Newly synthesized lithium in the interstellar medium

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6787, 2000, Pages 656-658

  Knauth, D C ^a   Federman, S R ^a   Lambert, David L ^b   Crane, P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BORON; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034621891     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35015028     Document Type: Article

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