2011 年 21 巻 2 号 p. 109-114
The so-called “Missing Xe” problem is a long standing unsolved problem and is related to many fields in Earth science: formation process and evolution of the Earth, origin and evolution of the atmosphere, and geochemistry. Although the long-held expectation was the retention of xenon in the iron-rich core, present experimental result clarified that it is unlikely to occur. This implies that we have to reconsider the missing xenon problem and encourage many scientists to pursuit other possibilities.