Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000apj...531.1081h&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 531, Issue 2, pp. 1081-1087.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
2
Ism: Cosmic Rays, Meteors, Meteoroids, Nuclear Reactions, Nucleosynthesis, Abundances, Solar System: Formation
Scientific paper
We consider the particle radiation environment in the early solar system that might result from low-energy cosmic-ray acceleration in active star-forming regions and explore the possibility that neutron capture-produced radionuclei could account for some of the ``fossil'' isotopic anomalies in meteorites. We calculate the effects of possible low-energy cosmic-ray nuclear interactions 4.56 Gyr ago on the evolving solar nebula and compare the predictions with the ``fossil'' records of possible neutron-induced fission products and extinct radionuclides observed in meteorites. We conclude that the external irradiation of the early solar nebula by low-energy cosmic-ray particle fluxes generated by supernovae in a star formation region cannot produce the neutron fluences of about 3x1016 n cm-2 that would be required to account for the possible neutron capture isotopic anomalies in meteoritic samples.
Hua Xin-Min
Lingenfelter Richard E.
Marti Kurt
Zytkow Anna N.
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