Strange xenon in Jupiter

Citation
O. Manuel et al., Strange xenon in Jupiter, J RAD NUCL, 238(1-2), 1998, pp. 119-121
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
02365731 → ACNP
Volume
238
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
119 - 121
Database
ISI
SICI code
0236-5731(199812)238:1-2<119:SXIJ>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Jupiter's helium-rich atmosphere contains xenon with excess Xe-136 and the ratio of r-products more closely resembles "strange" xenon (Xe-X, alias Xe- HL) seen in carbonaceous chondrites than xenon seen in the solar wind (SW-X e). The linkage of primordial helium with Xe-X, as seen on a microscopic sc ale in meteorites, apparently extended across planetary distances in the so lar nebula, This is expected if the solar system acquired its present chemi cal and isotopic diversity directly from debris of the star that produced o ur elements.