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The Lithium Plateau Enigma

Astrophysics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Why is the lithium abundance constant in the so-called lithium plateau while all predictions suggest that it should vary from star to star? Can we find a "lithium attractor" which would remain stable in halo stars while fundamental parameters (M_*, Teff, [Fe/H]) vary?

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9812255,
  title  = {The Lithium Plateau Enigma},
  author = {C. Charbonnel and S. Vauclair},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9812255},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Proceedings of "Galaxy evolution: Connecting the distant Universe with the local fossil record", Les Rencontres de l'Observatoire, Meudon, France, 1998