https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-023-00956-2
Review
Recent nucleosynthesis in the solar neighbourhood, detected with live radionuclides
Technical University of Munich, Physics Department, James-Franck-Str. 1, D85748, Garching, Germany
Received:
20
October
2022
Accepted:
17
February
2023
Published online:
21
March
2023
In this article we try to summarize all information, gathered in the last three decades, on short-lived (order of Myr) radionuclides found in the Solar System with interstellar origin, most probably due to stellar processes like supernovae. The most important isotope is 
Fe, but we discuss also information on 
Al, 
Pu and 
Mn. We describe the environment of the Solar System during the past 
Myr as well as the likely locations where the supernovae occured. Confirming evidence has been found in the composition and energy distribution of galactic cosmic rays. Finally, we discuss the effects that the recent supernova activity might have had on Earth’s climate and biosphere.
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