Nuclear burning recorded in meteorites as a tracer of the birth of the Sun and its planets
Speaker: Maria Lugaro, Konkoly Observatory (HUN-REN CSFK, Budapest)
09-04-2026 | 15:00 | Aula Rostagni
Register here: https://indico.dfa.unipd.it/event/1762/
The abundances of the chemical elements and their isotopes in the Solar System have been used for decades as a main constraint for the study of the origin and evolution of matter in the Galaxy and in the Universe, and of the nuclear processes that create these elements inside stars. However, more recent analysis of meteorites has discovered that isotopic abundances were variable in the protoplanetary disk, carrying the imprint of individual stellar material, such as stardust.
In this talk, I will show how interpretation of these data, also with the help of nuclear astrophysics, can shed light on the formation of the Sun and its planets.
