The Evolution of Fluorine in Galactic Systems
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2005
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Renda, A
Fenner, Y
Gibson, Bradley K
Karakas, Amanda
Lattanzio, John
Campbell, S
Chieffi, A
Cunha, K
Smith, V.V
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The main astrophysical factories of fluorine (19F) are thought to be Type II supernovae, Wolf-Rayet stars, and the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) of intermediate mass stars. We present a model for the chemical evolution of fluorine in the Milky Way using a semi-analytic multi-zone chemical evolution model. For the first time, we demonstrate quantitatively the impact of fluorine nucleosynthesis in Wolf-Rayet and AGB stars. The inclusion of these latter two fluorine production sites provides a possible solution to the long-standing discrepancy between model predictions and the fluorine abundances observed in Milky Way giants. Finally, fluorine is discussed as a possible probe of the role of supernovae and intermediate mass stars in the chemical evolution history of the globular cluster ω Centauri.
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Nuclear Physics A
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