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1 PublikationLimits on Supernova- Associated Fe-60/Al-26 Nucleosynthesis Ratios from Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Measurements of Deep-Sea Sediments
Feige, J.; Wallner, A.; Fifield, L. K.; Golser, R.; Merchel, S.; Rugel, G.; Steier, P.; Tims, S. G.; Winkler, S. R.
Abstract
We searched for presence of 26Al (t1/2=0.7 Myr) in deep-sea sediments as a signature for extraterrestrial influx. Our data show an exponential dependence of 26Al with the sample age that is fully compatible with radioactive decay of terrigenic 26Al. The same set of samples demonstrated a clear extraterrestrial 60Fe signal between 1.7 and 3.2 Myr ago. Combining our 26Al data with the recently reported 60Fe data [1] gives a lower limit for the local interstellar 60Fe/26Al isotope ratio. Our Limit of 0.24 is higher than the observed average galactic 60Fe/26Al flux ratio of (0.15 + 0.05).It favours the higher ratios deduced from nucleosynthesis models.
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- Ionenstrahlzentrum DOI: 10.17815/jlsrf-3-159
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Physical Review Letters 121(2018), 221103
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.221103
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