Episodic formation of cometary material in the outburst of a young Sun-like star

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7244, 2009, Pages 224-226

  Abraham P ^a   Juhasz A ^b   Dullemond, C P ^b   Kospal A ^b   Van Boekel, R ^b   Bouwman, J ^b   Henning, Th ^b   Moor A ^a   Mosoni, L ^a,b   Sicilia Aguilar, A ^b   Sipos, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICATE;

ASTRONOMY; COMET; DUST; HEAT SHOCK; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COLD; COSMOS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEAT; ILLUMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 66149116347     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08004     Document Type: Article

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