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Aluminum-26 in the early solar system - Fossil or fuelThe 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.
Document ID
19770038231
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Lee, T.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Papanastassiou, D. A.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Wasserburg, G. J.
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 15, 1977
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 211
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
77A21083
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-05-002-188
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF PHY-76-02724
Distribution Limits
Public
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