Silicon Isotopic Composition of Mainstream Presolar SiC Grains Revisited: The Impact of Nuclear Reaction Rate UncertaintiesOPEN ACCESS
Hung Kwan Fok, Marco Pignatari, Benoît Côté, and Reto Trappitsch The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 977, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Presolar grains are stardust particles that condensed in the ejecta or in…
Presolar Grains As Probes of Supernova NucleosynthesisOPEN ACCESS
Nan Liu, Maria Lugaro, Jan Leitner, Bradley S. Meyer, Maria Schönbächler Accepted by Space Science Reviews PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (12 November 2024), Space Science Reviews, Volume 220, article number 88:LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Explosive Nucleosynthesis in Core-collapse Type II Supernovae: Insights from New C, N, Si, and Al–Mg Isotopic Compositions of Presolar GrainsOPEN ACCESS
Nan Liu, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Bradley S. Meyer, Larry R. Nittler, Jianhua Wang, and Rhonda M. Stroud The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 961, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report C, N,…
Condensate evolution in the solar nebula inferred from combined Cr, Ti, and O isotope analyses of amoeboid olivine aggregatesOPEN ACCESS
Christian A. Jansen, Christoph Burkhardt, Yves Marrocchi, Jonas M. Schneider, Elias Wölfer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 627, 1 February 2024, 118567 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlight First combined O, Ti, and Cr isotopic…
New Constraints for Supernova Models from Presolar Silicon Carbide X Grains with Very High 26Al/27Al RatiosOPEN ACCESS
Peter Hoppe, Jan Leitner, Marco Pignatari, and Sachiko Amari The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 943, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report C, N, Mg-Al, Si, and S isotope data of six 1–3μm-sized…
Insight into History of GCR Heavy Nuclei Fluxes by Their Tracks in Meteorites
A. B. Alexandrov, A. V. Bagulya, P. A. Babaev, M. M. Chernyavsky, A. A. Gippius, S. A. Gorbunov, V. M. Grachev, G. V. Kalinina, N. S. Konovalova, N. M. Okateva, N. G. Polukhina, R. A….
The Timing of Potential Last Nucleosynthetic Injections into the Protosolar Molecular Cloud Inferred from 41Ca–26Al Systematics of Bulk CAIsOPEN ACCESS
Yaray Ku, Michail I. Petaev, and Stein B. Jacobsen The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 931, Number 1Published: 23 May 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Short-lived radionuclides (SLRs) provide important information about the chronology of…
Hydrogen Burning of 29Si and Its Impact on Presolar Stardust Grains from Classical NovaeOPEN ACCESS
Lori Downen, Christian Iliadis, Art Champagne, Thomas Clegg, Alain Coc, and Jordi José The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 928, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Presolar stardust grains found in primitive meteorites are believed to…
Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and ChromiumOPEN ACCESS
Jacqueline den Hartogh, Maria K. Petö, Thomas Lawson, Andre Sieverding, Hannah Brinkman, Marco Pignatari, and Maria Lugaro The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 927, Number 2Published: 2022 March 17 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Isotope variations of…
26Aluminium from Massive Binary Stars. II. Rotating Single Stars Up to Core Collapse and Their Impact on the Early Solar System
Hannah E. Brinkman, J. W. den Hartogh, C. L. Doherty, M. Pignatari, and M. Lugaro The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 923, Number 1 LINK “Radioactive nuclei were present in the early solar system (ESS), as inferred…
Oxygen and Aluminum-Magnesium Isotopic Systematics of Presolar Nanospinel Grains from CI Chondrite OrgueilOPEN ACCESS
Nan Liu, Nicolas Dauphas, Sergio Cristallo, Sara Palmerini, Maurizio Busso Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 November 2021 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Presolar oxide grains have been previously divided into several…
Presolar Grain Isotopic Ratios as Constraints to Nuclear and Stellar Parameters of Asymptotic Giant Branch Star Nucleosynthesis
Sara Palmerini, Maurizio Busso, Diego Vescovi, Eugenia Naselli, Angelo Pidatella, Riccardo Mucciola, Sergio Cristallo, David Mascali, Alberto Mengoni, Stefano Simonucci et al The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 921, Number 1 LINK “Recent models for evolved low-mass…
129I and 247Cm in meteorites constrain the last astrophysical source of solar r-process elements
Benoit Côté, Marius Eichler, Andrés Yagüe López, Nicole Vassh, Matthew R. Mumpower, Blanka Világos, Benjámin Soós, Almudena Arcones, Trevor M. Sprouse, Rebecca Surman, Marco Pignatari, Mária K. Pető, Benjamin Wehmeyer, Thomas Rauscher, Maria Lugaro Science,…
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…
Isotopic Constraints on the Building Blocks of the Solar System
Bermingham K. R., Meyer B. S., Frizzell K., Mezger K. M. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2107 PDF “Isotopic variations in meteorites coupled with new nucleosynthesis models are used to constrain the…
Cluster analysis of presolar silicon carbide grains: evaluation of their classification and astrophysical implicationsOPEN ACCESS
Asmaa Boujibar, Samantha Howell, Shuang Zhang, Grethe Hystad, Anirudh Prabhu, Nan Liu, Thomas Stephan, Shweta Narkar, Ahmed Eleish, Shaunna M. Morrison, Robert M. Hazen, Larry R. Nittler accepted at ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Cluster analysis…
Nucleosynthesis of an 11.8 M ⊙ Supernova with 3D Simulation of the Inner Ejecta: Overall Yields and Implications for Short-lived Radionuclides in the Early Solar System
A. Sieverding, B. Müller, and Y.-Z. Qian The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 904, Number 2Published: 1 December 2020 LINK “Based on a 3D supernova simulation of an 11.8 M ⊙ progenitor model with an initial solar…
Search for Nova Presolar Grains: γ-Ray Spectroscopy of 34Ar and its Relevance for the Astrophysical 33Cl(p,γ) Reaction
A. R. L. Kennington, G. Lotay, D. T. Doherty, D. Seweryniak, C. Andreoiu, K. Auranen, M. P. Carpenter, W. N. Catford, C. M. Deibel, K. Hadyńska-Klęk, S. Hallam, D. E. M. Hoff, T. Huang, R. V. F. Janssens, S. Jazrawi, J. José, F. G. Kondev, T….
Condensation of SiC Stardust in CO Nova OutburstsOPEN ACCESS
Maitrayee Bose, Sumner Starrfield Accepted in the Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (27 February 2019): LINK “This study on presolar grains compares high-precision isotopic compositions of individual SiC grains with low 12C/13C ratios, low…
Nucleosynthetic vanadium isotope heterogeneity of the early solar system recorded in chondritic meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Sune G. Nielsen, Maureen Auro, Kevin Righter, David Davis, Julie Prytulak, Fei Wu, Jeremy D. Owens Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 505, 1 January 2019, Pages 131-140 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights…
White Dwarf Collisions, a promising scenario to account for meteoritic anomaliesOPEN ACCESS
J. Isern, E. Bravo Accepted for publication in RNAAS 6 September, 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “It is commonly accepted that collisions between white dwarfs (WD) are rare events that only occur in the dense interior…
Radioactive nuclei from cosmochronology to habitabilityOPEN ACCESS
M. Lugaro, U. Ott, Á. Kereszturi Review published in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics Volume 102, September 2018, Pages 1-47 1 August 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In addition to long-lived radioactive nuclei like U…
J-type carbon stars: A dominant source of 14N-rich presolar SiC grains of type ABOPEN ACCESS
Nan Liu, Thomas Stephan, Patrick Boehnke, Larry R. Nittler, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Andrew M. Davis, Reto Trappitsch, Michael J. Pellin The Astrophysical Journal Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) updated: 22 July 2017 LINK…
Triggering Collapse of the Presolar Dense Cloud Core and Injecting Short-Lived Radioisotopes with a Shock Wave. V. Nonisothermal Collapse RegimeOPEN ACCESS
Alan P. Boss accepted by ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recent meteoritical analyses support an initial abundance of the short-lived radioisotope $^{60}$Fe that may be high enough to require nucleosynthesis in a core collapse supernova, followed…
A Low Abundance of 135Cs in the Early Solar System from Barium Isotopic Signatures of Volatile-depleted Meteorites
Gregory A. Brennecka and Thorsten Kleine The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 837, Number 1 Published 2017 March 2 LINK “Precise knowledge of the abundances of short-lived radionuclides at the start of the solar system leads…
Origin of uranium isotope variations in early solar nebula condensates
By François L. H. Tissot, Nicolas Dauphas, Lawrence Grossman Science Advances 04 Mar 2016: Vol. 2, no. 3, e1501400 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501400 PDF (open access) abstract Supplementary Materials (PDF) “High-temperature condensates found in meteorites display uranium…
Zirconium isotope evidence for the heterogeneous distribution of s–process materials in the solar system
W. Akram, M. Schönbächler, S. Bisterzo, R. Gallino Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 24 February 2015 LINK
Evidence for nucleosynthetic enrichment of the protosolar molecular cloud core by multiple supernova events
Martin Schiller, Chad Paton, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 13 November 2014 LINK
Calcium-48 isotopic anomalies in bulk chondrites and achondrites: Evidence for a uniform isotopic reservoir in the inner protoplanetary disk
Nicolas Dauphas, James H. Chen, Junjun Zhang, Dimitri A. Papanastassiou, Andrew M. Davis, Claudia Travaglio Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 96–108 LINK The Earth has identical 48Ca isotopic composition…
Fe-Ni and Al-Mg isotope records in UOC chondrules: Plausible stellar source of 60Fe and other short-lived nuclides in the early Solar System
Mishra RK and Goswami JN (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 132, 1 May 2014, Pages 440–457 LINK Model stellar nucleosynthesis yields suggest that both a high mass (5–6.5 M⊙) Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB)…
