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Evolution of Lithium Abundance in Pop I Giants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Sushma V. Mallik
Sushma V. Mallik*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 560034, India

Abstract

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Recent observations of cool giants have shown that there exists a large range in their lithium abundances even for apparently similar stars. In order to explore whether this large spread could be interpreted in terms of mass, the Li I line at 6707.8 Å has been observed in more than 100 stars and these data have been combined with the already known lithium abundance data in literature. Absolute magnitudes of these stars have been estimated from the Hipparcos data and an attempt has been made to understand the Li evolution of a star as a function of its mass and the evolutionary status. There are strong evidences for extra-mixing taking place on the red giant branch which explain the unusually low abundances observed.

Type
4. Lithium Abundances
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 198: The Light Elements and their Evolution , 2000 , pp. 279 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000 

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