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The Lithium Plateau Enigma

C. Charbonnel, S. Vauclair

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9812255

Abstract

Why is the lithium abundance constant in the so-called lithium plateau while all predictions suggest that it should vary from star to star? Can we find a "lithium attractor" which would remain stable in halo stars while fundamental parameters (M*, Teff, [Fe/H]) vary?

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