The Chemical Evolution of Helium in Globular Clusters: Implications for the Self-Pollution Scenario

We investigate the suggestion that there are stellar populations in some globular clusters with enhanced helium (Y ~ 0.28-0.40) compared to the primordial value. We assume that a previous generation of massive asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars have polluted the cluster. Two independent sets of AGB yields are used to follow the evolution of helium and CNO using a Salpeter initial mass function (IMF) and two top-heavy IMFs. In no case are we able to produce the postulated large Y ~ 0.35 without violating the observational constraint that the CNO content is nearly constant.