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Light Elements Abundances: New Insights on Stellar Mixing and Galactic Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

F. Primas
F. Primas*
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European Southern Observatory Karl-Schwarzschild sir. 2, D-85748 Garching b. München

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The remarkable finding that B follows Fe in almost direct proportion from the earliest times to the present, with little change of slope (if any) between halo and disk metallicities (cf Figure 1, open circles, Duncan et al. 1997), has stimulated the need for a revision of the classical cosmic-ray (CR) spallation scenario. A straightforward interpretation of Duncan et al. results is that the net rate of production of B (and Be too, since it shows a similar trend) does not depend on the CNO abundances in the ISM. It has been suggested that the CR spallation most important for light element production is not primarily protons and alpha particles colliding with CNO nuclei in the ISM (Reeves et al. 1970; Meneguzzi et al. 1971). Rather, it is C and O nuclei colliding with ambient protons and alpha particles, probably in regions of massive star formation (Cassé et al. 1995). This decouples light element production from the metallicity of the ISM and results in the approximately linear relationships observed, but some aspects are difficult to justify (see Prantzos, this volume).

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Conference Papers in order of Presentation
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 187: Cosmic Chemical Evolution , 2002 , pp. 17 - 21
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Copyright © 2002 

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