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Supernova Dust Evolution Probed by Deep-sea $^{60}$Fe Time History

There is a wealth of data on live, undecayed $^{60}$Fe (t$_{1/2}$ = 2.6 Myr) in deep-sea deposits, the lunar regolith, cosmic rays, and Antarctic snow, which is interpreted as originating from the recent explosions of at least two near-Earth supernovae. We use the $^{60}$Fe profiles in deep-sea sedi...

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Autores principales: Ertel, Adrienne F., Fry, Brian J., Fields, Brian D., Ellis, John
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acb699
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2812391
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author Ertel, Adrienne F.
Fry, Brian J.
Fields, Brian D.
Ellis, John
author_facet Ertel, Adrienne F.
Fry, Brian J.
Fields, Brian D.
Ellis, John
author_sort Ertel, Adrienne F.
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description There is a wealth of data on live, undecayed $^{60}$Fe (t$_{1/2}$ = 2.6 Myr) in deep-sea deposits, the lunar regolith, cosmic rays, and Antarctic snow, which is interpreted as originating from the recent explosions of at least two near-Earth supernovae. We use the $^{60}$Fe profiles in deep-sea sediments to estimate the timescale of supernova debris deposition beginning ∼3 Myr ago. The available data admits a variety of different profile functions, but in all cases the best-fit $^{60}$Fe pulse durations are >1.6 Myr when all the data is combined. This timescale far exceeds the ≲0.1 Myr pulse that would be expected if $^{60}$Fe was entrained in the supernova blast wave plasma. We interpret the long signal duration as evidence that $^{60}$Fe arrives in the form of supernova dust, whose dynamics are separate from but coupled to the evolution of the blast plasma. In this framework, the >1.6 Myr is that for dust stopping due to drag forces. This scenario is consistent with the simulations in Fry et al. (2020), where the dust is magnetically trapped in supernova remnants and thereby confined around regions of the remnant dominated by supernova ejects, where magnetic fields are low. This picture fits naturally with models of cosmic-ray injection of refractory elements as sputtered supernova dust grains and implies that the recent $^{60}$Fe detections in cosmic rays complement the fragments of grains that survived to arrive on the Earth and Moon. Finally, we present possible tests for this scenario.
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spelling cern-28123912023-10-20T02:39:18Zdoi:10.3847/1538-4357/acb699http://cds.cern.ch/record/2812391engErtel, Adrienne F.Fry, Brian J.Fields, Brian D.Ellis, JohnSupernova Dust Evolution Probed by Deep-sea $^{60}$Fe Time Historyphysics.geo-phOther Fields of Physicsnucl-exNuclear Physics - Experimentastro-ph.SRAstrophysics and Astronomyastro-ph.HEAstrophysics and AstronomyThere is a wealth of data on live, undecayed $^{60}$Fe (t$_{1/2}$ = 2.6 Myr) in deep-sea deposits, the lunar regolith, cosmic rays, and Antarctic snow, which is interpreted as originating from the recent explosions of at least two near-Earth supernovae. We use the $^{60}$Fe profiles in deep-sea sediments to estimate the timescale of supernova debris deposition beginning ∼3 Myr ago. The available data admits a variety of different profile functions, but in all cases the best-fit $^{60}$Fe pulse durations are >1.6 Myr when all the data is combined. This timescale far exceeds the ≲0.1 Myr pulse that would be expected if $^{60}$Fe was entrained in the supernova blast wave plasma. We interpret the long signal duration as evidence that $^{60}$Fe arrives in the form of supernova dust, whose dynamics are separate from but coupled to the evolution of the blast plasma. In this framework, the >1.6 Myr is that for dust stopping due to drag forces. This scenario is consistent with the simulations in Fry et al. (2020), where the dust is magnetically trapped in supernova remnants and thereby confined around regions of the remnant dominated by supernova ejects, where magnetic fields are low. This picture fits naturally with models of cosmic-ray injection of refractory elements as sputtered supernova dust grains and implies that the recent $^{60}$Fe detections in cosmic rays complement the fragments of grains that survived to arrive on the Earth and Moon. Finally, we present possible tests for this scenario.There is a wealth of data on live, undecayed 60Fe ($t_{1/2} = 2.6 \ \rm Myr$) in deep-sea deposits, the lunar regolith, cosmic rays, and Antarctic snow, which is interpreted as originating from the recent explosions of at least two near-Earth supernovae. We use the 60Fe profiles in deep-sea sediments to estimate the timescale of supernova debris deposition beginning $\sim 3$ Myr ago. The available data admits a variety of different profile functions, but in all cases the best-fit 60Fe pulse durations are $>1.6$ Myr when all the data is combined. This timescale far exceeds the $\lesssim 0.1$ Myr pulse that would be expected if 60Fe was entrained in the supernova blast wave plasma. We interpret the long signal duration as evidence that 60Fe arrives in the form of supernova dust, whose dynamics are separate from but coupled to the evolution of the blast plasma. In this framework, the $>1.6$ Myr is that for dust stopping due to drag forces. This scenario is consistent with the simulations in Fry et. al (2020), where the dust is magnetically trapped in supernova remnants and thereby confined around regions of the remnant dominated by supernova ejects, where magnetic fields are low. This picture fits naturally with models of cosmic-ray injection of refractory elements as sputtered supernova dust grains and implies that the recent 60Fe detections in cosmic rays complement the fragments of grains that survived to arrive on the Earth and Moon. Finally, we present possible tests for this scenario.arXiv:2206.06464KCL-PH-TH/2022-27CERN-TH-2022-084oai:cds.cern.ch:28123912022-06-13
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Other Fields of Physics
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Nuclear Physics - Experiment
astro-ph.SR
Astrophysics and Astronomy
astro-ph.HE
Astrophysics and Astronomy
Ertel, Adrienne F.
Fry, Brian J.
Fields, Brian D.
Ellis, John
Supernova Dust Evolution Probed by Deep-sea $^{60}$Fe Time History
title Supernova Dust Evolution Probed by Deep-sea $^{60}$Fe Time History
title_full Supernova Dust Evolution Probed by Deep-sea $^{60}$Fe Time History
title_fullStr Supernova Dust Evolution Probed by Deep-sea $^{60}$Fe Time History
title_full_unstemmed Supernova Dust Evolution Probed by Deep-sea $^{60}$Fe Time History
title_short Supernova Dust Evolution Probed by Deep-sea $^{60}$Fe Time History
title_sort supernova dust evolution probed by deep-sea $^{60}$fe time history
topic physics.geo-ph
Other Fields of Physics
nucl-ex
Nuclear Physics - Experiment
astro-ph.SR
Astrophysics and Astronomy
astro-ph.HE
Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acb699
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2812391
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