Explaining Lithium Enriched Red Giant Branch Stars

• Main Author: Aguilera-Gómez, Claudia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Astrophysics.; Mathematical physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Theoretical Astrophysics.

This thesis provides new insights into the seemingly anomalous ubiquity of lithium-rich red giant stars. The theory of stellar evolution, one of the most successful models of modern astrophysics, predicts that red giant stars should display negligible levels of lithium (Li) on their surfaces. Howeve...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter1. Introduction
• Part I. Scenarios of Lithium Enrichment
• Chapter2. Internal Mechanisms
• Chapter3. External Mechanisms
• Part II. Observational Applications
• Chapter4. Trumpler 20
• Chapter5. Field Giants
• Chapter6. Stars with Low Main Sequence Li Abundances.