Gas accretion as the origin of chemical abundance gradients in distant galaxies

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7317, 2010, Pages 811-813

  Cresci, G ^a,b   Mannucci, F ^a   Maiolino, R ^c   Marconi, A ^d   Gnerucci, A ^d   Magrini, L ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COSMOLOGY; HELIUM; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

EID: 77957939955     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09451     Document Type: Article

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