Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the Semarkona meteorite
Magnetic fields are proposed to have played a critical role in some of the most enigmatic processes of planetary formation by mediating the rapid accretion of disk material onto the central star and the formation of the first solids. However, there have been no experimental constraints on the intens...
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| author | Fu, Roger Rennan Weiss, Benjamin P. Andrade Lima, Eduardo Harrison, Richard J. Bai, Xue-Ning Desch, Steven J. Ebel, Denton S. Suavet, Clement Romain Wang, Huapei Glenn, David Le Sage, David Kasama, Takeshi Walsworth, Ronald L. Kuan, Aaron T. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Fu, Roger Rennan Weiss, Benjamin P. Andrade Lima, Eduardo Harrison, Richard J. Bai, Xue-Ning Desch, Steven J. Ebel, Denton S. Suavet, Clement Romain Wang, Huapei Glenn, David Le Sage, David Kasama, Takeshi Walsworth, Ronald L. Kuan, Aaron T. |
| author_sort | Fu, Roger Rennan |
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| description | Magnetic fields are proposed to have played a critical role in some of the most enigmatic processes of planetary formation by mediating the rapid accretion of disk material onto the central star and the formation of the first solids. However, there have been no experimental constraints on the intensity of these fields. Here we show that dusty olivine-bearing chondrules from the Semarkona meteorite were magnetized in a nebular field of 54 ± 21 μT. This intensity supports chondrule formation by nebular shocks or planetesimal collisions rather than by electric currents, the x-wind, or other mechanisms near the sun. This implies that background magnetic fields in the terrestrial planet-forming region were likely 5-54 μT, which is sufficient to account for measured rates of mass and angular momentum transport in protoplanetary disks. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/916682022-10-01T01:00:48Z Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the Semarkona meteorite Fu, Roger Rennan Weiss, Benjamin P. Andrade Lima, Eduardo Harrison, Richard J. Bai, Xue-Ning Desch, Steven J. Ebel, Denton S. Suavet, Clement Romain Wang, Huapei Glenn, David Le Sage, David Kasama, Takeshi Walsworth, Ronald L. Kuan, Aaron T. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Fu, Roger Rennan Weiss, Benjamin P. Andrade Lima, Eduardo Suavet, Clement Romain Wang, Huapei Magnetic fields are proposed to have played a critical role in some of the most enigmatic processes of planetary formation by mediating the rapid accretion of disk material onto the central star and the formation of the first solids. However, there have been no experimental constraints on the intensity of these fields. Here we show that dusty olivine-bearing chondrules from the Semarkona meteorite were magnetized in a nebular field of 54 ± 21 μT. This intensity supports chondrule formation by nebular shocks or planetesimal collisions rather than by electric currents, the x-wind, or other mechanisms near the sun. This implies that background magnetic fields in the terrestrial planet-forming region were likely 5-54 μT, which is sufficient to account for measured rates of mass and angular momentum transport in protoplanetary disks. Thomas F. Peterson United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA Origins Program)) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (U.S. Rosetta Project) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Graduate Research Fellowship Program) United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA Solar System Exploration and Research Virtual Institute)) European Union (European Research Council, Seventh Framework Programme) Leverhulme Trust United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Hubble Fellowship) United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA QuASAR program) National Science Foundation (U.S.) 2014-11-20T20:38:48Z 2014-11-20T20:38:48Z 2014-11 2014-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0036-8075 1095-9203 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91668 Fu, R. R., B. P. Weiss, E. A. Lima, R. J. Harrison, X.-N. Bai, S. J. Desch, D. S. Ebel, et al. “Solar Nebula Magnetic Fields Recorded in the Semarkona Meteorite.” Science (November 13, 2014). https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3113-3415 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1676-3494 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3635-2676 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1258022 Science Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fu |
| spellingShingle | Fu, Roger Rennan Weiss, Benjamin P. Andrade Lima, Eduardo Harrison, Richard J. Bai, Xue-Ning Desch, Steven J. Ebel, Denton S. Suavet, Clement Romain Wang, Huapei Glenn, David Le Sage, David Kasama, Takeshi Walsworth, Ronald L. Kuan, Aaron T. Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the Semarkona meteorite |
| title | Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the Semarkona meteorite |
| title_full | Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the Semarkona meteorite |
| title_fullStr | Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the Semarkona meteorite |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the Semarkona meteorite |
| title_short | Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the Semarkona meteorite |
| title_sort | solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the semarkona meteorite |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91668 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3113-3415 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1676-3494 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3635-2676 |
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