Nucleosynthesis in stellar flares
Abstract
Nuclear interactions of ions accelerated at the surface of flaring stars can produce fresh isotopes in stellar atmospheres. Although this nucleosynthesis is not significant for the chemical evolution of the Galaxy, it can be important for a number of measurements of "anomalously" high 6-Li and 7-Li abundances. We discuss the possible role of stellar flares to explain the recent report of high 6-Li abundances in metal-poor halo stars and the well-established correlation between Li abundance and stellar activity in young open clusters. We then study the possibility of observing directly Li production during flares of nearby and active dwarfs of spectral type M.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.1777,
title = {Nucleosynthesis in stellar flares},
author = {V. Tatischeff and J. -P. Thibaud and I. Ribas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1777},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
12 pages, 3 figures, contribution to the Proceedings of the XIXemes Rencontres de Blois, Matter and energy in the Universe, Blois, France, May 2007