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The Evolution of the Galactic Lithium Abundance

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Primordial Nucleosynthesis and Evolution of Early Universe

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Studies of the lithium abundances in Population I and Population Il stars have been used to determine the Li/H fraction produced in Big Bang nucleosynthesis. A summary of the principal results derived from the 6707 Å line measured in the spectra of various stars is presented. The value Li/H ≈ 1 × 10-10 uniformly found for about 40 relatively hot, extreme halo stars appears to have survied, nearly unaltered, from that early epoch.

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  1. Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, Williams Bay, WI, 53191-0258, USA

    L. M. Hobbs

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  1. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    K. Sato

  2. Institut d’Astrophysique, Paris, France

    J. Audouze

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Hobbs, L.M. (1991). The Evolution of the Galactic Lithium Abundance. In: Sato, K., Audouze, J. (eds) Primordial Nucleosynthesis and Evolution of Early Universe. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 169. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3410-1_4

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