Download or read book Photoerosion and the Abundances of the Light Elements written by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The abundances of the rare light elements H-2, He-3, Li-7, and B-11 are shown to be potentially affected by photoerosion. That process, involving the interaction of high energy photons from galactic centers with atomic nuclei, will increase the abundances of H-2, He-3, and B-11 while lowering slightly those of Li-7 and He-4. In some regions of galaxies the effects may be large enough to impact their chemical evolution. In particular this process may have enhanced the H-2 and He-3 abundances near the center of our galaxy over and above those from the big bang, as well as the galactic B-11 abundance over that from cosmic-ray spallation. Boyd, Richard N. and Ferland, Gary J. and Schramm, David N. NASA-CR-183372, NAS 1.26:183372, FERMILAB-PUB-88/132-A NSF PHY-86-00749; NSF AST-85-22213...