Neutrino Process Nucleosynthesis and the $^{11}$B/$^{10}$B Ratio
Abstract
We consider the evolution of the light elements ( and ) incorporating the effects of their production by both neutrino process and cosmic-ray nucleosynthesis. We test the viability of the neutrino process to resolve the long standing problem of the B/B isotopic ratio which amounts to 4 at the time of the formation of the solar system. This hypothesis may be ultimately constrained by the ratio observed in halo stars. Though we are able to obtain a solar isotopic ratio , the current paucity of data at low metallicity prevents us from making a definitive conclusion regarding the resolution of this problem. We show however, that neutrino process nucleosynthesis leads to a relatively model independent prediction that the elemental ratio is large ( 50) at low metallicities (), if is produced as a secondary element (as is the case in the conventional scenario of galactic cosmic-ray nucleosynthesis).
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9309018,
title = {Neutrino Process Nucleosynthesis and the $^{11}$B/$^{10}$B Ratio},
author = {Keith A. Olive and Nikos Prantzos and Sean Scully and Elisabeth Vangioni-Flam},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9309018},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, LaTeX