Mass Matters: No Evidence for Ubiquitous Lithium Production in Low-mass Clump Giants
@article{Chaname2021MassMN, title={Mass Matters: No Evidence for Ubiquitous Lithium Production in Low-mass Clump Giants}, author={Julio Chanam'e and Marc H. Pinsonneault and Claudia Aguilera-G'omez and Joel C. Zinn}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2021}, volume={933} }
Known sources of lithium (Li) in the universe include the Big Bang, novae, asymptotic giant branch stars, and cosmic-ray spallation. During their longer-lived evolutionary phases, stars are not expected to add to the Li budget of the Galaxy, but to largely deplete it. In this context, recent analyses of Li data from GALAH and LAMOST for field red clump (RC) stars have concluded that there is the need for a new production channel of Li, ubiquitous among low-mass stars, and that would be…
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