Abstract
Laboratory studies suggest that microdiamonds will be quite elusive in interstellar space, being detectable only if >10% of the carbon is present as diamond. The diamonds apparently formed by condensation in cool stellar atmospheres, and were then impregnated with isotopically anomalous noble gases, such as Xe, from a supernova.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 117-121 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Nature |
Volume | 339 |
Issue number | 6220 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1989 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General