Isotopic evidence of non-thermalized neutron irradiation in solar-gas-rich meteorites: Possibility of the interaction with solar neutrons and activity from the early Sun

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 173-178

  Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a   Yoneda, Shigekazu ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cosmic ray exposure; gadolinium; meteorite; neutron capture; samarium

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIAL; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC SHIFT; LEACHATES; LUNAR SAMPLES; NEUTRON CAPTURE; NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTION; NEUTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; NEUTRON FLUENCE; NEUTRON FLUENCES; SOLAR NEUTRONS;

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; GADOLINIUM; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; NEUTRONS; SAMARIUM; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

COSMIC RAY; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; GADOLINIUM; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEACHATE; METEORITE; SAMARIUM;

EID: 67650590999     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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