1. Assessment of 53 Mn deposition on Earth via accelerator mass spectrometry.
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Rodrigues D, Negri AE, Balpardo C, Arazi A, Faestermann T, Fernandez Niello JO, Fimiani L, Gómez Guzmán JM, Hain K, Korschinek G, Ludwig P, and Marti GV
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53 Mn flux onto Earth is a quantity relevant for different extraterrestrial and astrophysical questions. It is a proxy for related fluxes, such as supernova-produced material or interplanetary dust particles. In this work, we performed a first attempt to assess the53 Mn flux by measuring the53 Mn/10 Be isotopic ratio in a 1400 L sample of molten Antarctic snow by AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry). Using the10 Be production rate in the atmosphere, an upper limit of 5.5 × 103 atoms cm-2 yr-1 was estimated for the deposition of extraterrestrial53 Mn. This result is compatible with one of the two discrepant values existing in the literature., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2018
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