Stellar MgSiO3 Perovskite: A Shock-transformed Stardust Silicate Found in a Meteorite

Details Stellar MgSiO3 Perovskite: A Shock-transformed Stardust Silicate Found in a Meteorite Stellar MgSiO3 Perovskite: A Shock-transformed Stardust Silicate Found in a Meteorite

Sep 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007apj...666l..49v&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 666, Issue 1, pp. L49-L52.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astrochemistry, Stars: Circumstellar Matter, Ism: Kinematics And Dynamics, Shock Waves, Stars: Late-Type, Stars: Winds, Outflows

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We have discovered an isotopically highly anomalous MgSiO3 grain in the ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094 with a perovskite-like crystal structure resembling the dominant high-pressure mineral of the Earth's lower mantle. Oxygen isotopic ratios of the silicate grain are 17O/ 16O = (4.91 +/- 0.36) × 10-3 (12 times the solar value) and 18O/16O = (1.36 +/- 0.19) × 10-3 (0.4 times the solar value). This signature points to condensation in the ejecta of a ~2 Msolar, close-to-solar metallicity red giant branch (RGB) or asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star. Alternatively, the grain could have formed in the ejecta of a nova, in which 17O is highly overabundant. TEM analysis of the grain revealed a high pressure perovskite-like crystal structure not predicted by equilibrium condensation in low-pressure stellar environments. A possible formation scenario is transformation of a silicate precursor triggered by a shock wave, either in the interstellar medium (ISM) or originating from the grain's parent star. Shock waves must thus be considered as a potential mechanism to recrystallize silicates, or even convert them into high-pressure structures. Alternatively, nonequilibrium condensation or crystallization by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD)-like process, also invoked for the formation of nanodiamonds, is a distinct possibility, although more speculative.

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