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J-type Carbon Stars: A Dominant Source of 14N-rich Presolar SiC Grains of Type AB

  • Authors: Nan Liu, Thomas Stephan, Patrick Boehnke, Larry R. Nittler, Conel M. O'D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Andrew M. Davis, Reto Trappitsch, and Michael J. Pellin

2017 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 844 L12.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Isotopic compositions of C, N, and Si of AB2 and MS SiC grains from this study are compared with literature data (Gyngard et al. 2006; Hynes & Gyngard 2009) and observational data for J- and N-type carbon stars (Hedrosa et al. 2013). For 14N/15N, the protosolar value of 441 ± 5 reported by Marty et al. (2011) is shown as a dashed–dotted line for reference. The dashed lines represent terrestrial isotopic compositions. The literature data for AB2 and MS grains (Hynes & Gyngard 2009) were used for the Si isotope linear fits. For clarity, the uncertainties in the literature presolar grain data and the observational data for N-stars are not shown. The observational data with arrows are lower limits.

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