A shorter 146Sm half-life measured and implications for 146Sm-142Nd chronology in the solar system

N. Kinoshita; M. Paul; Y. Kashiv; P. Collon; C. M. Deibel; B. DiGiovine; J. P. Greene; D. J. Henderson; C. L. Jiang; S. T. Marley; T. Nakanishi; R. C. Pardo; K. E. Rehm; D. Robertson; R. Scott; C. Schmitt; X. D. Tang; R. Vondrasek; A. Yokoyama

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A shorter ¹⁴⁶Sm half-life measured and implications for ¹⁴⁶Sm-¹⁴²Nd chronology in the solar system

N. Kinoshita
, M. Paul^*
, Y. Kashiv
, P. Collon
, C. M. Deibel
, B. DiGiovine
, J. P. Greene
, D. J. Henderson
, C. L. Jiang
, S. T. Marley
, T. Nakanishi
, R. C. Pardo
, K. E. Rehm
, D. Robertson
, R. Scott
, C. Schmitt
, X. D. Tang
, R. Vondrasek
, A. Yokoyama

^*Corresponding author for this work

Racah Institute of Physics

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The extinct p-process nuclide ¹⁴⁶Sm serves as an astrophysical and geochemical chronometer through measurements of isotopic anomalies of its α-decay daughter ¹⁴²Nd. Based on analyses of ¹⁴⁶Sm/¹⁴⁷Sm α-activity and atom ratios, we determined the half-life of ¹⁴⁶Sm to be 68 ± 7 (1σ) million years, which is shorter than the currently used value of 103 ± 5 million years. This half-life value implies a higher initial ¹⁴⁶Sm abundance in the early solar system, (¹⁴⁶Sm/¹⁴⁴Sm)0 = 0.0094 ± 0.0005 (2σ), than previously estimated. Terrestrial, lunar, and martian planetary silicate mantle differentiation events dated with ¹⁴⁶Sm-¹⁴²Nd converge to a shorter time span and in general to earlier times, due to the combined effect of the new ¹⁴⁶Sm half-life and (¹⁴⁶Sm/¹⁴⁴Sm)₀ values.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1614-1617
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	335
Issue number	6076
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215510
State	Published - 30 Mar 2012

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Kinoshita, N., Paul, M., Kashiv, Y., Collon, P., Deibel, C. M., DiGiovine, B., Greene, J. P., Henderson, D. J., Jiang, C. L., Marley, S. T., Nakanishi, T., Pardo, R. C., Rehm, K. E., Robertson, D., Scott, R., Schmitt, C., Tang, X. D., Vondrasek, R., & Yokoyama, A. (2012). A shorter ¹⁴⁶Sm half-life measured and implications for ¹⁴⁶Sm-¹⁴²Nd chronology in the solar system. Science, 335(6076), 1614-1617. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215510

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Kinoshita, N, Paul, M, Kashiv, Y, Collon, P, Deibel, CM, DiGiovine, B, Greene, JP, Henderson, DJ, Jiang, CL, Marley, ST, Nakanishi, T, Pardo, RC, Rehm, KE, Robertson, D, Scott, R, Schmitt, C, Tang, XD, Vondrasek, R & Yokoyama, A 2012, 'A shorter ¹⁴⁶Sm half-life measured and implications for ¹⁴⁶Sm-¹⁴²Nd chronology in the solar system', Science, vol. 335, no. 6076, pp. 1614-1617. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215510

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