Evidence for Enrichment of Niobium-92 in the Outer Protosolar DiskOPEN ACCESS
Yuki Hibiya, Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Hatsuki Enomoto, and Takehito Hayakawa The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 942, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) The short-lived radionuclide, niobium-92 (92Nb), has been used to estimate the site of…
Precise initial abundance of Niobium-92 in the Solar System and implications for p-process nucleosynthesis
Makiko K. Haba, Yi-Jen Lai, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Akira Yamaguchi, Maria Lugaro, and Maria Schönbächler PNAS February 23, 2021 118 (8) LINK “The niobium-92–zirconium-92 (92Nb–92Zr) decay system with a half-life of 37 Ma has great potential…
The initial abundance and distribution of 92Nb in the Solar System
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Yi-Jen Lai, Waheed Akram, Yuri Amelin, Maria Schönbächler Earth and Planetary Science Letters Available online 11 February 2016 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.005 Updated: February 11, 2016 PDF (open access) abstract “Niobium-92 is an extinct proton-rich nuclide,…