Planetary nebulae: Understanding the physical and chemical evolution of dying stars

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5317, 1997, Pages 1382-1386

  Weinberger, Ronald ^a   Kerber, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; NEON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVOLUTION; LUMINANCE; MODEL; PHOTON; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY;

ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030992744     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5317.1382     Document Type: Article

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