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D、3 He和4 He的星系演化

Galactic evolution of D, 3He and 4He

Donatella Romano

摘要:

本文叙述了仍然困扰我们对银河系轻核素D、3 He和4 He演化认识的不确定性。当地氘丰度的测量范围超过3倍。如果氘的真实局部丰度被证明是高的,但不是太高,并且较低的观测值是由于耗尽到尘埃颗粒上,则所观察到的分散可以与标准银河系化学演化模型对氘演化的预测相一致。在银河系中,氦-3丰度几乎是恒定的,这意味着恒星中氦-3的产生可以忽略不计,这与标准恒星模型的预测不一致,然而,标准恒星模型的预测与行星状星云中氦-3的测量(很少)一致。在一小部分低质量恒星中,受到磁场抑制的热盐混合,原则上可以解释整个情况的复杂性。然而,考虑到这一机制的恒星产额的完整网格还没有用于化学演化模型。人们一直致力于解开极端富氦恒星的起源,这些恒星似乎居住在银河系最大的球状星团中。然而,即使在银河系的圆盘中,4 He演化的问题也远未完全解决。

英文摘要:

The uncertainties which still plague our understanding of the evolution of the light nuclides D, 3He and 4He in the Galaxy are described. Measurements of the local abundance of deuterium range over a factor of 3. The observed dispersion can be reconciled with the predictions on deuterium evolution from standard Galactic chemical evolution models, if the true local abundance of deuterium proves to be high, but not too high, and lower observed values are due to depletion onto dust grains. The nearly constancy of the 3He abundance with both time and position within the Galaxy implies a negligible production of this element in stars, at variance with predictions from standard stellar models which, however, do agree with the (few) measurements of 3He in planetary nebulae. Thermohaline mixing, inhibited by magnetic fields in a small fraction of low-mass stars, could in principle explain the complexity of the overall scenario. However, complete grids of stellar yields taking this mechanism into account are not available for use in chemical evolution models yet. Much effort has been devoted to unravel the origin of the extreme helium-rich stars which seem to inhabit the most massive Galactic globular clusters. Yet, the issue of 4He evolution is far from being fully settled even in the disc of the Milky Way.

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