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Population III Objects and Lithium Abundance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

S. Ramadurai*
Affiliation:
Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Bombay 400 005, India

Abstract

The earlier work on the production of deuterium in the accretion tori around Population III objects has been criticised on the basis of relative production ratios of deuterium, helium-3 and 7Li. It is shown here that the criticism on the basis of helium-3 over-production is unjustified, as no measurement of helium-3 and lithium abundances for the same stars is available. It is predicted that indeed the helium-3 abundance determination will be the best means to verify the original hypothesis.

Type
Galactic and Stellar
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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