Galactic Evolution of Beryllium and Oxygen

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We discuss the early evolution of beryllium and oxygen in our Galaxy by comparing abundances of these elements for halo and disk metal-poor stars. Both, O and Be rise as we go progressively to more metal-rich stars, showing a slope 0.41 +-0.09 ([Be/O] vs [Fe/H]) for stars with [Fe/H] < -1. This relationship provides an observational constraint to the actually proposed Galactic Cosmic Ray theories.
8 pages, 2 figures, To appear in The Light Elements and Their Evolution, IAU Symp. 198, L. da Silva, M. Spite and R. de Medeiros, eds., ASP

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