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Trapped Xenon in Interplanetary Dust Particles and Antarctic Micrometeorites

N.H. Spring, H. Busemann, S A Crowther, J. D. Gilmour

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We analysed the Xe inventory of several IDPs and AMMs and infer that cometary solids may contain the same mix of organic matter and trapped Xe carriers as found in carbonaceous chondrite matrices, although in higher relative abundances.

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We analysed the Xe inventory of several IDPs and AMMs and infer that cometary solids may contain the same mix of organic matter and trapped Xe carriers as found in carbonaceous chondrite matrices, although in higher relative abundances.

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We analysed the Xe inventory of several IDPs and AMMs and infer that cometary solids may contain the same mix of organic matter and trapped Xe carriers as found in carbonaceous chondrite matrices, although in higher relative abundances.

Key concepts: Astrobiology, Interplanetary dust cloud, Xenon, Interplanetary spaceflight, Meteorite, Physics, Solar System, Nuclear physics

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