The thorium chronometer in CS 22892-052: Estimates of the age of the galaxy

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 480, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 246-254

  Cowan, John J ^a   McWilliam, Andrew ^b   Sneden, Christopher ^c   Burris, Debra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: halo; Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; Stars: individual (CS 22892 052); Stars: Population II

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039048531     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303968     Document Type: Article

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