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This volume focuses on isotopic signatures of volatile elements as
tracers for evolutionary processes during the formation of the Sun
and the planets from an interstellar molecular cloud and, in turn,
illuminates how the isotopic compositions of the present-day solar
system objects have been established.
The book is an integrated collection of articles by experts in
planetary science, solar and plasma physics, astrophysics,
mineralogy and chemistry that met for an interdisciplinary workshop
at the International Space Science Institute in Bern in January
2002. The authors present analyses of isotope abundance ratios for
volatile elements in the sun, planets, satellites, comets,
meteorites and interplanetary dust particles, as well as a review
of isotopic ratios in star-forming interstellar clouds. This
provides insight into the physical and chemical processes in the
pre-solar molecular cloud that collapsed to form the Sun and the
solar accretion disk. Furthermore, information is presented on
dynamical processes and conditions inside this protoplanetary disk,
in particular the degree of reprocessing of interstellar solid
material, the formation of solids inside the disks, and the
formation of terrestrial and giant planets and their satellites.
Isotopic fractionation processes discussed in this book include
chemical reactions such as ion-molecule and photochemical
reactions, nuclear processes inside the sun and in its atmosphere,
plasma processes, gravitational escape of gases from planetary
atmospheres exposed to the solar wind and solar radiation,
thermodynamic processes, a variety of accretion and adsorption
processes and mixing of material from the interstellar environment
with the material of the evolving solar system.
The volume is intended to provide active researchers in the fields
of planetary science and space physics with an up-to-date status
report on the topic, and also to serve graduate students with
introductory material into the field.
Comet nuclei are the most primitive bodies in the solar system.
They have been created far away from the early Sun and their
material properties have been altered the least since their
formation. Thus, the composition and structure of comet nuclei
provide the best information about the chemical and thermodynamic
conditions in the nebula from which our solar system formed. In
this volume, cometary experts review a broad spectrum of ideas and
conclusions based on in situ measurement of Comet Halley and remote
sensing observations of the recent bright Comets Hale-Bopp and
Hyakutake. The chemical character of comet nuclei suggests many
close similarities with the composition of interstellar clouds. It
also suggests material mixing from the inner solar nebula and
challenges the importance of the accretion shock in the outer
nebula. The book is intended to serve as a guide for researchers
and graduate students working in the field of planetology and solar
system exploration. Several special indexes focus the reader's
attention to detailed results and discussions. It concludes with
recommendations for laboratory investigations and for advanced
modeling of comets, the solar nebula, and the collapse of
interstellar clouds.
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Solar System History from Isotopic Signatures of Volatile Elements - Volume Resulting from an ISSI Workshop 14-18 January 2002, Bern, Switzerland (Hardcover, Reprinted from Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 106/1-4)
R. Kallenbach, Therese Encrenaz, Johannes Geiss, Konrad Mauersberger, Tobias Owen, …
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This volume focuses on isotopic signatures of volatile elements as
tracers for evolutionary processes during the formation of the Sun
and the planets from an interstellar molecular cloud and, in turn,
illuminates how the isotopic compositions of the present-day solar
system objects have been established.
The book is an integrated collection of articles by experts in
planetary science, solar and plasma physics, astrophysics,
mineralogy and chemistry that met for an interdisciplinary workshop
at the International Space Science Institute in Bern in January
2002. The authors present analyses of isotope abundance ratios for
volatile elements in the sun, planets, satellites, comets,
meteorites and interplanetary dust particles, as well as a review
of isotopic ratios in star-forming interstellar clouds. This
provides insight into the physical and chemical processes in the
pre-solar molecular cloud that collapsed to form the Sun and the
solar accretion disk. Furthermore, information is presented on
dynamical processes and conditions inside this protoplanetary disk,
in particular the degree of reprocessing of interstellar solid
material, the formation of solids inside the disks, and the
formation of terrestrial and giant planets and their satellites.
Isotopic fractionation processes discussed in this book include
chemical reactions such as ion-molecule and photochemical
reactions, nuclear processes inside the sun and in its atmosphere,
plasma processes, gravitational escape of gases from planetary
atmospheres exposed to the solar wind and solar radiation,
thermodynamic processes, a variety of accretion and adsorption
processes and mixing of material from the interstellar environment
with the material of the evolving solar system.
The volume is intended to provide active researchers in the fields
of planetary science and space physics with an up-to-date status
report on the topic, and also to serve graduate students with
introductory material into the field.
Comet nuclei are the most primitive bodies in the solar system.
They have been created far away from the early Sun and their
material properties have been altered the least since their
formation. Thus, the composition and structure of comet nuclei
provide the best information about the chemical and thermodynamic
conditions in the nebula from which our solar system formed. In
this volume, cometary experts review a broad spectrum of ideas and
conclusions based on in situ measurement of Comet Halley and remote
sensing observations of the recent bright Comets Hale-Bopp and
Hyakutake. The chemical character of comet nuclei suggests many
close similarities with the composition of interstellar clouds. It
also suggests material mixing from the inner solar nebula and
challenges the importance of the accretion shock in the outer
nebula. The book is intended to serve as a guide for researchers
and graduate students working in the field of planetology and solar
system exploration. Several special indexes focus the reader's
attention to detailed results and discussions. It concludes with
recommendations for laboratory investigations and for advanced
modeling of comets, the solar nebula, and the collapse of
interstellar clouds.
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