Evidence for primordial superheavy elements?
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics
- Vol. 3 (2), L33-L37
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4616/3/2/004
Abstract
X-ray analysis of monazite inclusions in micas from Madagascar surrounded by halos of abnormal size revealed several weak lines in the 22-28 keV region interpreted by Gentry et al. (1976) as Lalpha 1 lines of four superheavy elements. The observed structure in the spectra can, however, be explained as caused by K X-ray lines of the trace elements Rb, Sb and Te which are present in monazites and cheralites.Keywords
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