2 papers
astro-ph.EP2019
Near-equilibrium isotope fractionation during planetesimal evaporation
E. D. Young, A. Shahar, F. Nimmo +4
Silicon and Mg in differentiated rocky bodies exhibit heavy isotope enrichments that have been attributed to evaporation of partially or entirely molten planetesimals. We evaluate…
astro-ph.EP2018
Geoscience and the Search for Life Beyond the Solar System
Rory Barnes, Anat Shahar, Cayman Unterborn +11
How can scientists conclude with high confidence that an exoplanet hosts life? As telescopes come on line over the next 20 years that can directly observe photons from terrestrial…