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We consider the production and deposition on Earth of isotopes with half-lives in the range 10(5)-10(8) yr that might provide signatures of nearby stellar explosions, extending previous analyses of Core-Collapse Supernovae (CCSNe) to include Electron-Capture Supernovae (ECSNe), Super-Asymptotic Giant Branch (SAGB) stars, Thermonuclear/Type la Supernovae (TNSNe), and Kilonovae/Neutron Star Mergers (KNe). We revisit previous estimates of the Fe-60 and Al-26 signatures, and extend these estimates to include Pu-244 and Mn-53. We discuss interpretations of the Fe-60 signals in terrestrial and lunar reservoirs in terms of a nearby stellar ejection similar to 2.2 Myr ago, showing that (1) the Fe-60 yield rules out the TNSN and KN interpretations, (2) the Fe-60 signals highly constrain SAGB interpretations but do not completely them rule out, (3) are consistent with a CCSN origin, and (4) are highly compatible with an ECSN interpretation. Future measurements could resolve the radioisotope deposition over time, and we use the Sedov blast wave solution to illustrate possible time-resolved profiles. Measuring such profiles would independently probe the blast properties including distance, and would provide additional constraints for the nature of the explosion.
- 出版日期2015-2-10
