The Supernova Trigger for Formation of the Solar System
Abstract
It is suggested that the explosion of a Type II supernova triggered the collapse of a nearby interstellar cloud and led to the formation of the solar system. Estimates of the abundances resulting from nuclear processing of the supernova ejecta are presented. It appears promising that nucleosynthesis in this single supernova event can account for most isotopic anomalies and traces of extinct radioactivities in solar system material.
- Publication:
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Icarus
- Pub Date:
- March 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0019-1035(77)90101-4
- Bibcode:
- 1977Icar...30..447C
- Keywords:
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- Interstellar Matter;
- Solar System;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Supernovae;
- Abundance;
- Astronomical Models;
- Gravitational Collapse;
- Meteoritic Composition;
- Nuclear Fusion;
- Supernova Remnants