The Spite lithium plateau: Ultrathin but postprimordial

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 523, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages 654-677

  Ryan, Sean G ^a   Norris, John E ^c   Beers, Timothy C ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; Stars: abundances; Stars: population II

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033208921     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307769     Document Type: Article

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