Systematic errors in elemental abundances derived from nebular spectra

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 6 1782, 2004, Pages 3484-3492

  Moore, Brian D ^a   Hester, J Jeff ^b   Dufour, Reginald J ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H II regions; ISM: abundances

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142743224     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/420801     Document Type: Article

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