Science Colloquium
Atomic Diffusion in Pop. II Stars, Globular Clusters and WMAP
Dr. Georges Michaud
Departement de physique,
Universite de Montreal
Friday, March 16, 2007
11:30 - 12:30 PM
Hamilton Room 302
Evolutionary models taking into account atomic diffusion processes for all important atomic species (28) have been computed for stars of Population II. I will briefly present them and will use them to discuss a number of properties of globular clusters (turnoff, horizontal branch, ages). It will be shown how these models offer the simplest interpretation of results from WMAP on lithium.
