Rubidium-rich asymptotic giant branch stars

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5806, 2006, Pages 1751-1754

  Garcia Hernandez D A ^a,f   Garcia Lario P ^a   Plez, B ^b   D'Antona, F ^c   Manchado, A ^d   Trigo Rodriguez J M ^d,e  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^f The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; NEUTRONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM;

GIANT BRANCH (AGB) STARS; INTERMEDIATE-MASS STARS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

MAGNESIUM 25; NEON 22; RADIOISOTOPE; RUBIDIUM; RUBIDIUM 87;

ASTRONOMY; RADIONUCLIDE; RUBIDIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DENSITY; EVOLUTION; MASS; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VELOCITY;

EID: 33845720307     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133706     Document Type: Article

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