Cosmic Ray Production of $^6$Li by Structure Formation Shocks in the Early Galaxy

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2002-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0212448v1

Nucl.Phys. A718 (2003) 69-72

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 1 figure; to appear in Nuc. Phys. A; talk at Nuclei in the Cosmos 7, Fuji-Yoshida, Japan 2002

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0375-9474(03)00681-X

We discuss the production of the element $^6$Li in the early Galaxy by cosmic rays accelerated at structure formation shocks, driven by the hierarchical merging of sub-Galactic halos during Galaxy formation. The salient features of this scenario are discussed and compared with observations of $^6$Li in metal-poor halo stars, including a recent Subaru HDS result on the star HD140283. Some unique predictions of the model are clearly testable by future observations and may also provide important insight into how the Galaxy formed.

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