Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977apj...211l.107l&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, vol. 211, Jan. 15, 1977, p. L107-L110.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Aluminum 26, Cosmic Dust, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Fusion, Solar System, Abundance, Chemical Composition, Interstellar Matter, Magnesium Isotopes, Mass Ratios, Meteoritic Composition
Scientific paper
The isotopic composition of Mg was measured in different phases of a Ca-Al-rich inclusion in the Allende meteorite. Large excesses of Mg-26 of up to 10% were found. These excesses correlate strictly with the Al-27/Mg-24 ratio for four coexisting phases with distinctive chemical compositions. Models of in situ decay of Al-26 within the solar system and of mixing of interstellar dust grains containing fossil Al-26 with normal solar system material are presented. The observed correlation provides definitive evidence for the presence of Al-26 in the early solar system. This requires either injection of freshly synthesized nucleosynthetic material into the solar system immediately before condensation and planet formation, or local production within the solar system by intense activity of the early sun. Planets promptly produced from material with the inferred Al-26/Al-27 would melt within about 300,000 years.
Lee Taegweon
Papanastassiou Dimitri Anastassios
Wasserburg Gerald J.
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