A probable stellar solution to the cosmological lithium discrepancy

A. J. Korn (), F. Grundahl, O. Richard, P. S. Barklem, L. Mashonkina, R. Collet, N. Piskunov and B. Gustafsson
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A. J. Korn: Uppsala University
F. Grundahl: University of Århus
O. Richard: GRAAL-UMR5024/ISTEEM (CNRS), Université Montpellier II
P. S. Barklem: Uppsala University
L. Mashonkina: Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Science
R. Collet: Uppsala University
N. Piskunov: Uppsala University
B. Gustafsson: Uppsala University

Nature, 2006, vol. 442, issue 7103, 657-659

Abstract: Cosmic lithium is out of sight Precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background have revealed much about the nature of the early Universe and its expansion. There is a persistent discrepancy, however: the observed amount of lithium in the oldest stars is less than half that produced by nuclear reactions in the Big Bang. Korn et al. resolve this discrepancy by showing that trends in the abundances of other elements are explained by diffusion turbulent mixing, which takes the lithium deep into the stars.

Date: 2006
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