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The Local Abundance of 3He: A Confrontation between Theory and Observation

1996; IOP Publishing; Volume: 462; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/177209

1538-4357

Sean T. Scully, Michel Cassé, Keith A. Olive, David N. Schramm, James W. Truran, E. Vangioni–Flam,

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

view Abstract Citations (43) References (77) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS The Local Abundance of 3He: A Confrontation between Theory and Observation Scully, Sean T. ; Casse, Michel ; Olive, Keith A. ; Schramm, David N. ; Truran, James ; Vangioni-Flam, Elisabeth Abstract Determinations of the 3He concentrations in Galactic matter serve to impose interesting and important constraints both on cosmological models and on models of Galactic chemical evolution. At present, observations of 3He in the solar system and in the interstellar medium today suggest that the 3He abundance has not increased significantly over the history of the Galaxy, while theoretical models of Galactic chemical evolution (utilizing current nucleosynthesis yields from stellar evolution and supernova models) predict a rather substantial increase in 3He. We consider the possibility that the solar 3He abundance may have been affected by stellar processing in the solar neighborhood prior to the formation of the solar system. Such a discrepancy between solar abundances and average Galactic abundances by as much as a factor of 2 may be evidenced by several isotopic anomalies. Local destruction of 3He by a similar amount could serve to help reconcile the expected increase in the 3He abundance predicted by models of Galactic chemical evolution. We find, however, that the production of heavier elements, such as oxygen, places a strong constraint on the degree of 3He destruction. We also explore the implications of both alternative models of Galactic chemical evolution and the stellar yields for 3He in low-mass stars, which can explain the history of the 3He concentration in the Galaxy. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: May 1996 DOI: 10.1086/177209 arXiv: arXiv:astro-ph/9508086 Bibcode: 1996ApJ...462..960S Keywords: GALAXY: ABUNDANCES; GALAXY: EVOLUTION; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; ABUNDANCES; SUN: ABUNDANCES; Astrophysics E-Print: 27 pages, latex, 5 figures full text sources arXiv | ADS |