Title of article
Rotational mixing and Lithium depletion
Author/Authors
M. H. Pinsonneault، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages
6
From page
375
To page
380
Abstract
I review basic observational features in Population I stars which strongly implicate rotation as a mixing agent; these include dispersion at fixed temperature in coeval populations and main sequence lithium depletion for a range of masses at a rate which decays with time. New developments related to the possible suppression of mixing at late ages, close binary mergers and their lithium signature, and an alternate origin for dispersion in young cool stars tied to radius anomalies observed in active young stars are discussed. I highlight uncertainties in models of Population II lithium depletion and dispersion related to the treatment of angular momentum loss. Finally, the origins of rotation are tied to conditions in the pre-main sequence, and there is thus some evidence that environment and planet formation could impact stellar rotational properties. This may be related to recent observational evidence for cluster to cluster variations in lithium depletion and a connection between the presence of planets and stellar lithium depletion.
Keywords
Hydrodynamics , Rotation , stars: abundances , SPOTS
Journal title
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Serial Year
2009
Journal title
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Record number
675152
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