Abundances of presolar graphite and SiC from supernovae and AGB stars in the Murchison meteorite
Author(s) -
S. Amari,
E. Zinner,
R. Gallino
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4874087
Subject(s) - murchison meteorite , meteorite , physics , asymptotic giant branch , supernova , presolar grains , astrophysics , stars , carbonaceous chondrite , graphite , nucleosynthesis , chondrite , astronomy , materials science , composite material
Pesolar graphite grains exhibit a range of densities (1.65 – 2.20 g/cm3). We investigated abundances of presolar graphite grains formed in supernovae and in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the four density fractions KE3, KFA1, KFB1 and KFC1 extracted from the Murchison meteorite to probe dust productions in these stellar sources. Seventy-six and 50% of the grains in the low-density fractions KE3 and KFA1, respectively, are supernova grains, while only 7.2% and 0.9% of the grains in the high-density fractions KFB1 and KFC1 have a supernova origin. Grains of AGB star origin are concentrated in the high-density fractions KFB1 and KFC1. From the C isotopic distributions of these fractions and the presence of s-process Kr with 86Kr/82Kr = 4.43±0.46 in KFC1, we estimate that 76% and 80% of the grains in KFB1 and KFC1, respectively, formed in AGB stars. From the abundance of graphite grains in the Murchison meteorite, 0.88 ppm, the abundances of graphite from supernovae and AGB stars are 0.24 ppm and 0.44...
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