The synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds in evolved stars

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7003, 2004, Pages 985-991

  Kwok, Sun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METEORITES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANETS;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PRE-SOLAR ORIGIN; STARS;

GALAXIES;

HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICATE;

COSMOCHEMISTRY;

ASTRONOMY; GAS; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID STATE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 4344705186     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02862     Document Type: Review

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