The formation of the first low-mass stars from gas with low carbon and oxygen abundances

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6960, 2003, Pages 812-814

  Bromm, Volker ^a   Loeb, Abraham ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONDENSATION; COOLING; COSMIC RAYS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; OXYGEN; SUN;

SOLAR MASSES; STELLAR MASSES;

ASTRONOMY;

CARBON; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; GAS; GRAVITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0242268526     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02071     Document Type: Article

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