Infrared spectrum of an extremely cool white-dwarf star

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6765, 2000, Pages 57-59

  Hodgkin, S T ^a,f   Oppenhelmer, B R ^b   Hambly, N C ^c   Jameson, R F ^a   Smartt, S J ^d,f   Steele, I A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; INFRARED RADIATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034610749     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/47431     Document Type: Article

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