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Li and CNO isotopes from magnetically induced extra-mixing in evolved stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2010

Sara Palmerini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Unoverstitá degli Studi di Perugia, via Pascoli, 06125, Perugia, Italy email: [email protected] I.N.F.N. sezione di Perugia, Italy
Maurizio Busso
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Unoverstitá degli Studi di Perugia, via Pascoli, 06125, Perugia, Italy email: [email protected] I.N.F.N. sezione di Perugia, Italy
Roald Guandalini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Unoverstitá degli Studi di Perugia, via Pascoli, 06125, Perugia, Italy email: [email protected]
Enrico Maiorca
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Unoverstitá degli Studi di Perugia, via Pascoli, 06125, Perugia, Italy email: [email protected] I.N.F.N. sezione di Perugia, Italy
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Abstract

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Evolved low mass stars (LMS) contribute not only to the synthesis of s-process nuclei, but also to modifications in the isotopic mix of light elements (Li and CNO especially), induced by proton captures. In particular, RGB and AGB stars show a wide range of Li abundances. This spread is currently attributed to deep phenomena of non-convective mixing. These processes can, in principle, either produce or destroy Li, depending on their velocity. This is due to the fact that Li production requires preserving the unstable 7Be, which has a half-life of only 53 days. Physical mechanisms devised so far to explain the existence of deep mixing in low mass stars generally fail in accounting for fast transport and in avoiding 7Be destruction; on the contrary, this is easily obtained in Intermediate Mass Stars, where Hot Bottom Burning can occur. However, as Li-rich low-mass red giants do exist, we propose here a scenario where both production and destruction of Li are possible in LMS, thanks to the buoyancy of magnetized parcels of processed matter, traveling from the H shell to the envelope at different speeds (depending on their size). Consequences of this transport for CNO nuclei are also discussed.

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Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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