Low-mass relics of early star formation

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6934, 2003, Pages 869-871

  Schneider, R ^a,b   Ferrara, A ^c   Salvaterra, R ^c   Omukai, K ^d   Bromm, V ^e  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DUST; LIGHT SOURCES; METALS; SUN;

STAR FORMATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

CALCIUM; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; IRON; MAGNESIUM; METAL; NITROGEN; SODIUM;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COOLING; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; EVOLUTION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTRONOMY; CARBON; DUST; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; IRON; MAGNESIUM; METALS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE; ZINC;

EID: 0037464578     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01579     Document Type: Article

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