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Li Spite平台区断裂和质量相关Li贫化的观测证据

Observational evidence for a broken Li Spite plateau and mass-dependent Li depletion

Jorge Melendez, Luca Casagrande, Ivan Ramirez, Martin Asplund, William Schuster

摘要:

我们给出了88颗恒星的NLTE Li丰度,金属丰度范围为-3.5 < [Fe/H] <-1.0。有效温度是基于红外通量方法,主要从星际NaI D线获得改进的E(B-V)值。Li丰度是通过MARCS模型和高质量的UVES+VLT,HIRES+Keck和FIES+NOT光谱推导出来的,并补充了可靠的等效宽度。[Fe/H] < -2.5和[Fe/H] > -2.5的贫乏程度较低的恒星分别落入两个定义明确的平台,分别为A_{Li} = 2.18(sigma = 0.04)和A_{Li} = 2.27(sigma = 0.05)。我们发现,这两个高原是平坦的,不像以前的索赔急剧单调减少锂丰度减少金属丰度。在所有的金属丰度,我们发现了一个精细的结构,在锂丰度的Spite高原恒星,我们追溯到锂耗尽,取决于金属丰度和质量。包括原子扩散和湍流混合的模型似乎再现了所观察到的锂耗尽假设原始锂丰度A_{Li} = 2.64,这与目前的预测(A_{Li} = 2.72)从标准大爆炸核合成。采用Kurucz过冲模型大气使Li丰度增加了+0.08 dex,达到A_{Li} = 2.72,与BBN+WMAP完全一致。

英文摘要:

We present NLTE Li abundances for 88 stars in the metallicity range -3.5 < [Fe/H] < -1.0. The effective temperatures are based on the infrared flux method with improved E(B-V) values obtained mostly from interstellar NaI D lines. The Li abundances were derived through MARCS models and high-quality UVES+VLT, HIRES+Keck and FIES+NOT spectra, and complemented with reliable equivalent widths from the literature. The less-depleted stars with [Fe/H] < -2.5 and [Fe/H] > -2.5 fall into two well-defined plateaus of A_{Li} = 2.18 (sigma = 0.04) and A_{Li} = 2.27 (sigma = 0.05), respectively. We show that the two plateaus are flat, unlike previous claims for a steep monotonic decrease in Li abundances with decreasing metallicities. At all metallicities we uncover a fine-structure in the Li abundances of Spite plateau stars, which we trace to Li depletion that depends on both metallicity and mass. Models including atomic diffusion and turbulent mixing seem to reproduce the observed Li depletion assuming a primordial Li abundance A_{Li} = 2.64, which agrees well with current predictions (A_{Li} = 2.72) from standard Big Bang nucleosynthesis. Adopting the Kurucz overshooting model atmospheres increases the Li abundance by +0.08 dex to A_{Li} = 2.72, which perfectly agrees with BBN+WMAP.

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