Primordial helium abundance: A reanalysis of the Izotov-Thuan spectroscopic sample

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 646, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 691-695

  Fukugita, Masataka ^a,b   Kawasaki, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: abundances; H II regions; ISM: abundances

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748074124     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505109     Document Type: Article

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