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Neutrino Process Nucleosynthesis and the $^{11}$B/$^{10}$B Ratio

Astrophysics 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

We consider the evolution of the light elements (Li,BeLi, Be and BB) 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 11^{11}B/10^{10}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 B/BeB/Be ratio observed in halo stars. Though we are able to obtain a solar isotopic ratio 11B/10B4^{11}B/^{10}B \simeq 4, 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 B/BeB/Be elemental ratio is large (>> 50) at low metallicities ([Fe/H]<3.0[Fe/H] < -3.0), if BeBe is produced as a secondary element (as is the case in the conventional scenario of galactic cosmic-ray nucleosynthesis).

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@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}
}

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14 pages, LaTeX