The formation of the first stars and galaxies

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7243, 2009, Pages 49-54

  Bromm, Volker ^a   Yoshida, Naoki ^b   Hernquist, Lars ^c   McKee, Christopher F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HYDROGEN;

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOCHEMISTRY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; HELIUM; HYDROGEN;

ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; GRAVITY; LIGHT; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 66249134240     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07990     Document Type: Review

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