Nucleosynthesis in stars: Recent developments

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5317, 1997, Pages 1359-1362

  Arnett, David ^a   Bazan, Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; BORON; CALCIUM; CARBON; COBALT; DIAMOND; ELEMENT; GRAPHITE; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; IRON; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; METAL; NEON; NICKEL; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR; TITANIUM; URANIUM; XENON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVOLUTION; GAMMA RADIATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTRONOMY; CARBON; ELEMENTS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; METEOROIDS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OXYGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030995387     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5317.1359     Document Type: Article

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