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A supernova at 50 pc: Effects on the Earth's atmosphere and biota
A. L Melott, B. C. Thomas, M. Kachelriess +2
Recent 60Fe results have suggested that the estimated distances of supernovae in the last few million years should be reduced from 100 pc to 50 pc. Two events or series of events a…
A link between solar events and congenital malformations: Is ionizing radiation enough to explain it?
A. C. Overholt, A. L. Melott, D. Atri
Cosmic rays are known to cause biological effects directly and through ionizing radiation produced by their secondaries. These effects have been detected in airline crews and other…
Cosmogenic nuclide enhancement via deposition from long-period comets as a test of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
Andrew C. Overholt, Adrian L. Melott
We explore the idea that detectable excursions in 26Al may arise from direct deposition by any bolide, and excursions in 14C and 10Be abundances in the atmosphere may result from l…
Modeling high-energy cosmic ray induced terrestrial and atmospheric neutron flux: A lookup table
Andrew Overholt, Adrian Melott, Dimitra Atri
Under current conditions, the cosmic ray spectrum incident on the Earth is dominated by particles with energies < 1 GeV. Astrophysical sources including high energy solar flares, s…
Testing the link between terrestrial climate change and Galactic spiral arm transit
Andrew C. Overholt, Adrian L. Melott, Martin K. Pohl
We re-examine past suggestions of a close link between terrestrial climate change and the Sun's transit of spiral arms in its path through the Milky Way galaxy. These links produce…