Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...226..888b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 226, Dec. 15, 1978, p. 888-896.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
47
A Stars, Abundance, B Stars, Boron, Ultraviolet Spectra, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Cosmic Rays, Meteoritic Composition, Oao 3
Scientific paper
Results are reported for Copernicus observations of the 1362.46-A resonance line of B II in 16 normal B and A stars. An average for the stars in which a boron abundance has been determined yields a B/H abundance ratio of 2 x 10 to the -10th; this value is taken to be the cosmic abundance of boron. The observed abundances are compared with those predicted by the galactic-cosmic-ray (GCR) spallation theory for the 'best fit' GCR flux, and remarkably good agreement is obtained. The value derived for the cosmic boron abundance is shown to support the theory that spallation reactions by high-energy GCRs on atoms of C, N, and O in the interstellar gas are responsible for the origin of B and Be as well as at least some Li. It is noted that the meteorite boron abundance is an order of magnitude greater than the cosmic abundance derived from stars, which implies an anomalous local enrichment in boron and possibly in the B-11/B-10 ratio during the formation of carbonaceous chondrites.
Boesgaard Ann Merchant
Heacox William D.
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