Li-Be-B measurements using SIMS Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Wielandt D.
  2. Nagashima K.
  3. Krot A.N.
  4. Huss G.R.
  5. Ivanova M.A.
  6. Bizzarro M.
  7. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Beryllium-10 is a short-lived radionuclide (t_1/2_=1.4Myr) uniquely synthesized by spallation reactions and inferred to have been present when the solar system's oldest solids (calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions, CAIs) formed. Yet, the astrophysical site of ^10^Be nucleosynthesis is uncertain. We report Li-Be-B isotope measurements of CAIs from CV chondrites, including CAIs that formed with the canonical ^26^Al/^27^Al ratio of ~5x10^-5^ (canonical CAIs) and CAIs with Fractionation and Unidentified Nuclear isotope effects (FUN-CAIs) characterized by ^26^Al/^27^Al ratios much lower than the canonical value. Our measurements demonstrate the presence of four distinct fossil ^10^Be/^9^Be isochrons, lower in the FUN-CAIs than in the canonical CAIs, and variable within these classes. Given that FUN-CAI precursors escaped evaporation-recondensation prior to evaporative melting, we suggest that the ^10^Be/^9^Be ratio recorded by FUN-CAIs represents a baseline level present in presolar material inherited from the protosolar molecular cloud, generated via enhanced trapping of galactic cosmic rays. The higher and possibly variable apparent ^10^Be/^9^Be ratios of canonical CAIs reflect additional spallogenesis, either in the gaseous CAI-forming reservoir, or in the inclusions themselves: this indicates at least two nucleosynthetic sources of ^10^Be in the early solar system. The most promising locale for ^10^Be synthesis is close to the proto-Sun during its early mass-accreting stages, as these are thought to coincide with periods of intense particle irradiation occurring on timescales significantly shorter than the formation interval of canonical CAIs.

Keywords
  1. chemical-abundances
  2. atomic-physics
  3. comets
  4. solar-system
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2012ApJ...748L..25W
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17489025

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2013-11-29T15:03:57Z
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2013-11-29T15:03:57Z
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