An attempt to model globular cluster red giant abundance anomalies with a simulated hydrogen shell instability
@article{Messenger2002AnAT, title={An attempt to model globular cluster red giant abundance anomalies with a simulated hydrogen shell instability}, author={B. B. Messenger and John C. Lattanzio}, journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, year={2002}, volume={331}, pages={684-692} }
It has been suggested that the anomalous abundances of Na, Mg and Al observed in globular cluster red giant stars could be the result of a thermally unstable hydrogen shell. Currently accepted reaction rates indicate that temperatures of approximately 70-75 × 10 6 K are required to produce the observed enhancements in Na and Al along with depletions in Mg. The work presented here attempts to model the H shell instability by a simple mechanism of altering the energy production in the region of…
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