Measurement of intergalactic deuterium abundances

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 12-13, 2002, Pages 1251-1255

  York, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; Deuterium; Intergalactic; Nucleosynthesis; QSO absorbers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DEUTERIUM; GASES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

INTERGALACTIC GAS CLOUDS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036816306     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00091-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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