Enrichment by supernovae in globular clusters with multiple populations

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7272, 2009, Pages 480-482

  Lee, Jae Woo ^a   Kang, Young Woon ^a   Lee, Jina ^a   Lee, Young Wook ^b  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CALCIUM; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPLOSION; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70849124312     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08565     Document Type: Article

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