Protostar formation in the early universe

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5889, 2008, Pages 669-671

  Yoshida, Naoki ^a   Omukai, Kazuyuki ^b   Hernquist, Lars ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GRAVITY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; COSMOS; GAS; HISTORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN; THEORY;

EID: 48749087060     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1160259     Document Type: Article

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