Lithium abundance is a gravitational model dependent quantity
Aneta Wojnar
Abstract
The dependence of lithium abundance on modified gravity in low-mass stellar objects is demonstrated. This may introduce an additional uncertainty to age determination techniques of young stars and globular clusters if they rely on the light element depletion method.
Topics & Concepts
Globular clusterAbundance (ecology)Lithium (medication)StarsGravitationPhysicsAstrophysicsAstronomyPsychologyBiologyEcologyPsychiatryStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena