Enhanced lithium depletion in Sun-like stars with orbiting planets

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7270, 2009, Pages 189-191

  Israelian, Garik ^a,b   Mena, Elisa Delgado ^a,b   Santos, Nuno C ^c,d   Sousa, Sergio G ^a,c   Mayor, Michel ^d   Udry, Stephane ^d   Cerdẽa, Carolina Domínguez ^a,b   Rebolo, Rafael ^a,b,e   Randich, Sofia ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; LITHIUM; PLANET; SOLAR SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SUN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70449626249     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08483     Document Type: Article

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