A Shorter 146Sm Half-Life Measured and Implications for 146Sm-142Nd Chronology in the Solar System

N. Kinoshita , M. Paul , Y. Kashiv , P. Collon , C. M. Deibel , B. DiGiovine , J. P. Greene , D. J. Henderson

show 11 more authors

C. L. Jiang S. T. Marley T. Nakanishi R. C. Pardo K. E. Rehm D. Robertson R. Scott C. Schmitt X. D. Tang R. Vondrasek A. Yokoyama

Authors on Pith no claims yet

classification 🌌 astro-ph.EP

keywords half-lifeshortersigmasm-142ndsolarsystemvalueabundance

0 comments

read the original abstract

The extinct p-process nuclide 146Sm serves as an astrophysical and geochemical chronometer through measurements of isotopic anomalies of its alpha-decay daughter 142Nd. Based on analyses of 146Sm/147Sm alpha-activity and atom ratios, we determined the half-life of 146Sm to be 68 \pm 7 (1sigma) million years (Ma), which is shorter than the currently used value of 103 \pm 5 Ma. This half-life value implies a higher initial 146Sm abundance in the early solar system, (146Sm/144Sm_0 = 0.0094\pm0.0005 (2sigma), than previously estimated. Terrestrial, Lunar and Martian planetary silicate mantle differentiation events dated with 146Sm-142Nd converge to a shorter time span and in general to earlier times, due to the combined effect of the new 146Sm half-life and (146Sm/144Sm)_0 values.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

A Shorter 146Sm Half-Life Measured and Implications for 146Sm-142Nd Chronology in the Solar System

discussion (0)