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The Extent of Solar Energetic Particle Irradiation in the Sun’s Protoplanetary Disk

  • Authors: Steven J. Desch, Ashley K. Herbst, Richard L. Hervig, Benjamin Jacobsen

Steven J. Desch et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 997 .

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Caption: Figure 4.

Left: 7Li/6Li vs. 9Be/6Li data for CAI Hidalgo, as measured (lower-left corner) by M.-C. Liu et al. (2024), with a weighted mean 7Li/6Li = 8.0, and after our corrections for cosmogenic Li. The spots before GCR irradiation were consistent with a single value, the weighted mean 7Li/6Li = 17.0. Hidalgo is consistent with an initially chondritic 7Li/6Li = 12.0, raised to a uniform 7Li/6Li = 17.0 by evaporation and Rayleigh distillation in the nebula, with subsequent addition of cosmogenic Li on the meteoroid (totalling 50%–70% of Li), lowering 9Be/6Li and 7Li/6Li to 8.0. Right: 7Li/6Li vs. 9Be/6Li data for CAI Hidalgo, as measured (lower-left corner) by M.-C. Liu et al. (2024), and after their larger correction (small diamonds with horizontal and vertical error bars) for cosmogenic Li (totalling up to >90% of Li). These would not be consistent with a single value, which led M.-C. Liu et al. (2024) to infer an isochron with a nonzero slope 7Be/9Be = (2.0 ± 1.5) × 10−4. This slope is exactly what would result from overcorrecting the data. We reproduce (diamonds) their corrections (large crosses) for cosmogenic Li but find much larger uncertainties (large error ellipses). Even with their greater correction, the 7Li/6Li ratios before irradiation would be consistent with a single value (here the weighted mean 7Li/6Li ≈ 23.4). Data are taken from Table 6; see text for details. Error bars and error ellipses have been made 1σ. Note the difference in scale between the two plots.

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