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X-Ray Luminous Supernovae: Threats to Terrestrial Biospheres
Ian R. Brunton, Connor O'Mahoney, Brian D. Fields +2
The spectacular outbursts of energy associated with supernovae (SNe) have long motivated research into their potentially hazardous effects on Earth and analogous environments. Much…
Supernova Triggers for End-Devonian Extinctions
Brian D. Fields, Adrian L. Melott, John Ellis +6
The Late Devonian was a protracted period of low speciation resulting in biodiversity decline, culminating in extinction events near the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary. Recent evi…
Ultra-heavy cosmic-ray science--Are r-process nuclei in the cosmic rays produced in supernovae or binary neutron star mergers?
W. R. Binns, M. H. Israel, B. F. Rauch +25
The recent detection of 60Fe in the cosmic rays provides conclusive evidence that there is a recently synthesized component (few MY) in the GCRs (Binns et al. 2016). In addition, t…
Biological radiation dose from secondary particles in a Milky Way gamma ray burst
Dimitra Atri, Adrian L. Melott, Andrew Karam
Gamma ray bursts (GBRs) are a class of highly energetic explosions emitting radiation in a very short timescale of a few seconds and with a very narrow opening angle. Although, all…
Cosmic Rays and Terrestrial Life: A Brief Review
Dimitra Atri, Adrian L. Melott
"The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest." - Victor F. Hess, Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1936 High-energy radi…
Modeling high-energy cosmic ray induced terrestrial muon flux: A lookup table
Dimitra Atri, Adrian L. Melott
On geological timescales, the Earth is likely to be exposed to an increased flux of high energy cosmic rays (HECRs) from astrophysical sources such as nearby supernovae, gamma ray…