Age estimates of globular clusters in the Milky Way: Constraints on cosmology

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5603, 2003, Pages 65-69

  Krauss, Lawrence M ^a   Chaboyer, Brian ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAYS;

COSMOLOGY;

GALAXIES;

THORIUM; URANIUM;

COSMOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; DENSITY; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SPACE;

EID: 0037414888     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1075631     Document Type: Review

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