Revised primordial helium abundance based on new atomic data

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 666, Issue 2 I, 2007, Pages 636-646

  Peimbert, Manuel ^a   Luridiana, Valentina ^b   Peimbert, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early universe; Galaxies: abundances; Galaxies: individual (SBS 0335 052, I Zw 18, Haro 29); Galaxies: ISM; H II regions; ISM: abundances

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348878653     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520571     Document Type: Article

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