Published November 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Pre-main-sequence depletion of Li-6 and Li-7

  • 1. Montreal Universite, Montreal (Canada)

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Depletion of Li-6 and Li-7 during premain-sequence contraction has been calculated for several evolutionary sequences. Slightly greater Li-7 depletion was found than by other recent workers. On the premain sequence, Li-6 is depleted by a factor of at least 10 in the present models for stars with T(eff) lower than 6800 K on the main sequence. Because of the shorter destruction time scale for Li-6 as compared to Li-7, the determination of the abundances of these two isotopes would place strict constraints on the structure of premain-sequence stars. 39 refs

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
346
Series
Astrophys. J.
Journal Page Range
976-982
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOA