A light carbon isotope composition for the Sun

James R. Lyons; Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad; Thomas R. Ayres

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03093-3

Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

A light carbon isotope composition for the Sun

James R. Lyons,
Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad,
Thomas R. Ayres

Affiliations

James R. Lyons: School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad: School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University
Thomas R. Ayres: Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03093-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The Sun’s light stable isotopes compositions can help us understand how our solar system formed. Here, the authors find that solar C is depleted relative to bulk Earth indicating that the 13C enrichment of the terrestrial planets is from CO self-shielding or inheritance from the parent cloud.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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