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Origin of Plutonium-244 in the Early Solar System
Maria Lugaro, Andrés Yagüe López, Benjámin Soós +5
We investigate the origin in the early Solar System of the short-lived radionuclide 244Pu (with a half life of 80 Myr) produced by the rapid (r) neutron-capture process. We conside…
Viability of novae as sources of Galactic lithium
Alex J. Kemp, Amanda I. Karakas, Andrew R. Casey +3
Of all the light elements, the evolution of lithium (Li) in the Milky Way is perhaps the most difficult to explain. Li is difficult to synthesize and is easily destroyed, making mo…
The RADIOSTAR Project
Maria Lugaro, Benoit Côté, Marco Pignatari +12
Radioactive nuclei are the key to understanding the circumstances of the birth of our Sun because meteoritic analysis has proven that many of them were present at that time. Their…