Evolution of D and 3He in the Galaxy
Abstract
The predictions of Galactic chemical evolution models for D and He are described in connection with those on the other Galactic quantities for which observational constraints are available. Models in agreement with the largest set of data predict deuterium depletions from the Big Bang to the present epoch smaller than a factor of 3 and do not allow for D/H primordial abundances larger than . Models predicting higher D consumption do not reproduce other observed features of our Galaxy. If both the primordial D and He are low, models assuming that 90% of low-mass stars experience an extra-mixing during the red giant phase reproduce all the He observed abundances. The same percentage allows to fit also the observed carbon isotopic ratios, thus supporting the self-consistency of the extra-mixing mechanism.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0001409,
title = {Evolution of D and 3He in the Galaxy},
author = {Monica Tosi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0001409},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages including 7 figs, to appear in "The Light Elements and Their Evolution", IAU Symp.198, L. Da Silva, M. Spite, J.R. Medeiros eds, ASP Conf. Ser., in press