Recent near-Earth supernovae probed by global deposition of interstellar radioactive 60Fe

A. Wallner (), J. Feige, N. Kinoshita, M. Paul, L. K. Fifield, R. Golser, M. Honda, U. Linnemann, H. Matsuzaki, S. Merchel, G. Rugel, S. G. Tims, P. Steier, T. Yamagata and S. R. Winkler
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A. Wallner: Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University (ANU)
J. Feige: University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics—Isotope Research, VERA Laboratory
N. Kinoshita: Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation
M. Paul: Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
L. K. Fifield: Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University (ANU)
R. Golser: University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics—Isotope Research, VERA Laboratory
M. Honda: Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
U. Linnemann: Senckenberg Collections of Natural History Dresden, GeoPlasmaLab
H. Matsuzaki: MALT (Micro Analysis Laboratory, Tandem accelerator), The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
S. Merchel: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz Institute for Resource Technology
G. Rugel: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz Institute for Resource Technology
S. G. Tims: Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University (ANU)
P. Steier: University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics—Isotope Research, VERA Laboratory
T. Yamagata: Graduate School of Integrated Basic Sciences, Nihon University
S. R. Winkler: University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics—Isotope Research, VERA Laboratory

Nature, 2016, vol. 532, issue 7597, 69-72

Abstract: Analysis of deep-ocean archives reveals that a few per cent of fresh 60Fe has been captured in interstellar dust and deposited in Earth’s crust, indicating that many supernova events occurred over the past ten million years within a distance of up to 100 parsecs from Earth.

Date: 2016
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