A Bayesian estimate of the primordial helium abundance

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 489, Issue 2 PART II, 1997, Pages

  Hogan, Craig J ^a   Olive, Keith A ^b   Scully, Sean T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Galaxies: abundances; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347383440     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316783     Document Type: Article

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