Determining the Elemental and Isotopic Composition of the Pre-solar Nebula from Genesis Data Analysis: The Case of Oxygen

Laming, J. Martin and Heber, N. S. and Burnett, D. S. and Guan, Y. and Hervig, R. and Huss, G. R. and Jurewicz, A. J. G. and Koeman-Shields, E. C. and McKeegan, K. D. and Nittler, L. R. and Reisenfeld, D. B. and Rieck, K. D. and Wang, J. and Wiens, R. C. and Woolum, D. S. (2017) Determining the Elemental and Isotopic Composition of the Pre-solar Nebula from Genesis Data Analysis: The Case of Oxygen. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 851 (1). Art. No. L12. ISSN 2041-8213. PMCID PMC5893144. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aa9bf0. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20171206-112123892

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Abstract

We compare element and isotopic fractionations measured in bulk solar wind samples collected by NASA's Genesis mission with those predicted from models incorporating both the ponderomotive force in the chromosphere and conservation of the first adiabatic invariant in the low corona. Generally good agreement is found, suggesting that these factors are consistent with the process of solar wind fractionation. Based on bulk wind measurements, we also consider in more detail the isotopic and elemental abundances of O. We find mild support for an O abundance in the range 8.75–8.83, with a value as low as 8.69 disfavored. A stronger conclusion must await solar wind regime-specific measurements from the Genesis samples.

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URL	URL Type	Description
https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9bf0	DOI	Article
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5893144	PubMed Central	Article
https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.07503	arXiv	Discussion Paper

ORCID:

Author	ORCID
Laming, J. Martin	0000-0002-3362-7040
Burnett, D. S.	0000-0001-9521-8675
Guan, Y.	0000-0002-7636-3735
Hervig, R.	0000-0001-7892-5423
Huss, G. R.	0000-0003-4281-7839
Jurewicz, A. J. G.	0000-0002-3282-5782
McKeegan, K. D.	0000-0002-1827-729X
Nittler, L. R.	0000-0002-5292-6089
Reisenfeld, D. B.	0000-0003-1874-9450
Rieck, K. D.	0000-0002-7427-9134
Wang, J.	0000-0002-7671-2413
Wiens, R. C.	0000-0002-3409-7344
Woolum, D. S.	0000-0002-4461-0906

Additional Information:

© 2017 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2017 August 29; revised 2017 October 30; accepted 2017 November 20; published 2017 December 6. This work was supported by grants from the NASA Heliophysics Supporting Research (NNH16AC39I) and Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples Programs (NNH17AE60I, NNH15AZ67I, NNX15AG19G) and by basic research funds of the Chief of Naval Research. We are grateful to Yuan-Kuen Ko for discussions of ACE data.

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Funding Agency	Grant Number
NASA	NNH16AC39I
NASA	NNH17AE60I
NASA	NNH15AZ67I
NASA	NNX15AG19G
Chief of Naval Research	UNSPECIFIED

Subject Keywords:

solar wind – Sun: abundances – Sun: chromosphere – turbulence – waves

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PMC5893144

DOI:

10.3847/2041-8213/aa9bf0

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CaltechAUTHORS:20171206-112123892

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J. Martin Laming et al 2017 ApJL 851 L12

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Tony Diaz

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