Evidence from stable isotopes and 10Be for solar system formation triggered by a low-mass supernova

One hypothesis for solar system formation is gas compression by a nearby supernova, whose traces should be found in isotopic anomalies. Here the authors show that this mechanism is viable only if the triggering event was a low-mass supernova, looking at short-lived 10Be and lack of anomalies in stab...

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Main Authors: Projjwal Banerjee, Yong-Zhong Qian, Alexander Heger, W C Haxton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13639