進化した恒星の周りの塵殻に含まれる炭酸塩の検出
F Kemper1, C Jäger, L B F M Waters
1Astronomical Institute "Anton Pannekoek", University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ciska@science.uva.nl
Nature
|January 18, 2002
まとめ
進化した恒星塵の殻で発見された炭酸塩は,太陽系の起源に異議を唱える. これらの地球外の炭酸塩は,液体の水なしで形成され,水以外のプロセスがそれらを生み出す可能性があることを示唆し,初期の太陽系天体の理解に影響を与えます.
科学分野:
- アストロケミストリー アストロケミストリー
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 宇宙化学 (コスモケミストリー)
背景:
- 地球と火星の炭酸塩は,水溶液中のシリケート耐候によって形成されます.
- 小惑星や惑星間塵の炭酸は,しばしば親体の水性変化に起因する.
- 太陽系外での炭酸塩の存在は,これまで確認されていなかった.
研究 の 目的:
- 太陽系外での炭酸塩の存在と形成メカニズムを調査する.
- 炭酸塩が液体の水がない環境で形成されるかどうかを判断する.
- 初期の液体の水の存在に対する太陽系炭素酸の影響を再評価する.
主な方法:
- 進化した恒星を取り巻く塵の殻の分析.
- 炭酸塩鉱物 (カルシットとドロミット) のスペクトル検出.
主要な成果:
- 進化した星の塵殻にカルシットとドロマイトを発見した.
- これらの地球外の炭酸塩は,液体の水を持つ大きな親体にとってあまりにも原始的な条件で発見された.
- 形成メカニズムは水性でない可能性があり,塵/氷粒の表面プロセスまたはガス相凝縮を含む可能性があります.
結論:
- 炭酸塩は,星間環境における非水性過程によって形成される.
- 太陽系天体における炭酸塩の存在は,過去に液体の水であったことを独占的に示すものではないかもしれません.
- この発見は,宇宙における炭酸塩形成経路の理解を広げる.
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