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The initial abundance of plutonium-244 in the solar system evaluated by using meteoritic zircons

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K14421
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Geochemistry/Cosmochemistry
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Haba Makiko  東京工業大学, 理学院, 助教 (30598438)

Research Collaborator Nagao Keisuke  
Yamaguchi Akira  
Wotzlaw Jörn-Frederik  
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords消滅核種 / プルトニウム / 初生存在度 / 隕石ジルコン / 希ガス分析 / 81Kr-Kr / 宇宙線照射年代 / プルトニウム-244 / 高精度U-Pb年代分析 / (U-Th)/He年代 / プルトニウム244 / 年代測定
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Plutonium-244 is an extinct nuclide and does not exist in the current solar system. However, its existence in the early solar system has been proved by the detection of spontaneous fissiogenic Xe derived from 244Pu in meteorites. The initial 244Pu/238U ratio in the solar system is important to estimate the period from nucleosynthesis for U and Pu to the birth of the solar system. In this study, we attempted to determine a precise initial 244Pu/238U ratio by measuring the Xe isotope compositions and U-Pb date of zircons separated from a mesosiderite. As a result, the initial 244Pu/238U ratio determined in this study is 0.012 ± 0.004, which is more precise than those reported in the previous works.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、世界で初めて隕石ジルコンを用いて太陽系の初生244Pu/238U比を見積もることに成功した。今回決定された初生244Pu/238U比は、過去の研究と比べ圧倒的に精度が良い。また、244Pu/238U比を算出するために用いたジルコンのU濃度は分析方法の改良によって誤差を小さくすることが可能であるため、将来的に初生244Pu/238U比の精度を向上させることは十分に可能である。今後、得られた太陽系の初生244Pu/238U比を元素合成モデルと比較することにより、太陽系のUおよび超ウラン元素を生成した元素合成の恒星におけるサイトや太陽系形成までの期間の見積もりが可能になると予想される。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2018 2017

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Trace element composition and U-Pb age of zircons from Estherville: Constraints on the timing of the metal-silicate mixing event on the mesosiderite parent body2017

    • Author(s)
      Haba Makiko K.、Yamaguchi Akira、Kagi Hiroyuki、Nagao Keisuke、Hidaka Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

      Volume: 215 Pages: 76-91

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.028

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 消滅核種Pu-244の太陽系初生存在度2018

    • Author(s)
      羽場麻希子、長尾敬介、Jorn-Frederik Wotzlaw、山口亮
    • Organizer
      2018年度日本地球化学会第65回年会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 隕石ジルコンの複合的年代学2018

    • Author(s)
      羽場麻希子、長尾敬介、Jorn-Frederik Wotzlaw、山口亮
    • Organizer
      2018年度日本地球化学会第65回年会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Multi-chronology of meteoritic zircon and the initial abundance of plutonium-244 in the solar system2018

    • Author(s)
      M. K. Haba, K. Nagao, J. F. Wotzlaw, A. Yamaguchi
    • Organizer
      The 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] メソシデライト母天体におけるメタルシリケイト混合年代の決定2017

    • Author(s)
      羽場 麻希子、山口 亮、Lai Yi-Jen、Wotzlaw Jorn-Frederik、Schonbachler Maria
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Formation age of mesosiderites2017

    • Author(s)
      Makiko K. Haba, Akira Yamaguchi, Yi-Jen Lai, Jorn-Frederik Wotzlaw, and Maria Schonbachler
    • Organizer
      The Eighth Symposium on Polar Science
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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