White dwarf stars with carbon atmospheres

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7169, 2007, Pages 522-524

  Dufour, P ^a   Liebert, J ^a   Fontaine, G ^b   Behara, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASTRONOMY; CARBON; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; HELIUM; OXYGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; EVOLUTION; GRAVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 36549031666     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06318     Document Type: Article

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