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    L. Girardi
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Published 2014
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    Publication Date:
    2014-08-30
    Publisher:
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Print ISSN:
    0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN:
    1095-9203
    Topics:
    Biology
    Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Computer Science
    Medicine
    Natural Sciences in General
    Physics
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    ISSN:
    1572-9672
    Keywords:
    galaxies: abundances ; ISM: abundances ; stars: abundances ; stars: evolution
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Physics
    Notes:
    Abstract The primordial helium abundance YP is important for cosmology and the ratio ΔY/ΔZ of the changes relative to primordial abundances constrains models of stellar evolution. While the most accurate estimates of YP come from emission lines in extragalactic H II regions, they involve an extrapolation to zero metallicity which itself is closely tied up with the slope ΔY/ΔZ. Recently certain systematic effects have come to light in this exercise which make it useful to have an independent estimate of ΔY/ΔZ from fine structure in the main sequence of nearby stars. We derive such an estimate from Hipparcos data for stars with Z ≤ Z⊙ and find values between 2 and 3, which are consistent with stellar models, but still have a large uncertainty.
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