B/H < 3.5 × 10-10. The Balmer Dα line was not detected in the high-metallicity star HD 82943; the low-metallicity Pop II halo star HD 140283 (both with detected 6Li); or in the slowly rotating B stars τ Her and γ Peg with D/H < 1.0 × 10-5. Observations of Li in super-Li-rich AGB C and S stars with strong Li lines confirms that these stars have the largest Li abundance in the Galaxy (Li/H = 10-7 and that mass loss from these stars may contribute to the ISM Li abundance. Observations of the DCN/HCN ratio in the Galaxy yield D/H < 1.4 × 10-6 in the Galactic Center molecular clouds (10 pc from the center) and a positive D/H gradient in the Galaxy implying that there are no Galactic sources of D and D is cosmological. Extragalactic D (in DCN) in currently being searched for in two gravitational lenses against quasars at z = 0.7 and 0.9 and in the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 1068.
DL thanks the AAS for an International Travel Grant and Hofstra University for a travel grant
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