On titanium carbide nanoparticles as the origin of the 21 micron emission feature in post-asymptotic giant branch stars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 599, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages

  Li, Aigen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumstellar matter; Dust, extinction; Infrared: stars; Stars: AGB and post AGB; Stars: individual (HD 56126)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347062089     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381137     Document Type: Article

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