Reappraising the spite lithium plateau: Extremely thin and marginally consistent with WMAP data

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 615, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  Meléndez, Jorge ^a   Ramírez, Iván ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: Observations; Stars: Abundances; Stars: Population II

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844254660     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425962     Document Type: Article

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