Metallic helium in massive planets

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 11035-11036

  Stevenson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HYDROGEN;

ASTRONOMY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IONIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NOTE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 49649106773     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806430105     Document Type: Note

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