Condensation in supernova ejecta and isotopic anomalies in meteorites
Condensation in supernova ejecta and isotopic anomalies in meteorites
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超新星喷射物中的凝结和陨石中的同位素异常
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1978
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L. Grossman
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J. Lattimer;D. Schramm;L. Grossman
Some of the observed isotopic anomalies in meteorites may be due to presolar grains that originated in supernova explosions. This hypothesis is investigated by performing chemical equilibrium condensation calculations with pressures and compositions that may be appropriate to cooling supernova ejecta. The presupernova star is assumed to have an ''onionskin'' appearance, the different layers being due to the successive static nuclear burning stages. During the supernova explosion each of these layers undergoes explosive nucleosynthesis. The resulting chemical and isotopic compositions of each layer are discussed. Chemical condensation calculations are then performed for each layer, for several different values of the total pressure, the C/O ratio, and, for the explosive oxygen-burning shell, the (S+Si)/O ratio. It is shown that large (twelve orders of magnitude) changes in the pressure do not significantly affect the condensation sequence, although the equilibrium sequence is shifted in temperature by more than a factor of 2. A scenario is described that attempts to explain the observed isotopic anomalies in oxygen, magnesium, neon, and xenon. Four components of the presolar nebula are considered: interstellar gas and dust (enriched by supernovae throughout galactic history) and ''last-event'' gas and dust produced by a supernova which occurred about 10/sup 6/ yrmore » before the meteorites solidified. This supernova may be necessary to explain the /sup 26/Mg anomaly. Only minerals that are stable in the physical environment of the presolar nebula can survive. The four-component scenario may account for the apparent discrepancy in the elapsed time from nucleosynthesis to condensation inferred from magnesium (10/sup 8/ yr) isotopic measurements.« less