The oldest magnetic record in our solar system identified using nanometric imaging and numerical modeling
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Abstract
Recordings of magnetic fields, thought to be crucial to our Solar System’s rapid accretion, are potentially retained in unaltered nanometric low-Ni kamacite (~metallic Fe) grains encased within dusty olivine crystals, found in the chondrules of unequilibrated chondrites. However, most of these kamacite grains are magnetically non-uniform, so their ability to retain four-billion-year-old magnetic recordings cannot be estimated by previous theories, which assume only uniform magnetization. Here, we demonstrate that non-uniformly magnetized nanometric kamacite grains are stable over Solar System timescales and likely the primary carrier of remanence in dusty olivine. By performing in-situ temperature-dependent nanometric magnetic measurements using off-axis electron holography, we demonstrate the thermal stability of multi-vortex kamacite grains from the chondritic Bishunpur meteorite. Combined with numerical micromagnetic modeling, we determine the stability of the magnetization of these grains. Our study shows that dusty olivine kamacite grains are capable of retaining magnetic recordings from the accreting Solar System.
Date Issued
2018-03-21
Date Acceptance
2018-02-28
Citation
Nature Communications, 2018, 9
ISSN
2041-1723
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Journal / Book Title
Nature Communications
Volume
9
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Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
ST/N000803/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
DUSTY OLIVINES
IRON PARTICLES
NEBULA
CHONDRULES
STABILITY
CHONDRITES
METEORITES
BISHUNPUR
FIELDS
MD Multidisciplinary
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
1173
Date Publish Online
2018-03-21