The presolar grain inventory of fine‐grained chondrule rims in the Mighei‐type (CM) chondrites

J Leitner, K Metzler, C Vollmer, C Floss… - … & Planetary Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the inventory of presolar silicate, oxide, and silicon carbide (SiC) grains of
fine‐grained chondrule rims in six Mighei‐type (CM) carbonaceous chondrites (Banten …

Correlated nanoscale characterization of a unique complex oxygen-rich stardust grain: Implications for circumstellar dust formation

J Leitner, P Hoppe, C Floss, F Hillion… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
We report the light to intermediate-mass element abundances as well as the oxygen,
magnesium, silicon, and titanium isotope compositions of a unique and unusually large (0.8 …

Evolution of the dust in V4332 Sagittarii

DPK Banerjee, JA Nuth, KA Misselt… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
An eruptive nova-like event took place in 1994 in the stellar-merger candidate V4332 Sgr.
Following the eruption, dust consisting of refractory silicate-rich dust grains containing a …