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247Cm as a Short-lived r-Process Chronometer

Nature Physical Science volume 243, pages 138–140 (1973)Cite this article

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Nucleocosmochronological studies1–3 have used two short-lived isotopes (relative to the age of the Solar System), 129I(τ1/2 = 1.7 × 107 yr) and 244Pu(τ1/2 = 8.2 × 107 yr). Short-lived isotopes provide valuable information about the early history of the Solar System and, in particular, about meteorite parent bodies. Additional short-lived chronometers, particularly if created by different nucleosynthetic processes, would be very useful. The two isotopes 129I and 244Pu are believed to be produced (essentially) entirely by the r-process.

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