Deep-Sea and Lunar Radioisotopes from Nearby Astrophysical Explosions

BD Fields, A Wallner - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Live (not decayed) radioisotopes on the Earth and Moon are messengers from recent
nearby astrophysical explosions. Measurements of 60Fe in deep-sea samples, Antarctic …

Cosmic nucleosynthesis: A multi-messenger challenge

R Diehl, AJ Korn, B Leibundgut, M Lugaro… - Progress in Particle and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The origins of the elements and isotopes of cosmic material is a critical aspect of
understanding the evolution of the universe. Nucleosynthesis typically requires physical …

60Fe and 244Pu deposited on Earth constrain the r-process yields of recent nearby supernovae

A Wallner, MB Froehlich, MAC Hotchkis, N Kinoshita… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Half of the chemical elements heavier than iron are produced by the rapid neutron capture
process (r-process). The sites and yields of this process are disputed, with candidates …

Atom counting with accelerator mass spectrometry

W Kutschera, AJT Jull, M Paul, A Wallner - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) was born in the late 1970s, when it was realized at
nuclear physics laboratories that the accelerator systems can be used as a sensitive mass …

Future exploration of the outer heliosphere and very local interstellar medium by interstellar probe

PC Brandt, E Provornikova, SD Bale, A Cocoros… - Space science …, 2023 - Springer
A detailed overview of the knowledge gaps in our understanding of the heliospheric
interaction with the largely unexplored Very Local Interstellar Medium (VLISM) are provided …

The radioactive nuclei and in the Cosmos and in the solar system

R Diehl, M Lugaro, A Heger, A Sieverding… - Publications of the …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The cosmic evolution of the chemical elements from the Big Bang to the present time is
driven by nuclear fusion reactions inside stars and stellar explosions. A cycle of matter …

The discovery of a low-energy excess in cosmic-ray iron: evidence of the past supernova activity in the local bubble

MJ Boschini, S Della Torre, M Gervasi… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The Discovery of a Low-energy Excess in Cosmic-Ray Iron: Evidence of the Past Supernova
Activity in the Local Bubble - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site …

Numerical studies on the link between radioisotopic signatures on Earth and the formation of the Local Bubble-II. Advanced modelling of interstellar 26Al, 53Mn, 60Fe …

MM Schulreich, J Feige, D Breitschwerdt - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Measurements of long-lived radioisotopes, which have grown rapidly in quantity
and sensitivity over the last few years, provide a means, completely independent of other …

Towards a complete picture of the Sco-Cen outflow

M Piecka, S Hutschenreuter, J Alves - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2024 - aanda.org
Previous studies have presented strong evidence that the Sun is crossing an outflow
originating from the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association (Sco-Cen). Understanding this …

60Fe deposition during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene echoes past supernova activity

A Wallner, J Feige, LK Fifield… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Nuclides synthesized in massive stars are ejected into space via stellar winds and
supernova explosions. The solar system (SS) moves through the interstellar medium and …