Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21533401y&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #334.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.433
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Ratios among [C16O], [C17O] and [C18O] from young stellar objects (YSOs) obtained by high-resolution infrared spectroscopy (CRIRES, NIRSPEC) suggest that the solar system is indeed unusual in its 18O/17O compared with the present-day Galaxy at a variety of scales of observation. Galactic chemical evolution (GCE) models suggest that 18O/17O is independent of time. A nearly constant Galactic 18O/17O with time is indicated by existing data showing a systematic variation in oxygen isotopologue ratios with distance from the Galactic center. In this context, we show that the disparity between present-day Galactic and solar 18O/17O is explained if the solar system was born in an environment enriched by type II supernovae from low-mass progenitors. Enrichment by ejecta from exploding B stars (not O stars) on the order of 1 % by mass can account for the enhancement in 18O/17O of the birth environment of the solar system compared with normal Galactic values. Analysis of the stochastic nature of star formation utilizing a well-known mass generation function shows that the parental molecular cloud complex that produced the solar system was proximal to a cluster composed of order 500 stars. Larger clusters produce SNe II with oxygen isotope ratios that are inconsistent with enhancement in 18O/17O. This cluster predated the solar system by approximately 10 to 30 Myrs. Enrichment by B star ejecta explains not only the anomalous 18O/17O of the solar system but also its anomalous Si isotopic composition and the former presence of extinct 60Fe.
Gounelle Matthieu
Morris Mark R.
Pontoppidan Klaus Martin
Smith Richard L.
Young Edward
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